My 2008 hyundai sonata was parked in my driveway on november 24, 2013 at around 11 am. I opened my trunk with the remote key and the trunk opened up so fast, the hinge tops on both sides that support and guide the trunk lid broke off at the top. Just disintegrated. These are defectively manufactured plastic caps/covers on the two hydraulic hinges.
2008 Hyundai Sonata body complaints
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Refusal of hyundai to review levels of rear crossmember corrosion on vehicles operated in the salt belt states because owner registered it in city/state adjoining this recall. After further reviewing the survey results, hyundai has decided to conduct a safety recall in affected salt belt states on 2006-2010 sonata vehicles. I have notified my local hyundai service center about this recall. Their reply was since I live in the same city but on the wrong side of the state line (kansas city, ks not kansas city, mo) my vehicle is not covered and they will not review my vehicle for free nor will they replace the corroded crossmember for free since my state does not belong to this recall although my driving primarily takes place in this affected and included state.
While driving on the ohio turnpike, the driver's sunvisor dropped down from the upright position and partially blocked my forward vision. Subsequently the passenger side also refused to stay in the upright position. When I consulted with the dealer I was informed that I was 4 months out of the warranty period. I then contacted hyundai customer assistance and received a case number and was also told that the warranty did not apply. I was also told that I could have the parts replaced and apply to them for reimbursement but that there was no guarantee that I would be reimbursed for the parts or the replacement. I have since seen a hyundai technical service bulletin for 2008my hyundai sonata sunvisor replacement (service campaign t97) dated november 2009 which states that it applies to the western,sc, and southern regions only. Since it's description states "on some 2008 sonata vehicles, the sun visor may not stay in the stored (up) position. This bulletin provides the service procedure to replace the sun visor assemblies." applicable production date range, march 6, 2007 to january 10, 2008. Since my vehicle was built january 02, 2008 this would apply if I lived in any of those states (which I do not). Since this a not only a defective assembly but a serious safety issue, I fail to see why this should be limited to only those regions and not to all areas. At the very least it should be handled as a customer satisfaction issue even past the warranty period.
Trunk opens by itself. Will enter car and see that" trunk open" signal on dash is on. Has happened dozens of times. I cannot figure out what is causing it. One time the trunk was open but the latch was in the closed position and I could not close the trunk until I manually opened the latch, but all other times I was able to simply close the trunk. The dealer says I must be unintentionally pushing the remote trunk button, but that is not the case for dozens of incidents. They say I must leave the car so they can create the problem, even though this issue is all over the internet in car forums. In fact my friend has same car and same problem.
Tried to open driverside door handle come off in my hand 3 months after warranty was up never heard of plastic door handle breaking.
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