Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 03/01/2011 | 99900 | ||
| 2006 hyundai accent gls 4 door... srs module failure causing air bag light illuminated on dash... module is located between the driver and passenger seat underneath cup holders and is exposed to moisture... module is not protected from moisture resulting in srs system being disabled... air bags will not deploy if vehicle is involved in an accident... hyundai denies a problem exists... | |||
| 01/05/2011 | 70761 | ||
| I have been to the dealership three times for the same issue with my hyundai 2006 accent. the airbag light is defective and will not turn off. i have since been told that it is upwards of a 1,000+ to fix. and the warranty is not liable, nor is it a recall or the dealership responsible. they have said that they do not know if the airbags will deploy, and the company rep did not seem to care about the issue. this seems to be a well documented issue, i am concerned why the problem has not been rectified. there have been multiple cases where there airbag has failed others, either deploying mysteriously or failing to deploy in a crash. since this is a known defect in the manufacture, it should have been addressed. i have no money to fix this problem that is due to negligence knowingly committed by hyundai motors. | |||
| 06/01/2009 | 45000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2006 hyundai accent that i bought about 3 years ago brand new. i have noticed that my air bag light will not turn off and when someone is sitting in the passenger seat the air bag light that lets you know when the passenger air bag light is on or off will continue to say passenger air bag off. *tr | |||
| 06/17/2009 | 51145 | 1 | |
| 06/17/2009 the air bag light came on and stayed on. i called the dealership and made an appointment to have it checked on 06/24/2009. the result is the computer module to the air bags shorted out due to a spill. the service man told me that the part is located under the cup holders where the likelihood of a spill is high and evidently there is no protective covering on the module to keep it dry in the case of a spill. i have contacted the consumer affairs dept. at hyundai because i was told at the service dept. that the repairs are not covered under the warranty because the part failed due to outside influence and not a defect in the part. i told them that the defect may not be the part but there is a defect in the design by placing an unprotected electronic component beneath an area where the likelihood of a spill is high due to the fact that they designed a cup holder to be placed over this sensitive component. if the warning light would have failed there would be no warning that there was no operational air bags in the vehicle. at this time repairs have not been made and all air bags are non-functional at this time. i was informed that a similar problem occurred in the elantra but was not told what year model. *tr | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 01/14/2009 | 37000 | 1 | |
| My sister and i were on our way to the store, full stop, my sister just got on the front passenger side, my sister noticed that the passenger airbag detection light on the dash remained in the passenger air bag disengage position even if my sister was sitting on the passenger seat. my car is not equipped with a manual passenger airbag disengage switch of some sort. so i assume that the light goes on or off only by detecting significant weight on the front passenger seat. *tr | |||
| 11/02/2006 | 1464 | 2 | 07/17/2006 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 30 mph, the vehicle rear ended another vehicle that had suddenly stopped. both frontal air bags failed to deploy. the service dealer was sent to tow the vehicle to the dealership. no injuries were sustained as seatbelts were worn and a police report was taken. photos were taken of the vehicle and the manufacturer was notified. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | |||
| 06/12/2006 | 03/04/2006 | ||
| My 21 yr.old son was driving home at aprox 2:53a.m. lost control of his 2006 hyundi brio and crashes the front left side and later followed though to another wall impacting it sideways . the fontal airbags did not deploy and he later died at hospital of severe abdomial trauma , ribs puncturig both lungs. as a father how can i know if the first impact was strong enough to make the airbags deploy and if there have been recalls for problems concerning airbag deployment failure. the model of the car was hyundai brio. | |||
| 08/16/2006 | 1480 | 1 | 03/01/2006 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while the passenger was seated in the upright position, the airbag activation light illuminated intermittently. the passenger weighed 114 pounds. the dealership could not duplicate the problem, and the manufacturer was contacted. | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 03/15/2011 | 76000 | ||
| On 3/15/11 my right side curtain airbag and passanger seat airbag deployed with no collision or impact or any kind, striking my passanger. i was driving down the road, out of town in jacksonville fl. and almost getting to our destination, and thought we were shot. i pulled into the closest gas station and tried to call jso to make a report, they said they couldn't make a report on manufacturer defect, so i called to make an insurance claim. the next morning i contacted a local hyundai dealership, and they told me bring it in immediately. upon bringing in my car they insisted they needed to do a diagnostics test. after 2 days of having my vehicle, and a rental at my exspense, i had to come home to charleston, sc. the dealership in jacksonville, janck hanania's hyundai of orange park, told my insurance company the airbag deployment was due to used tires on the vehicle. after returning to charleston, i took my car to another hyundai dealership, hendrick hyundai north, and finally was given a number to contact hyundai motors america. the dealership still has my car, hyundai has told me nothing and still will not except responsibility for the airbag deployment. | |||