| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007116592 | Incident Date: Jul, 09 2007 |
| Consumer's City: KINGSTON | Consumer's State: WA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America |
| Model Name: SONATA | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KMHWF35H35A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 21 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 17 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I purchased a 2005 hyundai sonata new on 2/18/05 and the dealer, parr hyundai in bremerton installed a plastic hood deflector. in the spring of 2007, i reported that the deflector was vibrating and the dealer checked it out. said nothing was wrong. in july 2007, while driving on highway i 5 from olympia to tacoma, wa., the deflector suddenly flew off. i was going about 65 miles per hour. it was dark and i did not see where it went. luckily, it did not hit anyone. had that happened, it would have caused serious damage to any vehicle following or perhaps killed someone. i reported it to the dealer, but they claimed a rock hit my car. i do not believe this is true. the vibrations were getting worse and i had decided to return to the dealer and have the deflector removed. i waited too long, however, and the deflector flew off. the defector part number is 00239-f2000. my concern is not financial, since my loss was only $66.13. what does concern me is that future failures of the deflectors could cause great bodily harm and property damage. the auto dealer does not appear to be concerned. *tr |
