2006 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT MY 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA USED IN 2013. THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE ANY WRECKS TO SHOW THIS DEFAULT. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE ME $260 FOR EACH NEW BELT BUCKLE BECAUSE THEY SAY THE SENSORS ARE BAD. I WANT THIS TURNED INTO A RECALL AS I DON'T FEEL THEIR MECHANICAL PROBLEM SHOULD END UP COSTING ME AN ADDITIONAL $700 FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER WAS CHANGED UNDER WARRANTY ON MY 2006 SONATA. NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE PRETENSIONER HAS SET A CODE. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. AN ONLINE SEARCH PROVED TO BE QUITE FRUITFUL. THIS IS NOT BY ANY MEANS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. HYUNDAI IS AWARE THIS PROBLEM EXISTS AND SPANS MULTIPLE MODELS YET HAS DONE NOTHING TO REPAIR VEHICLES OUT OF WARRANTY. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT A SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER IS NOT A WEAR ITEM. THIS PART WORKS IN CONCERT WITH YOUR AIRBAG. IT ALSO IS A CONTROLLED EXPLOSION WHICH TIGHTENS THE SEAT BELT TO A PERSON AS THE AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED. IF SOME HYUNDAI AIR BAGS WERE TO SET CODES FOR BEING OUT OF SPEC ALL VEHICLES USING THEM WOULD NO DOUGH BE RECALLED. HOWEVER, A PART WORKING IN UNISON ON THE SAME SYSTEM WITH THE SAME TECHNOLOGY IS NOT. I AM AT A LOSS FOR WHY THIS IS NOT A NATIONAL RECALL. *TR

OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW DAYS, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED TO BE LIT CONTINUOUSLY WHILE AN OCCUPANT WAS IN THE SEAT. INITIALLY, THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THEN GO OUT AFTER A FEW MOMENTS. HOWEVER, AFTER APPROXIMATELY A WEEK OF THE ON/OFF, THE LIGHT THEN REMAINED LIT ANYTIME THE CAR WAS ON. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE ESC OFF LIGHT BEGAN TO LIGHT UP WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF/TURN ESC ON UNLESS THE CAR WAS STOPPED, TURNED OFF, AND THEN BACK ON. THE ISSUE HAS APPEARED SPORADICALLY, USUALLY WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH A TURN. IT HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES THUS FAR. *TR

THE AIR BAG WENT ON TO INDICATE THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT WORK. CONSIDERED THIS A SAFETY ISSUE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND INDICATED IT WAS NOT COVERED AND HAD TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBEAT PRETENSIONER ASSEMBLY. *TR

ESC SENSOR WOULD LIGHT UP ON AND OFF. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEY COULD NOT FIND PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. RESET THE SENSOR. THE ESC GOES ON AND OFF ALL OF THE TIME. IT WILL STAY ON FOR A MONTH AND THEN NOT BE ON FOR 2 MONTHS. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE FROM OTHER BOARDS THAT I HAVE SEEN. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR

MY CAR (HYUNDAI SONATA 2006) WAS TRAVELING THE INTERSECTION WITH A GREEN LIGHT. THE OTHER CAR WAS TRAVELING THE INTERSECTION WITH A RED LIGHT, AND DID STRIKE THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY CAR. THE OTHER CAR CAUSED THE SEVERE DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND I GOT INJURED. MY CAR'S SIDE AIR BAG WAS INFLATED, BUT MY DRIVER FRONT AIR BAG WAS NOT INFLATED SO THAT I GOT PERMANENTLY INJURED IN MY EYEBROW AND CHRONIC BACK-PAIN. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IF MY DRIVER FRONT AIR BAG WAS INFLATED, I DO NOT SUFFER FROM CHRONIC BACK-PAIN AND DO NOT HAVE A PERMANENT SCAR IN MY EYEBROW. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT ON. THIS IS A CONTINUING ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED NOT AT MY EXPENSE. CONTACTED DEALER AND ALSO CONTACTED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL BUT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY IT HAS TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE. I FEEL THAT THIS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE, HYUNDAI SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS...UPDATED 09/30/14 *BF

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

AIR BAGLIGHT ON DISCONNECTING SYSTEM. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN HYUNDAI CHARGES TO DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM , AND SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED OR INJURED PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM A RECALL IS IN ORDER.THIS IS DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG.I TOOK THIS CAR TO DEALER FOR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG NOW THAT LIGHT IS ALSO ON . NHTSA PLEASE DO SOMETHING. *TR

THE SYSTEM WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED, THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. EVALUATION SHOWED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED AND WAS COVERED WITH ENGINE OIL WHICH HAD LEAKED FROM THE FRONT VALVE COVER GASKET ONTO THE ALTERNATOR. THIS FAILURE IS THE SAME AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V415000, WHICH COVERS ANOTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLE.