2006 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SENT IT AWAY FOR TWO WEEKS TO BE REPAIRED. WHEN THE CONTACT RETRIEVED HER VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN THE SAME DAY. SHE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES. DURING THE FINAL VISIT, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO REPAIR IT AGAIN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,900.

HEARD SMALL KNOCK IN ENGINE, TOLD IT WAS STANDARD FUEL INJECTOR KNOCK. AT 43K, MY HUSBAND DRIVING ON PA TURNPIKE -- KNOCK STARTS POUNDING. BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AS HE IS GETTING OFF TO A REST AREA, KNOCK GOES CRAZY, ENGINE STARTS SMOKING, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ENGINE OVERHAULED, NOT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THREE SUBSEQUENT RELATED REPAIRS. 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED, THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED FAILURES IDENTICAL TO THE ONES MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE MUST BE DUPLICATED ON-SITE IN ORDER FOR RECALL REPAIRS TO BE MADE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS MAY DEPLOY. THE VIN AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

SINCE I HAVE HAD THE CAR I HAVE COMPLAINED THAT WHEN MY 25 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SITS IN THE FRONT SEAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT ACTIVATED. SHE WEIGHTS APPROX. 125LBS. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX THE SEAT CUSHION BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WEIGH ENOUGH. THAT'S CRAZY SHE HAS NO PROBLEM IN ANY OTHER CAR. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHY THEY SENT OUT THIS RECALL " WHEN A SMALL STRUCTURE ADULT SITS IN THE FRONT SEAT THE OCS DOES NOT PROPERLY ACTIVATE". HEALY BROTHERS HYUNDAI SAID THAT IF THE TECH SITS IN THE SEAT AND THE LIGHT GOES OFF THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE RECALL IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT A SMALL ADULT. I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLY WHEN SHE IS IN THE CAR AND THE AIR BAG IS NOT WORKING. IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN HAVE THE OCS REPROGRAMMED AS THE RECALL SUGGESTS. *TR

2006 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS: A SHORT TIME AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE, THE OCS "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF" LIGHT WOULD COME ON WITH THE SEAT OCCUPIED BY MY WIFE, WEIGHT 150 + LBS. I TOOK IT IN MANY TIMES TO MY DEALER. THEY MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT (UNSUCCESSFULLY) I COMPLAINED TO THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, MORE ATTEMPTS TO FIX (UNSUCCESSFULLY. I WAS ALSO TOLD AFTER SUBMITTING THE VIN # THAT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. JUST ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO I WAS TOLD BY NATIONAL OFFICE THAT THEY COULD NOT AND WOULD NO LONGER ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE SYSTEM. I WAS TOLD AFTER I KEPT EXPRESSING MY DISBELIEF THAT I COULD SUBMIT THE PROBLEM TO THE NATIONAL BBB DISPUTE RESOLUTION, WHICH I PROMPTLY DID. STRANGELY, TODAY 9/ 06/08, I RECEIVED A MOTOR RECALL NOTICE (AFTER BEING TOLD BY AT LEAST 4 HYUNDAI PERSONNEL THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RECALL. ) AFTER 2 YEARS, THE OCS STILL DEACTIVATES THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WHEN THE SEAT IS OCCUPIED. THIS HAPPENS SPORADICALLY AND USUALLY WHEN WE ARE ON THE FREEWAY WHERE STOPPING, JIGGLING IN THE SEAT, BOUNCING UP AND DOWN ARE NOT POSSIBLE (ALL SUGGESTIONS BY SERVICE DEPT.) MY CONCERN TO EVERYONE I HAVE SPOKEN TO FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS HAS BEEN AND STILL IS THAT IF THE AIRBAG DEACTIVATES AND WE WERE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THIS COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. I HAVE OFFERED TO HOLD THEM FAULTLESS IF THEY WOULD JUST DISABLE THE OCS SYSTEM AND LEAVE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG OPERATIONAL AS WE HAVE NO SMALL CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN. I AM HOPING ONE MORE TIME THAT THERE IS A REAL SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM AND WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING. I WAS TOLD BY MY DEALER NOT TO BRING THE CAR BACK UNLESS I HAD A RECALL NOTICE. OUR LAST WORD FROM HYUNDAI WAS THAT THEIR CONCLUSION IS THAT THE PROBLEM IS OUR FAULT, NOT THE VEHICLES, BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE SIT IN THE SEAT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V161000 (AIR BAGS), THE DEALER COULD NOT REPAIR IT BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS WORKING PROPERLY AT THE TIME. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 26,132.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, SHE LEANED TO ONE SIDE AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND NO DEFECT IN THE SEAT. THE FAILURE OCCURS VERY INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES, THE BRAKE MODULE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER'S SERVICE STATION AND THEY DISCOVERED A DEFECTIVE MODULE. THE MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED SIX TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME SERVICE STATION, BUT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND HAD TO CALL THE FACTORY FOR A SUGGESTION. THE MODULE WAS REPLACED AGAIN AND THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES SINCE. THE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH, THE SPEED WOULD DECREASE TO 20-30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, BUT IT WOULD JERK REPEATEDLY WHILE IT DECELERATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED AND HAS TAKEN PLACE NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS. INITIALLY, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED 1,400 MILES LATER. SECONDLY, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CYLINOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED 1,600 MILES LATER. THE THIRD DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER CYLINOID THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE REPAIR WAS MADE. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO JERK AT SPEEDS NO GREATER THAN 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE JERKED BACK TO 20 MPH AUTOMATICALLY. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE SUPERVISOR STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THE FAILURE WOULD NOT OCCUR AGAIN. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 188,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE WAS SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE DASHBOARD THAT CONTAINED THE AIR BAG WAS CRACKED ALL AROUND. THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATES. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE UP WHEN ADJUSTED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN. THEY WERE BOTH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT IS EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED THAT SHE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND HAS EXPERIENCED MAJOR FAILURES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.