2001 HYUNDAI XG300 Complaints

MY HYUNDAI XG300 WILL NOT MOVE AND THAN PLUNGES FORWARD OUT OF MY CONTROL, DOES THIS THE INITIAL DRIVE OF THE DAY ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT JUST DOES IT OUT OF THE BLUE, WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. I SPOKE WITH ONE OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY. I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE STORE - WHEN STARTED MY CAR, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND THAN IT PLUNGED OUT AND I HIT THE BRAKES IN TIME! THIS WAS WAY TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, AND MY BODY IS STILL UPSET M AS I TYPE! WE HAVE A GREAT DRIVING RECORD, GREAT INSURANCE RATES AND WE ARE NOT ANTISIPATING A CHANGE, BUT IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED I COULD BE LOOKING AT AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING WORSE! DO YOU ADVISE WE STOP DRIVING UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED? YOU SITE HAS LISTED RECALLS FOR XG300, SAME DEFECT , MANUFACTURED BETWEEN A CERTAIN DATE, OF WHICH MINE WAS MANUFACTURED ON 1/9/2001. THE DEALER TOLD ME HE FOUND NOTHING WRONG, I WISH I WOULD HAVE VIEWED YOUR SITE BEFORE I SAW THE DEALER, MAYBE ME KNOWING WOULD HAVE HELPED HIM LOCATE THE PROBLEM. WHAT SHOULD I DO, TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER? *AK

NOTE - REPORTED AIRBAG FAILURE EARLIER, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM. ON OCT 11TH, DURING A RAIN STORM TWO DOGS WALKED INTO THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I HIT THE BRAKES, AND HAD PLENTY OF PEDAL YET THE CAR CONTINUED ONWARD. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP BUT QUICKLY IT BECAME APPARENT THAT I COULD NOT. I ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT HOPEING THAT I WOULD SLOW THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND THE DOGS. THE CAR BARELY SLOWED AND I CONTINUED OFF THE ROADWAY STRIKING A POLE PERHAPS 100 FEET OFF OF THE ROADWAY. AT THE TIME I WAS MOST BOTHERED BY THE AIRBAG FAILURE WICH I REPORTED EARLIER. THOUGH I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND MY FAILURE TO STOP, I DID NOT REPORT IT AS A BRAKE FAILURE BECAUSE I HAD PLENTY OF PEDAL AT THE TIME, NOR TO BE HONEST DID I HEAR THE SOUND OF TIRES SLIGING ON THE PAVEMENT. FRANKLY, I COULD NOT EXPLAIN MY FAILURE TO STOP. WHEN THE CAR WAS SENT IN FOR REPAIRS THE TRACTION CCONTROL LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. AFTER ALL BODY WORK WAS COMPLETED THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO COVINGTON PIKE HYUNDAI, THE DEALER FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR FOR INSPECTION. AT THAT TIME THEY REPLACED THE "TRACTION CONTROL" MODULE UNDER WARRANTY. WHEN THE CAR WAS FINALLY RETURNED TO ME, THE BRAKES GENERALLY WORKED AS EXPECTED. HOWEVER, THE FIRST TIME IT RAINED I HIT THE BRAKES AGAIN IN A PANIC STOP AT ONLY ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR WENT INTO A SKID. IT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE BEING ON ICE. UPON RETURN TO THE DEALER THEY TESTED THE VEHICLE REPEATEDLY. ON ONE OCCASION THE MECHANIC EVEN ADMITTED THAT THE VEHICLE TURNED COMPLETELY SIDEWAYS DURING ONE PANIC STOP. THE SLIDING WAS PARTICULARLY OBVIOUS WHEN THE STREETS WERE WET. THE DEALER FINALLY FOUND THAT OF THE SIX BRAKE LINES GOING INTO THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE, ONLY TWO WERE IN THE CORRECT FITTINGS (THE REAR WERE COMPLETELY REVERSED). THE MECHANIC, MR. JOE GRIFFIN, ASSURES ME THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM "FROM THE FACTORY" IN THAT THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY USE TUBE BENDERS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

DUE TO FAILURE OF FINDING A PROPER PART IN THE USA, THE ORIGINAL PART WAS TAKEN FROM OTHER SAME STOCK TO REPLACE THE FAILED PART. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

THE WIRE FOR AIRBAG IS INSTALLED UNDER THE SEAT. WHEN THE SEAT MOVES FORWARD AND BACKWARD, THE WIRE CONNECTION GET LOOSE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER PEOPLE, IT IS A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND SERVICED VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUTDOWN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CHANGED IGNITION COIL.*AK

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO THE APPLY THE BRAKES, WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE HIT A TELEPHONE POLE, DRIVER SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES, AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN SHOULDER AND RIBS.*AK *SLC

SEAT BELT IN THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT LOCK UP PROPERLY, AND IT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE THE SEAT BELT IS IN NICE AND TIGHT.*AK CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE REMOTE POPS THE TRUNK BUT TRUNK DOES NOT RISE UP. *YD

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 TO 40 MPH CONSUMER HIT A DOG AND A TELEPHONE POLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. A MONTH PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY DID SOMETHING THAT MADE AIR BAG LIGHT GO OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *YH