2006 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

AIR BAG LIGHTS ARE ON, THE DAEALER SAY THERE IS NO RECALLON THE AIR BAG FOR MY CAR. AT ONE POINT I RECIEVED A NOTICE BUT DONT REMEMBER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER DUE TO MY BEING OUT OF TOWN THAN IN. THE LIGHT STAY ON ALL THE TIME WHILE THE IGNITIONIS ON. NOT THE PASSENGER BUT THE DRIVER SIDE.

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. KEY HYUNDAI MILFORD CT SENT SEAT OUT FOR RECALIBRATION AT 40,000 MILES. THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES AT 45,000 MILES. AIRBAG LIGHT IS STILL ON. KEY HYUNDAI TOLD US THEY CANNOT HELP. NOW KEY TELLS US THAT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES MUST BE REPLACE, AGAIN, AT OUR COST. HYUNDAI CORPORATE WON'T HELP. WE ARE DRIVING WITH AN APPARENTLY IN-OPERABLE AIRBAG SYSTEM.

THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THE ENGINE WAS DYING WHEN I CAME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT, WITH THE ENGINE IDLING, THE CAR IN DRIVE AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I STARTED TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL WHEN I HAD TO COME TO A STOP, SO THE ENGINE WOULDN'T SPUTTER, AND THEN BACK IN DRIVE WHEN I WANTED TO GO. AFTER ABOUT A DAY OR 2, THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, AND THE BRAKE WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO STOP THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO MY HYUNDAI DEALER, WHO SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION (SPECIFICALLY TORQUE CONVERTER). I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, WHICH REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. BUT THE CAR WAS STILL REVVING WHEN IT WAS PUT IN DRIVE AND IDLING, WITH THE BRAKE ON. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM, WHICH TOOK ABOUT A MONTH, AND FOUND THAT THE CONTROL MODULE HAD MALFUNCTIONED. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, IT WAS SENDING THE SIGNAL TO REV THE ENGINE AND CUT THE POWER TO THE BRAKES WHEN THE CAR WAS IDLING IN GEAR. HE SAID HE FOUND THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR RANGE, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL BECAUSE NO SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATHS HAD OCCURRED BECAUSE OF IT YET. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME TILL THIS HAPPENS, WHEN A VEHICLE REVS ITS ENGINE AND CUTS POWER TO THE BRAKES SIMULTANEOUSLY. ONCE THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED, THE TRANSMISSION SHOP WAS ABLE TO ORDER THE SOFTWARE FROM HYUNDAI TO REPROGRAM THE ECM, WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND IS THERE WHEN YOU TURN THE IGNITION ON AND WHILE DRIVING IT DOESN'T GO AWAY

CAR STALLED AND LOCKED UP THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE HYUNDAI SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD IT IS THE ABS CONTROL MODULE THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING. THE ABS MODULE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPANDED AS I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE UNTIL NOW.

TAKATA RECALL 1)WHEN THE ENGINE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET IN A SPEED OF 25 MPH OR LOWER WHOLE BODY IS SHAKING AND VIBRATING LIKE PULLING UP AND DOWN CONTINUOUSLY. 2)IN MOTION SOMETIMES ENGINE IS DOING SOME DIFFERENT KIND OF NICE AND IT LOSES ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL. 3) AND MY AIR BAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. 4) OVERALL MY CAR IS GIVING SO LESS MILEAGE THAN EXPECTED BY YOU .

THE SPEED SENSOR TELLING ME SPEED DOESN'T WORK SAYING I'M GOING 0 THE CAR IT'S SELF WILL NOT GO OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE CAN'T DRIVE THE VECHILE, THE ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON THE CTRL LIGHT KEEPS COMING AND DOESN'T COME OFF THE AIR BAG LIGHT DOESN'T SHUT OFF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR ALMOST DROVE ME OFF THE ROAD AND INTO WINDSHIELD ALL IN 2 DAYS AND BEFORE THAT WAS FINE IT'S ALWAYS HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OFF AND MANAGE AND UNKNOWN PROBLEMS HAPPENED ALL AT ONCE WHERE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR 2 MONTHS

ESC/ABS LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WAS HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR ACCELERATION WAS HARD AND BRAKING SEEMED TO GO DOWN LOW ENOUGH TO SCARE YOU. I MADE IT HOME THE LIGHTS WENT OFF BUT BACK ON ANOTHER DOING THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHERE ACCELERATION SEEMED TO BE DRAGGING ANF BRAKES FELT LOW THIS IS DANGEROUS AND NOW I DO NOT DRIVE IT SINCE THESE LIGHTS COME ON OFTEN. I HAD THE CAR CHECKED AND DTC CODES SHOW MULTIPLE CODE FOR ABS, ESC, AIRBAGS ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN FIXED BUT THAT DID NOT HELP THE ESC/ABS LIGHT STILL COME AND MAKE BRAKING/ACCELERATION HARD AT TIMES.

I FOUND THIS RECALL MESSAGE "HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA (HYUNDAI) IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2006-2011 HYUNDAI AZERA AND 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA VEHICLES. WATER MAY ENTER THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (ABS) MODULE AND RESULT IN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT .AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WITHIN THE ABS MODULE MAY CAUSE AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, INCREASING THE RISK OF AN INJURY." WHAT I NEED TO ACTION FOR THIS ISSUE?

FRONT SUSPENSION "WHEEL CONTROL FORK" BOLTS MUST CONSTANTLY BE TIGHTENED EVERY FEW WEEKS OR THE BOLTS WILL COME LOOSE CAUSING A "KNOCKING" NOISE WHILE DRIVING. IF LEFT UNTIGHTENED THE FORK WILL COME DISCONNECTED FROM THE SUSPENSION CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND POSSIBLE CAR CRASH.