Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. Upon starting the vehicle, the air bag indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ocs mat failed and the front passenger seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired by the contact's husband; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to autonation hyundai mall of georgia (3445 buford dr ne, buford, ga 30519) where it was diagnosed that the failure recurred and the seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.
2005 Hyundai Elantra airbags complaints
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23,000 original miles. Never involved in a crash. Front passenger air bag light indicates air bag off even with an adult passenger seated and belted in the seat. Indicator light comes on and off intermittently, for several minutes at a time, while driving vehicle continuously. Happens on city streets and highway driving. Cause for serious concern for safety of driver and passenger of this vehicle.
Air bag light keep on coming and going off
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. While driving 30 MPH or higher, another vehicle crashed into the passenger side of the contact's vehicle. The front passenger side window shattered and the door fractured on the contact's vehicle. The driver sustained neck injuries, arm pains, bruising to the hips, and a pulled muscle in the right leg. The rear passenger sustained bruising to the left eye, hip, and head. The child passenger sustained whiplash and abrasions to the arm. Medical attention was required. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed and parked. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v395000 (air bags), but did not receive notification of the recall repair. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000. Updated 07/27/16
The occupant classification system (ocs) installed in the right front seat of the vehicle will not turn off and will not detect a person in that seat and turn the "passenger seat air bag off" light off. This has been a reoccurring problem in other hyundai vehicles and recalls have been issued. For some reason, the elantra has not been included even though it uses the same system and there have been many complaints. This is a definite safety issue and needs attention..
Tl* the contact owned a 2005 hyundai elantra. While driving 35 MPH, a vehicle in front stalled causing the contact to rear end the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The contact sustained chest injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of this failure. The failure mileage was 16,500.
Air bag light stays on at any speed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the front passenger seat air bag occupant sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000 and the current mileage was 105,000. Updated 8/11/14
When I drive the car with an adult passenger in the front seat the instrument light indicates that the passenger air bag is off. It stays lit for a few miles, then goes off and then on again. This keeps happening throughout the trip.
Took sharp turn right to miss a car that was headed for me hit a telephone pole, neither air bag deployed. Injuries included concussion, whip lash, broken hand, bruised ribs, glass and cuts in head from windshield, lip was torn in half and bruised, two day hospital stay and a totaled car.
The hyundai elantra rear ended another car going approx. 30 MPH. The driver hit the car in front of them at full speed, without braking. The driver did not know the car in front of them abruptly stopped, causing the accident. The driver was thrusted forward on impact into the windshield. The driver air bag did not deploy.
I was driving down hwy I-45 south in dallas, tx and hit black ice. That is ice that cannot be seen on the road. I was going approximately 50 to 55 MPH. I hit the brakes and hit the back of a metal trailer. The welded mesh landscaper trailers popular in dallas. In other words I hit a flat vertical hard service. My airbags did not deploy. I told hyundai of the issue and they sent out someone to inspect the vehicle. They sent a letter stating "the elantra's frontal airbags are not intended to deploy during every impact that is generally directed against the vehicle's front end." I am confused, I thought a air bag should work with all front end impacts and collisions. When I purchased the vehicle I did not get a disclaimer stating when the airbag should work and should not with a 50 MPH front end collision. I am upset with the way hyundai is responding. I did not expect a new car, only for hyundai to acknowledge the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. The contact started the ignition and noticed that the front passenger side air bag warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel continuously. The malfunction would occur even with the front passenger seat occupied. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis the contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number 05v395000 (air bags) but was advised that the VIN was not included under the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 77,000. Updated 03/15/13
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. The contact stated the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the sensor control module needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The failure mileage was 50,000. Updated 10/11/12*lj the consumer stated there is a recall for air bags on elantras. The dealer stated the vehicle was not included in the recall due to it's production date. Updated 10/11/2012
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the air bag light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic for a diagnostic test. The contact did not know the cause of the defective air bag but the mechanic could not repair the failure. The mechanic notice a recall under the federal safety agency campaign I.d. Number 05v395000 (air bag) and suggested the contact called the manufacturer. The contact called the manufacturer regarding the air bag recall but was advised that the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was 96,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. After starting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the airbag light illuminated on the dashboard. After calling the dealer the contact was informed that the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 05v395000 (air bags) did not apply to his VIN. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 86,000.
Son was involved in crash. Rearended another car. Totalled both cars. Thankfully, no injuries his airbags in 2005 hyundia elantra did not deploy. Contacted hyundai and they said they are not responsible. Have read on internet many other stories just like this involving hyundai models.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that while parked, the air bag light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The technician stated that the seat sensor on the passenger side would have to be replaced. There was a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number 11v179000 (air bags:frontal:sensor/control module), that may be related to the failure. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 51,000.updated 07/06/12 *bf the dealer found an internal failure in the air bag sensor. Updated 08/06/12
My air bag light is on. I sent to the hyundai ithaca dealership and was told that the passenger seat ocs needs to be replaced. But I found out from the web that my hyundai elantra 2005 has a history of malfunctioning in air bag and was being recalled at some point. I talked to the dealership about the recall and they told me that my car was never recalled and I had to pay more than $400 for the repair. I wasn't confident that the air bag issue will be solved even after sending for repair after reading all the complaints about the air bag online. What can I do about this?
Head on crash. My speed approx. 10 MPH. Other car speed approx. 30 MPH. No airbag deployment.
On december 10, 2011, I was turning from northbound gary av. Onto eastbound lawrence ave. At approximately 5 MPH. While I was turning my accelerator stuck the engine sped out of control to at least 40 MPH. I swerved to avoid hitting a truck turning onto gary and my car went over the south curb.. And my attempts to break were failing all this time... I crashed through a fence into somebody's back yard went down hill about 50 feet and ran into a tree. I then turned off the ignition. The airbag did not deploy. The investigating bloomingdale police officer started the car and the accelerator was still stuck in the wide open position. The body shop personnel also confirmed the accelerator was stuck.
Passenger seat ppd is defective and causing my air bag light to be on. Dealership says I am not under recall but there are hundreds of similar complaints online about hyundai and airbag related issues.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that the driver of the vehicle wa traveling 55 MPH when another vehicle failed to yield the right-of-way. As a result, a multiple car crash ensued and caused the driver to crash into the rear of a bus. The front air bags did not deploy and as a result, the contact sustained injuries to the head, neck and back. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed for the incident. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000. Updated 09/21/11*lj updated 10/31/11*lj updated 2/23/12
My 05 hyundai elantra was involved in a hit and run on the freeway spinning me out of control. I totaled the car and my airbag did not deploy. The person who cause the accident fled the scene. I hit another vehicle and caused front end damage to hers before slamming in the rail. Neither of us broke any bones. As hard as I hit and from all around the car at some point my airbag should have gone off.
Airbags did not deploy, 2005 hyundai elantra gls, going east on hwy 11, raining and swerved to avoid oncoming vehicle, lost control of the vehicle. The car went airborne over the backside of the culvert and landed on the nose of the vehicle and flipped several times, 5 times is the est given to me. The front and side airbags did not deploy. Many injuries including head injury, cervical strain, muscle spasms, severe contusions to chest, hip, pelvis, arm, knee, neck.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. While making a turn at 5 MPH into a parking lot, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without intent. The vehicle crashed into the town building causing minor damage to the building. The front end of the vehicle sustained major damages and could not be driven away from the crash site. The airbags did not deploy at the time of impact, and the passenger of the vehicle suffered minor injuries to the shoulder. The manufacturer was notified and stated that they would investigate the accusation of unintended acceleration further. No repairs had been made. The failure and current mileages were under 33,419.
Purchased 2005 hyundai elantra november 14, 2007. Dealership carfax showed 40,836 odometer miles. Dealership odometer disclosure statement showed 8,494. November 18, 2007 drove I-26 in columbia, sc. Drove on emergency strip to avoid debris on road. Rear end spun out and lost control of car. Crashed into 18 wheeler and pushed across interstate, up an embankment, under a catch fence and stopped on a service road. A total loss. Not until 11/29/07 that I was made aware of a possible recall on the steering linkage tie rod assembly. Air bag did not deploy. Dmv.org report of 11/24/07 shows odometer reading 40,836 and no odometer problem title record. Carfax report stated no recalls reported. I contacted the dealerships headquarters about the odometer discrepancy. Shortly thereafter, the carfax info was changed showing odometer reading 8,584 and also they backdated information. Showed odometer discrepancy on the altered report. Just clerical errors? If we suffered a total loss, how come our air bags did not deploy? Did we have a true steering linkage tie rod assembly failure? Did we truly have 40,836 miles on our odometer? Was scheduled maintenance up to date for 40,835 miles?
I drive a 2005 hyundai elantra. The airbag system in the car is faulty as indicated by the airbag light. The passenger side airbag system was recalled in 2005. In 2007 I took my car to fairfax hyundai to have it repaired. After the car was repaired I noticed that the airbag light was on. At the time I did not know it indicated that the airbag system was faulty and the people at the dealership didn't mention there was a problem with it. (at that time the airbag system was still under warranty) since then I have taken my car to be safety inspected and I revisited the fairfax hyundai dealership to have other items on my car fixed. No one mentioned it was an issue. When I went to the dealership they were sure to tell me about other (expensive) problems on the car but never said anything about the airbag light. Recently I went to have my car safety inspected again (as required by virginia law) and the inspector has now caught the problem. I took it back to the dealership and they want 100 dollars just to look at it. The are telling me repairs could be up to 500 dollars. This is outrageous! What are my options? As I understand it, I am driving around with no airbag system. For two years I have been driving around family members, some are children, without airbags.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that the sensor for the front passenger air bag was inoperative. As a result, the air bag may not deploy in the event of a crash. The vehicle was repaired according to the federal safety agency campaign id number 05v395000 (air bags) in 2005. Several months after the repair, the failure resurfaced. The dealer stated that since the vehicle was previously repaired according to the recall, they would not assume any additional responsibility. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 10 and current mileage was 80,000.
Passenger airbag light is on when an average sized adult is in the passenger seat. Indicating the airbag will not deploy in an accident.
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