2006 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

I WAS BACKING UP & SLIGHTLY HIT A CEMENT PILLAR, CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE'S BACK BUMPER. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE TO MOVE SLOWLY FORWARD INTO THE PARKING SPACE I HAD LEFT SO THAT I COULD CHECK THE DAMAGE. THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 8-10 FEET BETWEEN THE PILLAR AND THE PARKING SPACE. THE CAR JUST TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN AT A VERY FAST SPEED. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE CAR EVEN WHILE STEPPING ON THE BRAKE AND HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR. IT HIT A SIGN AND TREE CAUSING APPROX. $5600 DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THERE COULD BE A DEFECT IN THE GAS PEDAL CONNECTION. (I CHECKED AFTER THE ACCIDENT TO SEE IF PERHAPS A CAR MAT HAD GOTTEN UNDER THE PEDAL, BUT THE MAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR HOLDER WHERE IT BELONGED.) I AM CONCERNED THIS COULD HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE AND CAUSE A FATALITY. *TR

THE SUN VISORS ON THE 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA BREAK AND CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE BY BLOCKING THE VIEW. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE CARS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. MINE HAS BROKEN TWICE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE OCS MAT SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT AND AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 08V161000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,453. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. SUN VISORS SUDDENLY FALL DOWN OBSTRUCTING VISION. DEALER WON'T ADDRESS THIS DEFECT!!! THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE A CRASH. *TR

THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR DROPPED DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING & IT WILL NOT STAY UP AND THIS HAPPENED AT NIGHT. ALSO THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR WILL SOMETIMES DROP DOWN IF I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA HAVE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

2006 HYUNDAI SONATA: THE DRIVER'S SUN VISOR STOPPED WORKING - IT BASICALLY LOST ITS TENSION AND, ALTHOUGH STILL HINGED, IT FLIPPED DOWN ON ITS OWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. IT NOT ONLY STARTLED ME AND CAUSED ME TO JERK THE WHEEL BUT IT DISTRACTED ME MOMENTARILY AND I WAS JUST THANKFUL IT WAS NOT A TWO-WAY ROAD WHERE I COULD HAVE HIT AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, IT HANGS STRAIGHT DOWN DIRECTLY IN MY VISION, OBSTRUCTING IT SO MUCH THAT I CANNOT SEE ADEQUATELY. I IMPROVISED AND USED VELCRO TO AFFIX IT IN ITS ORIGINAL, CLOSED POSITION. HOWEVER, THE VELCRO STICKY BACKING GAVE OUT TODAY AND, AGAIN, THE VISOR SUDDENLY DROPPED STARTLING ME AND OBSTRUCTING MY VISION. MY CAR HAS OVER 72,000 MILES AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY TO REPAIR THIS. I LOOKED ON-LINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY TO FIX THIS DEFECT AND DISCOVERED COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS FOR THE EXACT SAME THING. I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK I'VE MISUSED THE VISOR - I DON'T EVEN USE IT THAT MUCH - SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF MISHANDLING. WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I SAW ON-LINE, I THINK THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT WARRANTS ATTENTION. THANK YOU. *TR

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING RE DEFECTIVE ENGINE-MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT AND ERRATIC RPM READING INVOLVING REDUCE ACCELERATION FM OWNER OF A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA LX. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES, ONLY TO BE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE TAIL LIGHTS BURNED OUT, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED, THE ESC LIGHT WOULD BLINK WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND DUE TO THE ESC LIGHT BEING ON , THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME UN-DRIVABLE. *JB

HTTP://WWW.AUTOBLOG.COM/2009/04/20/MULTIPLE-HYUNDAI-RECALLS-FOR-BRAKE-LAMPS-AND-RUST-ISSUES-AFFECT/ HYUNDAI STATES THAT THEY DO NOT REPLACE THE LAMPS [BULBS] DUE TO THIS RECALL. CASE # 3905707 FROM AGENT ID # 54221 STATES THAT THE LAMPS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL DIRECTLY RELATES TO THEIR PREMATURE BURNING OUT.

2006 HYUNDAI SONATA BOUGHT IN 07. FLOPPY DRIVERS SIDE VISOR WAS REPLACED AS IT WOULD NOT STAY UP. NOW BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SIDE ARE FLOPPY. OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE VISORS WHEN FLOPPED DOWN BLOCK THE DRIVERS VISION! THERE ARE MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS EASILY LOCATED ON THE INTERNET BY SEARCHING FOR 'SONATA VISOR.' APPARENTLY HYUNDAI HAS NOT YET OFFERED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, NOR RECOGNIZE IT AS A SIGNIFICANT DEFECT. WHAT WILL IT TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED BEFORE THIS BECOMES "IMPORTANT" ENOUGH?? THIS HAS NOW OCCURRED TWICE - FIRST REPAIR WAS 2007. NOW BOTH VISORS ARE DEFECTIVE TO THE POINT WHERE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER (WHO DRIVES THE CAR) HAS ASKED FOR THE VISORS TO BE REMOVED (I WILL PROBABLY ATTEMPT A TEMPORARY FIX WITH VELCRO).

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH DURING NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS SHE HEARD A NOISE. SHE ALSO STATED THAT IT DID NOT AFFECT HER DRIVING. SHE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH HER LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HER THAT THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM HER BRAKES AND THE ROTORS AND REPLACED THEM. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES AND THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,830. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.