2007 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND SUDDENLY THE DRIVER SUN VISOR DROPPED TO THE POINT WHERE IT OBSCURED MY VIEW OF THE ROAD. IT NOW WONT STAY UP AND ITS A DANGER. THE SAME HAS ALSO STARTED TO HAPPENING WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE CAUSING PASSENGERS TO BECOME ANNOYED WITH HAVING TO TRY AND WEDGE AN OBJECT IN TO THE TOP OF THE SUN VISOR TO STOP IT DROPPING DOWN. THIS IS A RISK BECAUSE IF THERE IS A CRASH THEIR FACE WOULD BE PROPELLED TOWARDS THE NOW PROPPED UP BLUNT EDGE OF THE VISOR, SAME WITH THE DRIVER. I WENT IN TO A DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL WHICH I FIND INSANE AS THIS IS A BIG ISSUE. I COULD HAVE HAD IT FIXED FOR FREE AT 60,000 MILES BUT I AM NOW WELL PASSED THAT MILEAGE AND THE ISSUE DID NOT START UNTIL AFTER 60,000 MILES. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO OBSCURED ROAD VISIBILITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT PRETENSIONER. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000.

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON , SO TOOK IT TO DEALER AN THEY SAID PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT THE COST OF 400 BUCKS. SO AIR BAGS WON'T DEPLOY AN SEAT BELT MAY NOT WORK. THIS IS DANGEROUS AN SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AS I SEE IT HAS HAPPENED TO LOTS OF PEOPLE YEARS 2006 2007 2008. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE RECALL ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY CAR FIXED. THANKS, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE "ESC OFF" LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. PRESSING THE "ESC OFF" BUTTON ON THE DASHBOARD HAS NO EFFECT AND I DO NOT KNOW IF THE ESC IS ACTUALLY DISABLED OR IF THE WARNING IS ILLUMINATED IN ERROR. RESTARTING THE CAR CAUSES THE WARNING LIGHT TO GO OFF, BUT IT SOMETIMES COMES BACK ON SHORTLY AFTER. I BELIEVE THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON OTHER HYUNDAI MODELS FOR SIMILAR ISSUES, BUT NOT FOR THE 2007 SONATA. *TR

ESC LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. I USED TO BE ABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND THE LIGHT WOULD STAY OFF. NOW, I TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF THEN BACK ON AGAIN AND THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON WITH NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF. *TR

ENTERING THE CAR THE INTERIOR SMELLED OF GASOLINE. I DROVE THE CAR A FEW MILES AND ONCE STOPPED, I COULD SMELL THE STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. LOOKING UNDERNEATH, I SAW GASOLINE DRIPPING TO THE GROUND FROM THE FRONT AREA OF THE GASOLINE TANK. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO A MECHANIC AND REPAIRED. THE PART THAT FAILED WAS FROM THE GASOLINE LINE AND HAS A ROUNDED RIGHT ANGLE BEND IN IT. TOTAL OVERALL LENGTH, INCLUDING THE BEND IS APPROX 7 INCHES. THE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH ALLOWING GASOLINE TO ESCAPE THE LINE. THE FAILED PART COULD EASILY HAVE LEAD TO A FIRE OR CATASTROPHIC EVENT. *TR

HYUNDAI SONATA 2007 AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. THEY SAY IT IS THE PRETENSIONER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE CODE WAS B1706. IT IS GOING TO COST ME $500 TO FIX. CANNOT PASS INSPECTION WITHOUT IT. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE 2010. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN AUGUST OF 2012. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY BACK AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. I DID NOT GO TO GET IT FIXED RIGHT AWAY. I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AROUND OCTOBER 2012 AND MY MECHANIC SAID THAT ONE OF THE CONNECTORS TO THE AIRBAG HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED. HE CONNECTED IT BACK BUT THE LIGHT STAYED ON BECAUSE IT WAS STILL IN THE COMPUTER. HE TOLD ME I HAD TO GO TO THE DEALER IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM HOOK IT UP BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIS COMPUTER. I TOOK IT TO PRIDE HYUNDAI BECAUSE THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE A RECALL ON THE AIR BAGS BUT IT DID NOT APPLY TO MY CAR. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRBAG. THEY ERASED THE CODES THAT WERE STUCK IN THE COMPUTER AND EVERYTHING WAS OK UNTIL JULY OF 2014 WHEN MY SON ADJUSTED THE SEAT BY PUSHING IT BACK. THE AIRBAG LIGHT POPS ON AGAIN. I THINK THIS IS A GIMMICK OF HYUNDAI BY MAKING THE CONNECTORS EITHER TOO LOOSE OR TOO SHORT. OF COURSE I DO NO LONGER HAVE A WARRANTY ON THE CAR. IT EXPIRED AT 65,000 MILES BECAUSE I AM THE SECOND OWNER. I KEEP READING HORROR STORIES OF HOW MUCH HYUNDAI CHARGES THEIR CUSTOMERS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THEY TELL THEM IT IS A FAULTY PASSENGER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIX IT AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED MY CAR. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY SENT THE SEAT OFF TO BE RE-CALIBRATED. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT EVER 2-3 MONTHS UNTIL JANUARY 2012 AND IT DID NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL AUGUST 2012 BUT DURING THIS MONTH I TOOK IT BACK A TOTAL OF 8 TIMES BECAUSE THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEPT COMING BACK ON! THE LAST TIME THEY FIXED IT WAS IN OCTOBER 2012 AND I WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE IT WAS PAST WARRANTY THEY WOULD NO LONGER FIX IT FOR "FREE" AND SUGGESTED I PURCHASE ONE OF THEIR NEW CARS. I AM A WIDOW AND CANNOT AFFORD TO GET A NEW CAR. IN DECEMBER 2012 THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND HAS REMAINED ON EVER SINCE. *TR