Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / SONATA / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 000064201 Incident Date: Sep, 12 2000
Consumer's City: CHESAPEAKE Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: SONATA Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHWF25S7YA Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 27 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The airbag light comes on. the district manger, jeff westland out of n.j., (609) 395-7308 stated that hyundai is aware of a defect in the right passenger seat (late 1999's & early 2000's that rolled off the assembly) which makes the light come on if a person moves around in the seat, excessive weight of a passenger, or putting any object under the seat. what i find outrageous about this, is the last two times i've taken my vehicle in, i've been told that the airbag light was not on. when i spoke with mr. westland, he wanted me to leave the car for several days at the dealship, first team, so they could go over it bumper to bumper. on january 8, 2001 i took the car into the dealer so they could look at the transmission and the airbag light which was on again. on that evening, at approximately 5:00, i received a call from the dealship, asking if i could come into the dealership the next morning to drive with one of their mechanics because they could not duplicate the problem with the transmission. i was unable to do so because of work. i was also told that the airbag light had not been on . i picked up the car that evening since, "nothing was wrong with it" and would be unable to test drive it with a mechanic. . i do not understand why the dealership is saying that the airbag light has not been on the last several times when it has been. the transmission sporatically downshifts when i am driving on the freeway on a straight and level surface at a constant speed. it also hesitates sometimes when starting off from a dead stop. if you would like any of the invoices stating the repairs that have been done to these two problems, please contact me. thank you for your help. *ak