1998 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN JANUARY OF 1999. ON 2/26/99 I SENT THE VEHICLE TO JIM CLICK (520-292-3790) TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK REPLACED BECAUSE OF GASOLINE LEAKING. THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A CRACKED FUEL TANK. ON 11/29/99 TOOK THE CAR BACK TO JIM CLICK BECAUSE GAS WAS LEAKING OUT. THEY DETERMINED AGAIN THAT THE GAS TANK WAS CRACKED. ON 7/15/00 ONCE AGAIN, GAS IN LEAKING AND MAKING A PUDDLE. TOOK IT TO JIM CLICK AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY CAN PUT ANOTHER GAS TANK ON THE CAR BUT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. *AK

OWNER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR GETTING JAMMED IN THE PARKING GEAR. THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SINCE AUGUST OF 1999. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THERE HAS BEEN NO PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE DEALER WITH NO FRONT BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION THAT FAILD THE NEXT DAY.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 15 MPH, DRIVER IN FRONT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT WAS REALLY FOGGY OUTSIDE, AND CONSUMER PRESSED ON THE BRAKES, AND HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE'S BUMPER, AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER FELT THAT AIRBAGS SHOULDN'T HAVE DEPLOYED. DLR SAID AN AIRBAG SPECIALIST WOULD LOOK AT IT. BUT SOMEONE TAMPERED WITH THE CAR BEFORE SPECIALIST CAME.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH OR BE REAR ENDED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO DRIVE THERE IS A REVING OF THE TACHOMETER SOMETIMES UP TO 4,000 RPM BEFORE THE SHIFT IS COMPLETED AND SOMETIMES THERE IS A BANGING NOISE. *YC

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 5 MPH MINOR COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE SHIFTED IN NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN, ALMOST RESULTING IN POSSIBLE COLLISION. *YC

WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNIG, THE TRANMISSION DROPS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO GO FORWARD AND THE VEHICLE WOULD GO IN REVERSE. ALSO, BRAKES ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND WHEN CONSUMER LETS HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKES THERE IS A SQEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING BELT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE HAD NO FRONTAL IMPACT AND NO ACCIDENT, BUT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTEDLY, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND GOING INTO A DITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK