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Fantastic Upgrade!!
Austin Dailey, Phoenix, AZ, 05/18/2016
updated 11/22/2019
Hyundai Sonata Sport 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
19 of 21 people found this review helpful
I love it!!!! I was trying to get out of my '14 Sentra SV that I felt I was over paying for. Only 1.5k miles on the car and I love the change to a larger sedan, I get almost the same gas mileage as I had with my Sentra by driving on the freeways a bit more that surface streets. It has the power for me to navigate traffic with ease. I also ended up getting the sport edition with quite a few of the additional packages, and I love everything I got, and its definitely worth the ~$100 difference in my payments. My only wish is that the BlueLink last longer, or was less expensive to renew. It's definitely worth looking into, it's about 10 times the car other manufacturers were trying to sell me. Update (11/21/19): another 30k miles on the car and it's still fantastic! Only problems are with infotainment no longer displaying the time, manufacturer states the warranty only covers 3yr/36k miles for that, and left multi-switch (the one that controls turn indicator) had to be replaced. Outside of that it's still wonderful!
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Almost three years now. So far, so good!
Genette, Milledgeville, GA, 04/30/2016
updated 05/14/2021
Hyundai Sonata Sport 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
23 of 26 people found this review helpful
May 2021 update. I've had the 2016 Sonata Sport for about 5 years now. So far, I have had no real issues with the car. It has only about 64000 miles, because it is primarily used for long distance driving, versus the local around town stuff. The only issue I ever had was with the radio and Hyundai promptly changed that out for me, around the first 5,000 miles. I change the oil about every 4,000 miles, and have changed the transmission fluid already, at 53,000 miles. The tires, a Kumho brand, are not my favorites, but I have to admit at 64K miles, they still have good tread on them. But I will say, that they still have a lot of wear life on them, at this mileage point. Driving? It is a smooth, but definitely boring care, especially, after comparing it to my 2015 Mazda6, that I bought used. The Mazda6 is the daily driver. The mileage runs at least 34 mpg on the highway for long distance. Seldom does it go below 31 mpg when driving in the city. I'd like to trade it for a Camry with all of the safety features, but can't justify that, since the car is working quite fine. So far after five years, I really cannot find any major faults with this vehicle. In fact, I took it on a long run, 1,000 miles to New Orleans this past weekend and it ran perfectly fine. The gas mileage was a little lower than normal, but I was driving it a little faster than normal. Hopefully it will be a long term car, matching my old Camry and Accord, which achieved 300,000 miles.
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Awesome Value! Got A Lot For My Cash
Genette T, Suwanee, GA, 02/25/2018
updated 03/09/2020
Hyundai Sonata Sport 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
Update-March 2020- The 2016 Sonata that I purchased is holding up real well. Even though I have 54,000 miles on it. I have not had to replace any tires (about 50% wear on them and nothing has gone wrong. It is simple, well maintained, well running car. I wish it was more exciting to drive. To solve that issue, I purchased a 2015 Mazda 6 used, with a manual transmission. It is my daily driver and I use the Sonata for the long road trips. The only maintenance I have done is change the transmission fluid, had the oil changed a few times, replaced the air and cabin filters. Other than that, it is all good! Purchased this car four years ago to replace a new 2016 Civic, that I found to be too small, with seats that didn't support well and uncomfortable on very long drives. If you have ever owned a Camry, this is the Korean version of one. The less exciting things are. 1) The 2.4L engine is rather tepid, if you think you are going to make burn-out marks on the street, you will be wrong. It kind of eases into highway traffic and you have to stomp on it (it will scream at you when you do), to get some good merging on a very busy and loaded highway. However, for regular surface streets, it accelerates well enough. Handling also is kind of on the sloppy side, so if you whip it around a corner at high speed, don't be surprised if it tries to whip you back. In other words, it gets a little bit floaty and may not go exactly where you point it. It will eventually settle down. Tire grip is okay, but the Kumho tires on it are not as quiet as some BF Goodrich's that I've used on other cars. They will be replaced by Pirelli's or BF Goodrich's. So, you wonder why I purchased it? I knew about the handling and tracking because I've rented this vehicle several times. The first reason is fuel economy. This car when driven continuously on the highway at around 70mph, gets about average 34 to 36 miles per gallon. Even in mix traffic, I very seldom get less than 32 mpg. In a 250 mile drive recently, where I had it cruising at 65mph, the car achieved, 39.75 miles per gallon. For a car that can easily handle four adult passengers, or 5 passengers with kids in the back, that is phenomenal. It is a very quiet cruiser, on very long drives there is not a lot of noise intrusion, which can increase driver fatigue. The entertainment system is very simple to use, with large fonts and nice size push buttons for phone, media, radio, blue-tooth and the like. It also works very well with my Android phones. The visibility behind the steering wheel is excellent to the front, sides and the rear. The trunk is very large and you can throw a lot of stuff into it. Also, the layout inside is simple and the quality of the materials is decent. Most important was the price. Getting the Sports model with twin exhausts (that make it look sporty, even though it is not), LED daytime running lights, the darker chrome in the front and then putting dark, tinted windows on it. Well, it looks like a design that although a little bit boring, well still look good in 6 years. At just over $21K, none of the other mid-size (large mid-size) cars could match it for the equipment and features One more thing, I have had no real issues with this vehicle at all and I'm at 39,000 miles. The entertainment system went weird after two months of purchase. Hyundai ordered me a radio, received it and installed it in about a week. It still has another 20,000 on the bumper to bumper warranty and more than a 100,000 on the powertrain.
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Beats Honda for price and handling
Tamatha Webb, Midland, VA, 12/28/2019
Hyundai Sonata Sport 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Great car handles great fuel mileage is outstanding plenty of pickup when needed had very few problems but were taken care quickly and friendly by staff all features you want are available and the dealership at modren Hyundai of Concord North Carolina are the best for sales and the service
Great car so far!
Rob Mzz, Hesperia, CA, 12/12/2019
updated 06/14/2022
Hyundai Sonata Sport 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I purchased my 2016 Sonata Sport April 2018 as a CPO model, from my local Hyundai dealer. It had approximately 39,000 miles when purchase and now it has a little bit over 65,500 miles. All the maintenance since purchased has been done by the Hyundai dealer and only use full synthetic oil every 5,000 miles as well as Chevron premium 91 grade gasoline, it’s not required to use such high grade gasoline but I just do it for peace of mind, what’s a few more cents? I’ve read about the issues Hyundai is having with most its 2.4L and 2.0L engines and how most will experience engine failure at some point, but knock on wood I have yet to experience any issues as such. So far all I’ve done is maintenance on the car and it’s treated me well. I love how comfortable the seats are and how it glides over potholes, besides all that it also has some great features, my car came with the comfort package which gives you a lot of the bells and whistles found in the Limited trim level. I definitely recommend this vehicle to anyone looking for something a little more affordable with amazing features such as Apple CarPlay and back up sensors to name a few! *** Update *** I traded in this Sonata, so far it had 73,000 miles and it was beginning to act a little weird when stoped at red lights. The car would drastically shake as if it wanted to turn off. I took it to Hyundai and their solution was for me to trade it in for another Hyundai. I wasn’t about to make that mistake again. So instead I got a brand new Lexus and ditched Hyundai. I lost hope in the brand reliability, and didn’t want to have the same issue lots of others have of having with their engines being replaced multiple times. I can no longer recommend this brand to anyone. This of course is just my experience.
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