2004 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC PLACED THE VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. THEN, DETERMINED THAT COMPUTER REGISTERED THE VEHICLE AS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE RESOLVED.*AK

AFTER PICKING UP MY NEW 2004 HYNDAI ELANTRA ON FRIDAY APRIL 30, 2004 I NOTICED THAT THE PASSANGER SIDE AIRBAG ON/OFF LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN I SAT IN THE SEAT, IN ANY AND EVERY POSITION WITH MY SEATBELT ON, AND THE SEAT IN ALL DIFFERENT POSITIONS THE INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD SAY PASSANGER SIDE AIR BOG OFF. I AM A FEMALE THAT WIEGHS 160 LBS .I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON MONDAY MAY 3RD THEY CALLED ME ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. I WENT THERE THAT DAY AND SAT IN THE SEAT IN ALL THE POSITIONS, I SAT IN THE SEAT EXACTLEY AS THEY SAY YOU SHOULD AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT STILL DISPLAYED PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG OFF. THEY TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN TO BE REPAIRED. THEY CALLED ME ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND TOLD ME THAT THEY CHEKCED ALL OF THE SENSORS AND THAT THE COMPUTER SAYS THAT EVERYTHING IS WORKING PROPERLY AND AT THIS POINT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP ME. THEY HANDED ME A COPY OF HYUNDAIS TECHINICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FEBUARY 2003 AND TOLD ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY THAT THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS SYSTEM WAS REQUIRED IN NEW CARS BY NHTSA AND THAT THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM NOR WILL THEY REFUND OR REPLACE MY VEHICLE. WHEN I CALLED HYUNDAI CONSUMAR AFFAIRS THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEM OF THIS KIND. THEY REFERED ME TO NHTSA SAYING THAT IT IS YOU WHO REQQUIRES THIS SYSTEM AND I SHOULD TALK TO YOU WITH ANY CONCERNS. THE DEALER INSITS THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE AIRBAG SYSTEM SHOULD WORK FOR A ADULT WHO WIEGHS 160LBS, AND ARE GOING TO GIVE ME BACK A CAR THAT DOES NOT HAVE A WORKING PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FOR A 160 LB FEMALE.*AK

AFTER REAR ENDING A VEHICLE, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED WALL CHEST CONTUSION AND SHOULDER STRAIN. *JB VEHICLE IS STILL WITH THE DEALER. *LA

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 03V322000. WHEN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IS UNOCCUPIED OR IS OCCUPIED BY SOMEONE LIGHTER THAN 56.4 POUNDS, THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEACTIVATES, AND WILL NOT DEPLOY IF A CRASH OCCURS. THIS RECALL APPLIED FOR THOSE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 6/12/2003 AND 18/11/2003. HOWEVER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED ON 6/18/2003 AND DEALER WON'T HONOR THE RECALL.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT SENSOR LIGHT FOR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG REAPEATEDLY GOES ON AND OFF WHEN A 122 LB. FULL GROWN ADULT FEMALE IS SITTING PROPERLY IN THE SEAT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEALER SAYS THEY'VE DONE WHAT THEY CAN, AND THAT THEIR HYNDAI CORPORATE CONTACTS HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CAN. SEAT AND SENSOR SYSTEM REPLACED TWICE, TO NO AVAIL. I BELIVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE CAR HAS A SEVERE FRONTAL IMPACT AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DOESN'T DEPLOY!*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY ONTO AN OFF RAMP HIT SOMETHING IN THE STREET WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO PULL OVER HE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF INDICATOR COMES ON WITH 108 LB ADULT RIDING IN CAR.HAPPENED 10 TIMES IN AN HOUR. PASSENGER WAS SEATED ACCORDING TO HYUNDAI SERVICE BULLETIN # 04-90-003.DEALER SAYS THAT IS NORMAL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A RAINY DAY AT 50 MPH, THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEED, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SHE HEARD A "HIT" UNDER THE VEHICLE, THEN LOST CONTROL. *SC *JB

"PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" INDICATOR COMES ON AN INCONSISTENT BASIS WHILE RIDING. PASSENGER IS A 120LB ADULT FEMALE WHO SITS AS INSTRUCTED IN OWNERS MANUAL. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER CLAIM THEY CAN DO NOTHING TO PREVENT THIS. THEY BLAME YOU FOR RULES LAID DOWN REGARDING SENSORS. HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE PURCHASING CAR FEB 23 2004. DATE LISTED BELOW IS LATEST OCCURENCE. *AK