2000 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

WINDOW COMES OFF TRACK, MUST USE 2 HANDS TO CLOSE WINDOW, 1 HAND ON BUTTON, 1 HAND TO GUIDE WINDOW UP, IF I AM LUCKY ENOUGH FOR IT NOT TO COME OFF TRACK, WINDOW WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY ON ITS OWN,WINDOW HAS BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE FOURTH TIME AS OF 11/15/2000. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN LOW IN A GEAR, SOUNDS AS IF IT IS A VIBRATION PROBLEM RELATED TO MAP SENSOR AS RECALLED ON THE 2.6L SONATA AND THE ELANTRA MODELS. *AK

AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT IS DEFECTIVE. REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER. AIR BAGS ARE INOPERABLE, AND (AS A RESULT) POSE A SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS.ARD

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AND NOTICED THAT AIRBAG MODULE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN, VEHICLE SHUTOFF. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THERE WAS A WIRE CROSSED. VEHICLE WAS IN THE DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES. *AK

RACK AND PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 7,000 MILES AND CAUSING A LOUD NOISE IN THE FRONT END.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

IF ACCELERATED UP TO 45MPH SPEED SLOWED DOWN, AND CONSUMER HAD TO RELEASE THE SPEED, TRANSMISSION WAS STALLING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

I BOUGHT A HYUNDAI SONATA IN DECEMBER. I JUST GOT MY CAR OUT OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE THIRD TIME. AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS ACTIVATING ON OUR CAR AND THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. WE CHECKED INTO THE LEMON LAW AND UNDERSTOOD THAT WE FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. THE DEALERSHIP AGREES, BUT NOW WILL NOT REFUND OUR MONEY. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THAT CAR. THERE ARE DUEL FRONT AIR BAGS, ALONG WITH SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGS. ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES WE HAD IT SERVICED, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON BECAUSE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT IT, SINCE THE DEALER WILL NOT COOPERATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS MATTER.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHEN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS SLAMMED SHUT.DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2000 HYUNDAI SONATA. PRIOR TO PURCHASE WE NOTICED THAT MY SON, WHO WEIGHS 350 LBS. COULD NOT GET EITHER OF THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS TO LATCH AND THE ONLY WAY THE FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD LATCH IS IF THE SEAT WAS TILTED BACK AND SLIDE ALL THE WAY BACK, EVEN AT THAT THE SEAT /SHOULDER HARNESS WOULD PRESS DEEPLY INTO HIS BODY MAKING IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. WE ASKED IF FACTORY SEAT BELT EXTENSIONS WERE AVAILABLE. THEY STATED THAT THE PARTS DEPARTMENT HAD THEM BUT THEY WERE CLOSED (WE BOUGHT THE CAR ON A SATURADY AFTERNOON). THEY SAID WE COULD PICK THEM UP ON MONDAY. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER ON MONDAY AND WERE TOLD THAT THE PARTS DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE THEM AND WOULD HAVE TO GET THEM FROM HYUNDAI. WE AGAIN CONTACTED THE DEALER ON TUESDAY AND THEY SAID THAT HYUNDAI NO LONGER PROVIDED SEAT BELT EXTENSIONS BECAUSE OF NUMEREOUS LIABILITIES SUITS THAT HAVE BEEN FILE DUE TO THEIR FAILURE. THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD RESEARCH OTHER AVENUES. ON 5/17/00 WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE DEALER WOULD HAVE A TRIM SHOP TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WE NEEDED TO CALL THEM TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MY WIFE, THE TRIM SHOP STATED THAT THEY COULD FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE THAT THEY COULD MATCH THE COLOR. IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY WERE PLANNED TO SPLICE A PIECE OF SEAT BELT MATERIAL INTO THE EXSITING SEAT BELT. I EXPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT, WHAT WAS PRESENTED AS "A FIX" WAS NEITHER SAFE OR ACCEPTABLE. ON 5/18/00 THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAVE "RESEARCHED ALL KNOWN SOURCES" AND THEIR WAS NOTHING FURTURE THAT THEY COULD (WOULD) DO. THE DEALER IS WILL TO GIVE US OUR TRADE BACK AND CANCEL THE DEAL, BUT AS I EXPLAINED TO THE DEALER, I BELIEVE THAT HYUNDAI HAS A LEGAL RESPONSIBLITY TO PROVIDE FUNTIONING SEAT BELTS FOR ALL OCCUPANTS OR THEY SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO MAKET AND SELL CARS IN THE U.S.A.. AS A RESULT MY WIFE HAS NOWAY TO TRANPORT OUR DISABLED SON. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US? *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING ABILITY, AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. ALSO, AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT THE HEAD RESTRAINT WHICH FLEW INTO THE REAR SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK