2007 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER FOR SECOND TIME AND THEY CONFIRMED THERE WAS A FAULT IN THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE THAT TRIPS UP THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. QUOTE IS $310 TO FIX ON TOP OF $130 THEY CHARGED ME TO DETERMINE REASON FOR AIR BAG LIGHT. *TR

HEARD CRACKING SOUND WHEN VISOR WAS PUT IN DOWN POSITION. AFTER THAT THE SUN VISOR DOESN'T STAY UP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO MANEUVER AND THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE UPON TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED THE CONTACTS PATH WHILE MAKING A TURN AND CRASHED INTO THE CONTACTS VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISES TO THE LEGS AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO DETERMINE THE POWER STEERING FAILURE AND AIR BAG FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V161000 (AIR BAGS). THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY ENGAGED ,I HAVE TO TAKE MY HAND & KEEP HITTING UNTIL IT WILL STAY ENGAGED. *TR

WE HAVE A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA WITH TWO DEFECTIVE SUN VISORS. ONE STARTED TO FALL DOWN AND NOT STAY UP IN POSITION ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. NOW BOTH ARE DEFECTIVE AND STAY DOWN ALL THE TIME AND ARE NOT ABLE TO STAY UP AT ALL GREATLY EFFECTING THE VISIBILITY FROM WITHIN THIS VEHICLE. I'M A TALL PERSON AND HAVE TO CONSTANTLY SHIFT THE VISOR ON BOTH SIDES IN ORDER TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HYUNDAI HAS A "CAMPAIGN" NOTICE FOR 2006-2008 SONATA'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT ONLY IN WARM STATES. THE COST OF THE VISORS ARE BETWEEN $90 AND $100 DOLLARS. HYUNDAI OFFERED TO GIVE US $100.00 TOWARD OUR NEXT SERVICE, BUT WE'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS REPLACED LIKE IN THE WARM STATES. *TR

OUR 2007 SONATA AIR BAG RED LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON, JUST AS HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE SAID WHILE RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. PROBABLY WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO GET HELP FROM HYUNDAI AT THIS POINT SINCE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED $400 PLUS FOR REPAIRS THAT ONLY LAST FOR A SHORT TIME, AND NEED TO BE DONE AGAIN. ALWAYS LIKED THIS CAR TILL THIS ISSUE STARTED. BECAUSE OF HYUNDAI'S DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO OWN THEIR VEHICLES, I WILL BE SELLING THIS CAR, NEVER BUY FROM HYUNDAI AGAIN AND WILL INFORM OTHERS OF THIS PROBLEM SO THEY CAN AVOID THE DANGER AND FRUSTRATION OF DEALING WITH HYUNDAI. *TR

UPON STARTING VEHICLE THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS USUAL. THE LIGHT TURNED OFF AS USUAL BUT IMMEDIATELY RE-ILLUMINATED. THIS HAS OCCURRED EACH TIME SINCE THEN WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN RED ON THE DASHBOARD. NO EVENT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THIS WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATION. *TR

THE 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS 4 CYLINDER 2.4 L, AT 39 225 MILES, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON. I TOOK IT TO THE CIRCLE HYUNDAI DEALER IN SHREWSBURY NJ TO CHECK IT OUT. THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE CAR AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT BELT PRE TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE COST TO ME OUT OF POCKET WOULD BE $ 450.00 I DID NOT HAVE THE REPAIR COMPLETED. I HAVE READ MANY, CLOSE TO 100 COMPLAINTS ON JUST THIS SAME ISSUE, ON JUST THIS SAME VEHICLE MODEL AND MAKE BEING REPORTED ON THIS NHTSA WEBSITE. IT IS OVERDUE FOR A RECALL OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE OWNERS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL ARE A RISK OF INJURY TO THEIR PERSONS SHOULD THEY BE INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH AND THE AIRBAG NOT RESPONDING AND PROTECTING THE OCCUPANTS.. I HAVE ALSO READ THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL HAVE HAD MANY OF THE SAME MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND POSTED THEM HERE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND HAVE PAID OUT OF THEIR POCKETS TO REPAIR THEIR VEHICLES. REPAIRS SUCH AS REAR DISC BRAKES THAT ARE STAYING ONTO THE REAR ROTORS, CALIPER NOT RELEASING AND WEARING OUT THE DISC PADS AND ROTORS PREMATURELY, ALSO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUN VISORS THAT DROP DOWN AND BLOCK YOUR LINE OF SIGHT, AND NEARLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. LOYAL OWNERS OF THESE HYUNDAI VEHICLES SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR COSTS TO THEM TO KEEP THE CARS SAFE. ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO START A RECALL OF THESE MANY MANUFACTURING DEFECTS THAT CAN HARM OR INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THESE VEHICLES. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES. WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP IT IS A PROBLEM WITH AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT INSIDE THE SEATBELT BUCKLE AND THAT IT CAN LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAG. CHECKED ONLINE AND SAW MANY, MANY HYUNDAI SONATA 2006 AND 2007 USERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM. ON THE HYUNDAI PAPERWORK THEY WROTE: " SCANNED AND FOUND CODE B1701 DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE SHORTED NEEDS DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE PARTS AND LABOR". *JS

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CAME ON AND STAYED ON. ALL I DID WAS START THE CAR. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE GARAGE TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED THE ERROR THAT THE GARAGE GOT WAS "B1706 - PASSENGER BUCKLE PRETENSIONER VOLTAGE HIGH". THE COST TO REPAIR IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $400.00. *TR