but I am told that it needs a part. The man at the dealership spoke broken English and as I have never dealt with a Sonata before I have no idea what to look into. So, I took an image off of Google and drew some arrows. Any idea what this is?

 

From what I understood it's something related to the ignition and something electronic. I don't know, really.

 

It's a Mitsubishi style mass airflow sensor.

 

Looks like the air cleaner and air flow sensor assembly to me: