2006 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

BURNING SMELL LIKELY ELECTRICAL APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH BOARD. CAR CHECKED BY MECHANIC ALL AROUND EXTERIOR- NOT FROM ANY COMPONENTS THERE. BURNING SMELL IDENTIFIED BY MECHANIC AS ELECTRICAL LIKELY PLASTIC INSULATION THAT IS BURNING. ONLY ELECTRICAL WORK DONE WAS BY HYUDAI RECALL TO CORRECT AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT THAT AIRBAGS WERE NOT OPERATIONAL SPECIFICALLY THE DEFECT WAS TO HAVE NECESSITATED REMOVING THE PASSENGER SEAT AND FIXING/REPLACING A SENSOR. SINCE THAT WAS CORRECTED THE INSIDE LIGHT DOES NOT GO ON WHEN THE CAR DOOR OPENS. THE BURNING SMELL COMES ON AFTER THE CAR HAS WARMED UP -BEEN RUNNING TEN-15 MINUTES. SO FAR NO OTHER EFFECTS. I HAD HOPED THE BURNING SMELL WOULD GO AWAY. TODAY IS THREE WEEKS AND BURNING SMELL HAS NOT DIMINISHED FORCING ME TO OPEN WINDOWS TO VENT WHILE DRIVING. NOW I MUST MAKE A APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE DASHBOARD REMOVED TO LOCATE DEFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT METAL WAS IN THE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. UPDATED 11/18/15*LJ *CN

IN MAY 2015, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA CONCERNING A DEFECT IN MY 2006 SONATA'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES (CAMPAIGN TXX2) CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO WACO HYUNDAI LOCATED AT 1501 W. LOOP 340, WACO, TX 76712 ON 5/14/15 FOR THE CAMPAIGN NOTICE AND OTHER MAINTENANCE/REPAIRS. WACO HYUNDAI FAILED TO HONOR THE CAMPAIGN LETTER REFUSING TO REPAIR MY SONATA BASED ON THE FACT MY SONATA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WRECKED. I PURCHASED MY SONATA A FEW YEARS PRIOR WHEN IT HAD ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON IT KNOWING IT HAD BEEN WRECKED AT SOME POINT PRIOR. IT HAD 76,002 AT THE TIME I DROPPED IT OFF FOR SERVICE. WACO HYUNDAI ADVISED IF I HAD A COMPLAINT TO CALL HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA WHICH CREATED CASE #7944327. IT TOOK HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA OVER A MONTH, BUT THEY TOO WOULD NOT HONOR THE CAMPAIGN LETTER BECAUSE MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WRECKED. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY REGISTERED, PASSES STATE INSPECTION AND IS ROAD WORTHY BY ALL APPEARANCES AND APPLICABLE STANDARDS, BUT NEITHER WACO HYUNDAI NOR HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA WOULD HONOR THEIR OWN CAMPAIGN TXX2 NOTICE.

THE "ESC OFF" LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY ON MY HYUNDAI SONATA 2006 MODEL KEEPS COMING UP INTERMITTENTLY. I CHECKED AND DID NOT FIND ANY OPEN RECALLS ON THIS. ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON HYUNDAI ISSUE / PROBLEM ACROSS DIFFERENT HYUNDAI MODELS INCLUDING SONATA, SO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HYUNDAI HAS NOT IDENTIFIED THE ROOT CAUSE AND ISSUED A RECALL TO FIX THIS. IS THERE SOME OTHER COMMON RESOLUTION FOR THIS THAT NEED TO BE CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE INTERIM?

ON 17 AUGUST 2015, I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA AT 75 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE OF I-64 NEAR NITRO, WV. AS I PASSED A TRACTOR TRAILER WHILE ENTERING A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE LEFT, WITHOUT WARNING MY CAR VIOLENTLY FISHTAILED CAUSING THE REAR END OF MY CAR TO MOMENTARILY GO UNDER THE TRACTOR TRAILER WHILE MY FRONT END WAS HEADED TOWARD A FOUR FOOT HIGH CONCRETE MEDIAN. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WAS ABLE TO STEER OUT OF THE SITUATION WITHOUT HITTING EITHER THE TRUCK OR THE WALL. CORROSION OF THE STEEL CROSS MEMBER IN THE REAR END CAUSED THE LEFT REAR CONTROL ARM TO DETACH SUDDENLY. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER WHERE I HAD PREVIOUS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND RECALL WORK PERFORMED. LATER THAT EVENING I RESEARCHED THE NHTSA SITE FOR RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WHICH I HAD NOT RECEIVED: REPORT RECEIPT DATE: AUG 12, 2013 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V354000 COMPONENT(S): SUSPENSION WHEN I QUESTIONED THE SERVICE PERSONNEL AS TO WHY I DID NOT RECEIVE THE NOTICE, THEIR RECORDS SHOWED MY VEHICLE AS REGISTERED TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2007. THERE APPEARS TO BE GROSS NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF BOTH THE DEALER AND HYUNDAI IN NOT INFORMING ME OF THIS RECALL. AS STATED ABOVE, THE DEALER HAD PERFORMED RECALL WORK ON MY VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS IN THEIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OVER THE PAST 3.5 YEARS.

THE SUN VISOR SUDDENLY DROPPED AND IT WILL NO LONGER STAY UP. DANGEROUS IMPEDIMENT TO VISION WHILE DRIVING. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT HYUNDAI WILL NOT REPAIR IT ALTHOUGH THEY COULD DO SO AT ONLY MINOR COST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE RAN OVER A BUMP AND THE REAR END MOVED BACK AND FORTH. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND THE SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V354000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000.

ECS WARNING LIGHT ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHEN TURNING KEY IN IGNITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE, WITH ESC AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS COMING ON WHILE DRIVING.

IN THE MID OF APRIL, I RECEIVED A EXTENDED WARRANTY LETTER FROM HYUNDAI FOR MY "AIR BAG" LIGHT THAT HAS BEEN ON. IT WAS FOR THE AIR BAG LIGHT DUE TO RESISTANCE WITHIN THE CONNECTOR FOR THE FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE. ON APRIL 27, 2015 I SCHEDULED MY FIRST APPOINTMENT AT SAVANNAH HYUNDAI. ON INVOICE IT STATED: 135681 CHECK AND FOUND HISTORY CODES B1701 DRIVERS SEAT BUCKLE PRETENSIONER RESISTANCE HIGH B176 PASSENGER SEAT BUCKLE RESISTANCE CLEAR CODES NO CODES RESET. I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. AS I DROVE OFF THE SERVICE LOT, MY AIR BAG LIGHT WENT BACK ON. ON MAY 4, 2015, I WENT IN FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEEDED MY CAR TO STAY AT THE SHOP AND THEY GAVE ME A RENTAL. THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO SEND MY SEAT OFF TO BE FIXED. IT WAS A FEW DAYS THAT THEY HAD MY CAR. ON THAT INVOICE IT STATED: CHECK AIR BAG SYSTEM FOR CODES B1701 AND B1706 DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE PRETENSIONER RESISTANCE HIGH FOUND SERVICE BULLENTIN 15BE002 INSTALL TIE STRAP ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE PRETENSIONER CONNECTORS.ON JUNE 22, 2015 I CAME IN SAVANNAH HYUNDAI ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE MY AIR BAG LIGHT WARNING CAME BACK ON. I WAS TOLD THAT MY WARRANTY WAS ALREADY EXTENDED WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET IF I WANTED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. WHICH I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND HAD NO IDEA WHY THEY WERE FIGHTING WITH ME WITH THIS. FIX THE SAFETY ISSUE! ON INVOICE IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TSB FOR PRETENSIONER CONNECTORS WERE ALREADY PERFORMED AND THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDS PASSENGER BUCKLE PRETENSIONER AND THE TSB DOES NOT MENTION ANY WARRANTY COVERING THE REPLACEMENT, ONLY THE ZIP TIE INSTALLATION. I CALLED CORPORATE AND ON MAY 29, 2015, THEY ORDERED THE PASSENGER SEAT BUCKLE PRETENSIONER AND SUPPOSEDLY THEY FIXED THE ISSUE. TODAY IS JULY, 15, 2015 AND MY AIR BAG WARNING LAMP IS ON ONCE AGAIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED.

THIS SONATA HAD ELECTRIC PROBLEMS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING (CLIMATE CONTROL, LIGHT BULBS, BRAKE LIGHTS, SIDE MIRROR CONTROL, WINDOW CONTROL, CABIN LIGHTS, ETC.). MOST OF THE LIGHT BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED MANY TIMES EITHER BY THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS STILL COVERED BY WARRANTY OR BY MYSELF. THE MOST RECENT ROUND OF REPLACEMENT WAS ON JULY 3 FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT, DRIVER'S SIDE TURN LIGHT (YELLOW) AND REAR LEFT BACK OFF LIGHT. I FINALLY STARTED TO QUESTION IF THE FUSES WERE MISPLACED. AFTER CHECKING CAREFULLY THE FUSE TYPES AND LABELED SPECIFICATIONS OF BOTH THE ENGINE AND CABIN FUSE PANELS, I FOUND THREE FUSES IN THE CABIN PANEL WERE NOT THE SAME AS THE OWNER'S MANUAL DESCRIBED. THEY ARE (WRONG FUSES IN THE PARENTHESES): FS19 20A (25A), FS6 10A (15A), AND FS5 25A (20A). I REARRANGED ALL THREE FUSES ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFICATION ON THE OWNER'S MANUAL (P. 6-41). HYUNDAI SHOULD BE LEGALLY AND FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE PROBLEMS, WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE ASSEMBLY BUT LED TO COUNTLESS FRUSTRATIONS AND EVEN SAFETY PROBLEMS WHEN THOSE LIGHTS WERE DOWN FREQUENTLY.