2004 HYUNDAI XG350 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HYUNDAI XG350. WHILE EXITING A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL VARIOUS TIMES, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP UNTIL THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION. THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

NOTHING HAPPENED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON. I KEPT DRIVING IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD GO OUT. TOOK THE CAR TO LOCAL GARAGE AND AFTER A $350. CHARGE I DROVE IT HOME AND LIGHT WAS OFF. NEXT DAY LIGHT WAS BACK ON. TOOK IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THE SPRING MECHANISM IN AIR BAG WASN'T WORKING. I TOOK IT TO A HYUNDAI GARAGE AND THEY QUOTED A PRICE OF 1600 PLUS LABOR TO FIX IT. AFTER LOOKING IT UP ON THE INTERNET IT SEEMS HYUNDAIS HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAGS. WHY NOT ANY RECALLS? I LOVE MY CAR BUT $2000. TO FIX A 2004 WITH 78000 MILES SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. SHOULD I FIX IT? *TR

MY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND WILL NOT GO OUT. I TOOK MY CAR TO CAPITOL HEIGHTS HYUNDAI DEALER IN MARYLAND AND WAS TOLD THAT MY PASSENGER AIRBAG DID NOT HAVE SUSPENSION. THE COST TO REPAIR THIS WILL BE $3400.00. I BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THERE IS A PART TO THE AIRBAG THAT IS A RECALL BUT OF COURSE MY CODE DID NOT FALL WITHIN THIS REPAIR. THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE THIS.

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

I WAS DRIVING FROM VIRGINIA TO NEW YORK ON ROUTE 17 TO ROUTE 81. I EXITED TO GET TO A GAS STATION. WHILE TURNING LEFT FROM A FOUR-LANE ROAD INTO THE GAS STATION, MY VEHICLE MADE A CRASHING SOUND AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC. IT FELT LIKE WE HIT SOMETHING BIG. I COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE, WHERE WE LEARNED THE CV AXLE HAD SNAPPED. THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE RS SPINDLE AND RS BALL JOINT BECAUSE THEY HAD RUSTED OUT. THERE WAS COSMETIC DAMAGE DONE TO BODY WHEN THE AXLE BROKE AND THE CAR WENT DOWN HARD. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND RUSTED SUBFRAME COLLAPSED CONTROL ARM & RIGHT AXEL BROKE ALSO POWER STEERING BELT BROKE. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER NEARLY HAVING AN ACCIDENT. I HAD MY CAR REPAIRED IN 2010 AS PER RECALL YET I TRIED TO PUSH FOR SUB FRAME REPLACEMENT OVER REPAIR AT THAT TIME WITH NO LUCK. I BELIEVE THESE SUB FRAMES THAT WERE REPAIRED SHOULD BE REPLACED. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! *TR

CHRONIC PROBLEM. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED AFTER STARTING ENGINE. DEALER CLEARED FAULT AND ATTEMPTED TO FIX ISSUE MULTIPLE (7+) TIMES, BUT NEVER ACHIEVED A PERMANENT RESOLUTION. EACH TIME IT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN "RESOLVED" BY MANIPULATION OF CONNECTORS, REROUTING OF CABLES AND/OR REPLACING WIRING HARNESSES. ISSUE HAS BEEN A CHRONIC RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE, AND NEVER BEEN MORE THAN TEMPORARILY SUPPRESSED. DEALER DIAGNOSIS PRESENTLY IS THAT A 3RD WIRING HARNESS NOW NEEDS REPLACEMENT, BUT HYUNDAI MOTORS IS DISALLOWING THE WORK AS NOT BEING COVERED BY THE IN-FORCE EXTENDED BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY FIXED ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND NOT DRAGGED OUT BY APPLYING INEFFECTIVE BAND-AID FIXES UNTIL SUCH TIME THAN THEY DISAVOW FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM THAT THEY NEVER TRULY FIXED TO BEGIN WITH. BRIEFLY RESEARCHING THE SUBJECT, I FIND IT REMARKABLE AT THE VOLUME OF CONSUMERS REPORTING THE SAME OR SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. AN INTUITIVELY OBVIOUS CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS AN ENGINEERING DESIGN FAULT THAT HYUNDAI IS WELL AWARE OF, FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN INCOMPETENT OR UNWILLING TO PROPERLY IMPLEMENT A REMEDIATION POST-SALE. IT IS PARTICULARLY UNCONSCIONABLE THAT THEY ARE IGNORING THEIR MORAL, IF NOT LEGAL, RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS BY INITIALLY DELIVERING, AND SUBSEQUENTLY MAINTAINING SUCH A VITAL SAFETY SYSTEM. *TR

I OWN A 2004 HYUNDAI XG350L THAT IS HAVING ACCELERATOR ISSUES. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE STOPPED / IDLING, OR SLOWING DOWN, THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. THIS IS WHILE THE BRAKE IS BEING APPLIED. I CAN BE SETTING AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, NOT THE ACCELERATOR, ( I DO NOT DRIVE WITH BOTH FEET LIKE SOME PEOPLE INCORRECTLY DO : ) AND SUDDENLY THE CAR WILL REV UP AND TRY AND ACCELERATE FORWARD. IN OTHER CASES, I CAN BE SLOWING DOWN WITH BRAKE APPLIED, AND AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE FORWARD. I HAVE TO REALLY "MASH" THE BRAKE TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM ACCELERATING FORWARD. ONCE I BRING THE CAR TO A STOP, AND THE CAR IS STILL TRYING TO ACCELERATE, I WILL HAVE TO PUT THE SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL, AND TURN THE CAR OFF. I CAN LET THE CAR SIT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, RESTART IT, AND IT WILL USUALLY BE BACK TO NORMAL. LUCKILY, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE, AS SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE POSTED COMPLAINTS HAVE......YET. ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS, IT HAS BEEN JUST THE OPPOSITE..........I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ANY GIVEN SPEED, AND SUDDENLY THE CAR WILL JUST STOP ACCELERATING & GO TO AN IDLE. YOU CAN PRESS THE GAS PETAL TO THE FLOOR, AND THE ACCELERATOR WILL NOT RESPOND. THE CAR WILL REMAIN RUNNING, BUT WILL ONLY IDLE. I ONCE HAD TO DRIVE APPROX. 8 MILES, IN THE EMERGENCY LANE, AT AN IDLE SPEED OF ABOUT 5-10 MPH TO REACH MY DESTINATION : ( THESE WHERE ONCE SPORADIC OCCURRENCES, BUT NOW HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASES. I JUST RECENTLY REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, AND THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE LEARNED THAT IT COULD BE CAUSED BY THE "ACCELERATOR PETAL POSITION SENSOR"; HYUNDAI PN:35357-3B011. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS ISSUE W/ ACCELERATOR PROBLEMS W/ THE XG350, SONATA & SANTA FE, THAT HYUNDAI NEEDS TO ADDRESS. I HAVE READ OF CASES W/ HYUNDAI ACCELERATION PROBLEMS THAT HAVE CAUSED DEATHS. *TR

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME OF THE CAR WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED, BUT THE CAR IS UN-DRIVABLE. I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED THAT HYUNDAI HAS HAD SOME PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH FRAMES RUSTING OUT AND FAILURES SIMILAR TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED. THANK GOD I WAS NOT TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I CAN SEND PICTURES IF NECESSARY. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 HYUNDAI XG350. MANY TIMES WHEN I LEAVE THE CAR OVERNIGHT (OR FOR A FEW HOURS) AND THEN START IT BACK AGAIN, THE GEAR DOES NOT ENGAGE WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE. WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE GEAR ENGAGES SUDDENLY AND THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS FOR THE FIRST FEW MINUTES WHILE I AM DRIVING. SO WHEN I AM MAKING A TURN, AGAIN THE CAR HAS TO START FROM ZERO, SO IT WOULDN'T MOVE FOR THE FIRST FEW SECONDS AND JUST JUMP FORWARD. THIS CAN BE VERY RISKY AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY ON TURNS. ONCE THE ENGINE IS HEATED UP, THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO FOUND OTHER PEOPLE FACING SAME ISSUE BUT NOT FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM YET. I WISH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT COULD BE FILED AGAINST HYUNDAI. *TR