Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / SONATA / 2006

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006105998 Incident Date: Sep, 19 2006
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: FM
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: SONATA Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5NPEU46F16H Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 15 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 14 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Since new, passenger air bag light worked intermittently, however, only when 120 pound wife in seat. taken to dealer 4 times, no problem found. contacted consumer affairs of hyundai. have been told the system was working properly. dealer technician advised me if airbag light off warning light illuminated with wife in seat, system determined not necessary to deploy bag. under exact same circumstances air bag light may or may not illuminate. no pattern in the on/off circumstances. owner manual stated if light illuminated with passenger in seat, have passenger sit in back seat, and yet dealer claimed okay to sit in seat with warning illuminating. *ak