2001 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE VIBRATED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS WHICH WERE WARPED. *JB

EXCESSIVE DUST ENTERED THE TRUNK THROUGH A VENT AND SEEPED THROUGH THE PASSENGER CABIN.*JB....*AK

THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY PULL. *JB THERE WAS A VIBRATION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT HIGH SPEEDS(DUE TO WARPED ROTORS), A TAP NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE TIMING BELT, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DIE AT THE SPEED OF 60 MPH. THE TIMING BELT, THE BROKEN COUNTER BALANCE, AND THE MISSING TIMING BELT TEETH WERE REPLACED. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THERE WAS A NOISE DUE TO A FAULTY CALIPER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS, CHANGE ROTORS PADS BUT UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER SEAT LATCH WHICH DOESN'T LOCK INTO POSITION WHEN IT IS RE-ADJUSTED, THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER MENTIONED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 30 MPH HIT HER, AND THE DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH DEALERSHIP STATED AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE CONSUMER WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT 5 MPH. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED. *TT

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA PASSENGER AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DUE TO CONNECTOR MOUNTED UNDER SEAT HAD JIGGLED LOOSE

CONSUMER STATES' THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT KEEPS FREEZING UP. CONSUMER SAYS THERE IS A TERRIBLE ODOR THAT GETS INTO THE MOUTH AND IRRITATES THE EYES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE ROTRS ON THE VEHICLE WARPED PREMATURELY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *MR *NLM

DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS PHANTOM NEUTRAL CONDITION WHICH HYUNDAI IS AWARE, NO REPAIR AT TIME. (9/24/02)DT