2007 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

THE VEHICLE WOULD RANDOMLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. DURING THE FAILURE, THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO APPLY EXTRA FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING AROUND 70000 ON CAR. IT HAS A JERK WHEN I AM ACCELERATING UNTIL I GET TO A FASTER SPEED. BUT IT DOESN'T ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN.. I WAS STRING AT A LIGHTOR WHENEVER I GO TO STOP IT ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. SOMETIMES WHILE I'M DRIVING IT SEEMS TO PICK UP SPEED ON ITS OWN AS WELL

THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE OCS SENSOR WHICH WAS FIXED BY HYUNDAI COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. NOW THIS PROBLEM HAS AGAIN APPEARED WHICH HYUNDAI USA DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE CARE OF. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY HYUNDAI USA

AIR BAG LIGHT ON CONTINUOUSLY, FAULT PASSENGER SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER HIGH RESISTANCE. DISABLING THE SRS SYSTEM. LIGHT JUST CAME ON UPON STARTUP.

I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE FOR ALMOST AN HOUR WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR A CLICKING NOISE. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH AND PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR. WHEN I DID SO, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND SUDDENLY, SMOKE FILLED UNDER THE HOOD AND ALSO CAME OUT THE EXHAUST PIPE. I ALSO SAW DEBRIS FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR, LOOKING LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE. I PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND OIL EVERYWHERE, MORE SMOKE FLOODING OUT OF THE HOOD AND BITS OF METAL DEBRIS ALL OVER. OIL WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE MECHANIC HAS JUDGED THAT THE ENGINE BURST WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR SOME TIME NOW. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT DOES NOT EVEN TURN ON WHEN A PASSENGER SITS ON THE FRONT SEAT. I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THE LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON.

THERE IS A RECALL #083 (08V161000) THAT IS EXACTLY MY ISSUE. THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR THAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE. THE COST OF REPAIR IS $1500.00. SPOKE WITH HYUNDAI AND THEY ADVISED THAT MY CAR WAS NOT MARKED FOR RECALL. WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH A NUMBER OF JUNK YARDS THINKING WE COULD OBTAIN A USED SEAT TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THIS ISSUE IS WIDE SPREAD AND THEY CANNOT KEEP SEATS IN STOCK DUE TO THE SEAT SENSOR ISSUE. I CANNOT PASS MY STATE INSPECTION WITHOUT THIS FIX. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED BY THIS RECALL. PLEASE REGISTER THIS COMPLAINT AND LET ME KNOW IF I HAVE ANY OTHER RECOURSE. THANK YOU (XXXX) 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HYUNDAI BECAUSE THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT REMINDER LIGHT WOULD BLINK WHEN NO ONE WAS IN THE SEAT. AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY AIRBAG SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THAT WAS PART OF THE ACTUAL SEAT. THE REPLACEMENT SEAT CUSHION WAS GOING TO COST UPWARDS OF $1200, WITH THE INSTALLED PRICE OF OVER $1500! AFTER LOOKING AT THE NHTSA COMPLAINTS, I SAW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH ALSO SHOWED A PLETHORA OF OTHER COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE SENSORS/AIRBAG/SEAT BELT SYSTEM IN THESE VEHICLES, AND I AM HOPING A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED. HYUNDAI COULD NOT TELL ME IF THIS ISSUE WOULD AFFECT MY AIRBAG SYSTEM OR NOT. THANK YOU.

HAD AIRBAG LIGHT STAY ON AND GOT SEATBELT BUCKLE REPLACED UNDER RECALL. NOW ONE MONTH LATER AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND I'M TOLD IT IS BAD SENSORS INSIDE THE SEAT. THESE CARS HAVE POOR ENGINEERING. WE CAN'T EVEN RELY ON AIRBAGS, SINCE THEY WON'T WORK WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON FOR BAD SENSORS.

OIL LEAK FROM VALVE COVER GASKET DROPPED ON ALTERNATOR. DAMAGE TO ALTERNATOR CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WHILE GOING 60MPH ON AN INTERSTATE. MULTIPLE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED (INCLUDING THE ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHTS, THE SEAT BELT LIGHT STARTED FLASHING), I LOST POWER TO THE RADIO AND THE LIGHTS INSIDE THE CAR STOPPED WORKING, QUICKLY AFTER THESE TWO ISSUES STARTED I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE (AGAIN, WHILE GOING 60MPH ON AN INTERSTATE). VERBATIM TEXT FROM COMPLAINT 14V415000 FOR THE HYUNDAI VERACRUZ (INCLUDING THE MODEL YEAR 2007)- "AN UNEXPECTED FAILURE OF MOTIVE POWER WHILE DRIVING INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH." I BELIEVE THAT THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO OTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLES AS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR SONATAS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, INCLUDING 2007. MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME $1372.43 TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR, VALVE COVER GASKET, AND BATTERY (ATTACHED).

WHEN I EXIT MY CAR AND MY HEADLIGHT ARE TURNED TO OFF POSITION AND CLOSE DOOR, MY RUNNING LIGHTS STAY ON. WHICH I HAVE JAD TO CHARGR MY BATTERY DUE YO THIS. SO ER THOUGHT IT WAS THE HEADLAMP SWITCH. STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SO LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM AND FOUND A COUPLE DIFFERENT FORUMS STATING THAT THIS IS A RELAY PROBLEM. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT THIS RELAY IS INTEGRATED INTO THE FUSE BOX. SO IN ORDER FPR THIS PROBLEM TO BE FIXED I AM TOLD I HAVE TO REPLACE A FUSE BOX. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THOS ISSUE. THIS HAPPENES EVERY TIME I EXIT MY VECHICLE AFTER DRIVING IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. 2. MY DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER VISORS DO NOT STAY UP. I HAVE GOTTEN HIT IN THE HEAD. THIS SHOULD ALSO BE ON RECALL.