2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DURING THE NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS ONLY PROVIDED 30 FEET OF ILLUMINATION. AFTER THE 30 FOOT DISTANCE, THERE WAS A DISTINCT SHADOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER ADJUSTED THE ALIGNMENT OF THE HEADLIGHTS BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED

I OWN A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE PROBLEM IS THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DOES NOT ALWAYS ENABLE WHEN MY USUAL 115 POUND PASSENGER SITS ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. THERE IS NO PROBLEM WHEN A HEAVIER PERSON SITS ON THE SEAT, BUT WHEN MY USUAL PASSENGER (WHO IS MY 75 YEAR OLD WIFE) SITS ON THE SEAT THE AIR BAG SEAT SENSORS DO NOT ALWAYS ACTIVATE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP REFERRED ME TO THE MANUAL WHICH DESCRIBES THE PROPER SEATING POSITION. WHEN MY PASSENGER SITS IN EXACTLY IN THAT MANNER, ABOUT 60% OF THE TIME THE SEAT SENSOR ACTIVATES THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. APPARENTLY THE SENSORS ARE SET TO TRIGGER AT OR NEAR 115 POUNDS. AND WHAT CLOTHING SHE WEARS DETERMINES IF SHE IS PROTECTED BY THE AIR BAG OR NOT. I ALSO OWN A 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON, A COMPACT SUV. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM ACTIVATING THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WHEN MY PASSENGER SITS ON THAT SEAT. I BELIEVE THERE IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE A MATURE ADULT DOES NOT ACTIVATE A PASSENGER AIR BAG. I AM SURE OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. HYUNDAI SHOULD PROVIDE A METHOD FOR CHANGING THE TRIGGER WEIGHT OF THEIR SENSORS. *JB

FRONT PASSENGER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SENSOR IS NOT CLASSIFYING MY WIFE CORRECTLY AND DISABLING THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG WHEN SHE SITS IN THE SEAT. CONTACTED MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. (THEY DID CONTACT SOMEONE AT HYUNDAI WHO TOLD THEM THIS) *JB

WHEN MY WIFE SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF OUR 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA, SOMETIMES THE LIGHT ON THE DASH IS LIT, INDICATING THE CAR DOES NOT SENSE A PASSENGER IS SITTING THERE. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE JELL PACK UNDER THE SEAT BUT THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUING. MY WIFE IS 5"7" AND WEIGHS 126 LBS. THE DEALER SAID TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT POSTURE. WE DROVE THE CAR TO PENNSYLVANIA AND BACK WITHOUT A PROBLEM. *NM