04/15/2008, 3:56 PM
Hyundai News
Hyundai recalls Sonatas due to faulty seat sensor that deactivates airbags
Hyundai Motor America is sending recall notices to owner of nearly 400,000 2006-2008 Sonatas. While not all cars are affected, those that are can be easily identified by owners and brought into dealerships for a fix. The recall centers around a faulty airbag sensor mounted in the passenger seat, which can identify small adults as children, and turn the passenger side airbag off.
A dealership will then diagnose the problem, and if the sensor is indeed found to be malfunctioning, the dealer will remove the cushion and send it to Hyundai’s California-based technical center for reprogramming, said Hyundai spokesperson Miles Johnson in an Automotive News report.
Hyundai expects less than four thousand of the potentially affected 394,000 Sonatas will need to temporarily give up their seats, and owners of those vehicles will be supplied with rentals for the duration of the repair.
Hyundai stated to the NHTSA that the problem is a potential and intermittent one, and it does not consider it a safety issue.
04/15, 4:23 PM
posted by:
6ix
Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just provide the owner with a temporary cushion rather than a rental? Whatever…at least they’re taking care of it.
04/15, 6:15 PM
posted by:
400horseSS
Airbag betterment program.
04/15, 6:54 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
It’ll be interestic how the domestic and japanese-car haters react to this recall.
04/15, 7:29 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
So far doesn’t really look like anyone gives a ****, jjt.
04/15, 7:33 PM
posted by:
autonut
It is surprising that so many were sold. And have to give them credit - they handled it well, if in fact they will give loaners for repairs.
04/15, 9:16 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
What a piece… Dumb jap ****ers, how could you **** something like that up? Where’s 1115, oh, he must be slobbing on toyotas knob
04/15, 9:28 PM
posted by:
autonut
jackjimturkey, the prime sample is right in front of your eyes. And of course Hyundai is jap.
04/15, 10:24 PM
posted by:
Veda
^^ To Rodd (jtt), anything asian is jap.
04/16, 8:13 AM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
At least the sensor isn’t doing the converse. Imagine the drama if the bag went off everytime some piece of trailer trash like 400SS put one of his little boy-rape victims in the front seat.
04/16, 10:08 AM
posted by:
tripleonefive
Hemi is obviously a racist hick Nascar loving dolt Hyundai is KOREAN ! I guess they are all the same to you huh
I know everyone wants my opinion on this so here it goes
Hyundai makes great cars Their resale is bad but they have high customer retention and are a great less expensive alternative to the Camry and Accord
Hyundai needs to come up with their own design language. They seen to copy old Honda designs inside and out, which is good bc Honda’s are great cars but its not original. Hyundai is getting a design theme and it seems that they are strting with the Genesis coupe and the Elantra. That design should carry over to the next Sonata.
I trust Hyundai more than GM bc when Hyundai was making POS’s they invested more money and made their cars better and offered a warranty way before the GIANT GM did. Its funny how now Hyundai is smaller yet managed to offer a warranty and make their cars better and GM is still in the process of doing that.
This recall is not NHTSA mandated, it was Hyundais decision
The Sonata is a better choice than the Malibu in my opinion I have to check the resale to see if it is fact.
04/16, 10:09 AM
posted by:
tripleonefive
They sold 400k Sonatas ????
04/16, 10:34 AM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
That’s Japcrap quality for ya! A comparable car from General Motors wouldn’t have these kinds of problems. These ****boxes are designed and built by morons. Trust UAW labor to get the job done right.
04/16, 10:58 AM
posted by:
Banks
Tripleonefive, FYI the seats are made by Lear who also makes the Malibu and most GM seats. Also, Hyundai did not invest more money on these seats.
04/16, 11:13 AM
posted by:
tripleonefive
ok … but does that negate the fact that Hyundai had a 100k warranty before one of the big 3 did?
04/16, 1:23 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
You still haven’t figured it out, have you dumbass?
04/16, 2:03 PM
posted by:
tripleonefive
Did someone **** on the floor ? No then why is Jack jimJanitor talking ???
04/16, 2:55 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
Jam
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Tripleonefluffer’s
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