Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / SONATA / 2004

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006065074 Incident Date: May, 10 2006
Consumer's City: KITTANNING Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: SONATA Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Wheels:hub
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHWF25SX4A Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 10 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: After buying new tires for my 2004 hyundai sonata, i started experiencing flat tires on my front tires. all flats involved problems with valve stems. it seems that the wheel covers on this car are not meant for some brands of replacement tires. the torque of the front wheel seems to cause the wheel covers to rotate thereby cutting into the valve stems. the dealership i went to would not warrant the problem, but he was aware of seeing many other sonatas with the same problem. i was not warned when i bought the car that i had to pay close attention to what brand of tires i used as replacements. one of my flats occurred when i was traveling at 60 mph and nearly caused me to lose control of the car. *jb