2006 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE FAILED AND THE DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR BECAME PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE HOUSING UNIT AND BLOCKED THE CONTACT'S VIEW OF THE ROADWAY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VISOR SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VISOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP IN UPRIGHT POSITION. CONTINUES TO FALL POSING AN OBSTRUCTED VISIBILITY PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING AND DIVERTS ATTENTION FROM SAFE DRIVING. *TR

2/25/2013:AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON DRIVER'S SIDE. TOOK CAR INTO DEALERSHIP THEY HAD TO REPLACE PRETENSIONER CAUSED BY B1706 PASS RESISTANCE TOO HIGH BUCKLER PRETENSIONER. THEY CHARGED US $316.19 I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS CAR AS WE HAD AN ISSUE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ON 5/8/2012 AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON. FOUND CODES B1448 PASSENGER WEIGHT SENSOR DEFECT/FAULT TRACED AND FOUND SEAT BOTTOM FAULTY. THERE WAS NO CHARGE FOR THIS THEY SAID AS IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT REGARDING THE 5/2012 ISSUE I FEEL THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE. *TR

BROUGHT CAR INTO DEALER AS ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. DEALER EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW GAS CAP ($200). DID NOT FIX PROBLEM AND WHEN RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK AS IT WAS ROTTED. I HAD OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR A YEAR BUT HOW DOES A 6 YEAR OLD CAR HAVE A ROTTED GAS TANK? DEALERSHIP (BALISE TOYOTA, SPRINGFIELD, MA) CLAIMED "WELL THAT IS NEW ENGLAND FOR YA". I AM OVER 70 YEARS OLD AND HAVE OWNED A NUMBER OF CARS IN NEW ENGLAND OVER THE YEARS, NONE OF WHICH HAVE EVER HAD A ROTTED GAS TANK. *TR

WHILE TURNING CORNERS THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AND UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL. RESTART CAR AND IT WORKS AGAIN. HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON CONTINUOUSLY. BRAKE LIGHTS REPLACED FREQ. CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS. ESC LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. HAD TO USE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE NUMEROUS TIMES FOR 2 DAYS AT A TIME. I AM UNABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE OR PARK AND I HAVE TO USE THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE TO MOVE THE GEARS. HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONER STOP WORKING A FEW SECONDS AT A TIME. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FOR A FEW DAYS AT A TIME. IF I HIT THE BRAKES HARD THE ESC LIGHT WILL COME ON AND DO NOT GO OFF FOR DAYS. CIGARETTE LIGHTERS REPLACED AND ONE STILL WILL NOT WORK. HEAD LIGHTS DIM INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES AND HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND TIME OFF WORK AND PROBLEMS RETURN QUICKLY. *TR

DRIVING FROM BAKERSFIELD, CA TO AUBURN, CA ON 12-20-12. FILLED WITH FUEL ABOUT 15 MILES BEFORE AUBURN. PARKED IN AUBURN, CAR WOULD NOT START ABOUT 3 HRS LATER. TOWED TO GARAGE ON 12-21-12, STARTED AT GARAGE, COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS. DROVE FROM BARSTOW, CA TO PAYSON, AZ ON 12-27-12. WOULD NOT START NEXT MORNING. MECHANIC CAME ON 12-30-12, CAR STARTED. HAD MECHANIC COME ON 1-16-13 TO CHECK FUEL PUMP. STARTED TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP, FOUND THAT THE POWER CONNECTOR FROM THE PUMP TO THE CONNECTOR AT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK HAD BURNT, CORRODED. DISCOLORED CONNECTIONS. THIS IS INSIDE THE FUEL TANK! HAVE HAD TO ORDER A NEW PUMP ASSEMBLY FROM HYUNDAI. DON'T IF IT IS AN UPGRADED PART. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ON: CODE B1706. THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE TENSIONER FAILED AND NOW THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK. DEALER COST IS $400 TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX WITH NO GUARANTEE. *TR

ON DECEMBER 30TH 2012 TIME:11.52 AM WHILE MAKING A SLOW TURN INTO A PARKING AREA OF SIKH TEMPLE, 16000 STIRLING ROAD,SOUTHWEST RANCHES,FL33331 TEL: 954 680 0221,MY 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY FOR NO REASON,AN ACCIDENT RESULTED WITH MINOR DAMAGED TO OTHER PROPERTY AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE 2006 SONATA. IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE'S SPEED CONTROL? *TR

PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS INTERMITTENTLY ON. DIAGNOSIS WAS "PASSENGER SIDE PRE TENSIONER" SINCE THIS TIME THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. THE SEAT ITSELF WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS IN DECEMBER 2012. SERVICE SAYS THAT THE OCCUPANT WEIGHT LESS THAN 110 MAY CAUSE THE WARNING, BUT THE DECEMBER 2012 DIAGNOSIS USED 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE (100,120, AND 170 POUNDS) AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON, THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT THE AIRBAG WILL FUNCTION IN A CRASH.AFTER THE DECEMBER 28 CHECK THE WARNING LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON BUT ONLY ONE SHORT DRIVE FROM DEALER. *TR