Hyundai Sonata Complaints (2001)

205 consumer complaints on file.

#10023953June 28, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR
RIGHT-REAR (I.E., PASSENGER SIDE REAR) TIRE WEARING ABNORMALLY. ROTATING TIRES HAS SPREAD THE PROBLEM TO ALL TIRES MOUNTED AT ANY TIME ON THE RIGHT-REAR. NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO DAMAGE ANY SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AND RIGHT-REAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT IS OKAY. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022662June 9, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS REPLACED A SENSOR THREE TIMES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019995May 16, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016773April 30, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE VIBRATION. ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED 5 TIMES AND REPLACED ONCE . VIBRATION REOCCURS EVERY 7-10000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015732April 11, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE VIBRATED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS WHICH WERE WARPED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011232March 10, 2003
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON. *JB SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010003March 6, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
EXCESSIVE DUST ENTERED THE TRUNK THROUGH A VENT AND SEEPED THROUGH THE PASSENGER CABIN.*JB....*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009262February 25, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY PULL. *JB THERE WAS A VIBRATION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT HIGH SPEEDS(DUE TO WARPED ROTORS), A TAP NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE TIMING BELT, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DIE AT THE SPEED OF 60 MPH. THE TIMING BELT, THE BROKEN COUNTER BALANCE, AND THE MISSING TIMING BELT TEETH WERE REPLACED. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008762February 19, 2003
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002528January 10, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THERE WAS A NOISE DUE TO A FAULTY CALIPER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS, CHANGE ROTORS PADS BUT UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002468January 9, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER SEAT LATCH WHICH DOESN'T LOCK INTO POSITION WHEN IT IS RE-ADJUSTED, THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER MENTIONED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002128January 6, 2003
AIR BAGS
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 30 MPH HIT HER, AND THE DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH DEALERSHIP STATED AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE CONSUMER WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT 5 MPH. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED. *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10000143December 16, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
2001 HYUNDAI SONATA PASSENGER AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DUE TO CONNECTOR MOUNTED UNDER SEAT HAD JIGGLED LOOSE
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#8023621December 3, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
CONSUMER STATES' THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT KEEPS FREEZING UP. CONSUMER SAYS THERE IS A TERRIBLE ODOR THAT GETS INTO THE MOUTH AND IRRITATES THE EYES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022783November 14, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE ROTRS ON THE VEHICLE WARPED PREMATURELY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *MR *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768825October 24, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS PHANTOM NEUTRAL CONDITION WHICH HYUNDAI IS AWARE, NO REPAIR AT TIME. (9/24/02)DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567471September 16, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, TIRES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
CONSUMER SAYS THAT HE AND HIS WIFE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES WERE SQUEALING VERY LOUD. CONSUMER SAYS THERE WAS SOMEWHAT A KNOCKING OR SOMETHING LOOSE WITHIN. ALSO THE CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT TWO DAYS LATER THE NOISE RETURNED. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016170August 13, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. AIR BAG RECALL WAS DONE IN JUNE OF 2002.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8016027August 12, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HER. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566901August 8, 2002
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL 02V15, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELLING 35 MPH STRUCK CONSUMER HEAD ON, THE SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER STATES AT NO TIME SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE HAS THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *SLC *TS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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