| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006065839 | Incident Date: May, 13 2006 |
| Consumer's City: GROVE CITY | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America |
| Model Name: SONATA | Model Year: 2006 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KMHET46CX6A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 21 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Doors lock with keypad while doors are still open. after shopping i buckled my son in his car seat and put the groceries in the vehicle. apparently i inadvertently hit the lock button on the keypad as i was placing my son in his car seat. i sat the keys on the center console, closed the back door and went to get in the driver door and the keys were locked in the vehicle as well as my toddler son in his car seat. i called 911 and after attempting for an hour they were unable to get into the vehicle. the choices were break a window to get in (thus traumatizing my son) or have a private citizen attempt to break into the vehicle. a locksmith was called after my son was in the car for a 1/2 hour and he never showed. a private citizen had to take two screw drivers and pry the door open to be able to reach the door handle and get the door open, thus resulting in damage to the vehicle. the damage to the vehicle is not my concern. the fact that the doors will lock with the keypad while still open is the safety concern. i have owned honda and ford in the past and neither of which will open will do the above. i also know people that have saturn, toyota, dodge, and chevrolet and these vehicle doors will not lock with the keypad while the doors are open either. i have contacted hyundai and they said it is not a manufacture defect the car is designed that way. i lodged a complaint with hyundai consumer affairs and they didn't seem to feel it was a safety concern. in my opinion this could have been very dangerous if the weather were 90 degrees or if my son was an infant child. i feel that the vehicles need to be recalled so that this doesn't happen again to me or any other hyundai owner. *jb |
