Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / SONATA / 2006

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007119283 Incident Date: Jul, 02 2007
Consumer's City: LAS VEGAS Consumer's State: NV
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: SONATA Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm, pcm)
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 11 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 04 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Complaint centers on a pattern of deceptive and misleading representations by hyundai dealership in las vegas, planet hyundai. car was brought to them shortly after july 1, 2007, with a driver complaint of failure to upshift properly resulting in excessively high rpms. dealer responded by resetting the computer codes after consulting with manufacturer in california, allegedly. car was returned to owner with promise that if this reoccurred, transmission would be replaced, as per manufacturers direction. subsequently, a week later the car was returned to dealer with the same problem. the car has been on the dealer's lot since middle of july, no work has been performed, dealer refuses to replace transmission, and car has suffered extensive body damage while on the lot. dealer adamantly refuses to perform warranty work on car.