Driving along on a city street and noticed airbag indicator on console was on. Looked around and the passenger airbag indicator off light was not off. Passenger seat belt indicator was flashing and there was no passenger in seat.
2009 Hyundai Sonata airbags complaints
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Dashboard is cracking and has been for a year and a half. My boyfriend's friend has the same car, same year and his is worse than mine. My concern is this is where airbag is located.
Dashboard cracking directly around air bag unit underneath dashboard on passenger side. This is a known issue to hyundai, affecting numerous models and model years. Hyundai dealers refuse to classify it a safety defect, and have told me the dashboard replacement is the responsibility of the customer. Multiple hyundai service technicians on the internet confirm what I suspect, that this is a manufacturer's defect and a safety issue. Cracks began appearing at about 68,000 miles, approximately november 2015, and are getting progressively worse. Car now has approximately 72,000 miles (july 2016).
Crossing intersection on green light. Inattentive driver ran red light, crushing passenger side and forcing car into another vehicle. This impact caused the rear of auto to be crushed. Airbag did not deploy and, thus, did not protect from injury.
Tl* the contact owned a 2009 hyundai sonata. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the contact lost control of the vehicle and struck the guardrail and median. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The passenger sustained a cut to the back of the head and two front teeth were loose that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000. The VIN was not available.
Air bag light turned on the dash of the 2009 hyundai sonata. Called and reported to hyundai (case # upon the federal safety agency request) and then took the vehicle to a hyundai dealer. Vehicle has 26,456 miles on 12/23/2014. Dealer description of fault scanned for dtcs, b1322 and b1324 present and active in SRS system. Cleared codes and attempted wcs reset procedure via gds, reset failed and dtcs returned. Passenger seat bottom needs replaced per tsb 09-bd-007. Customer declined repairs at this time. Quoted $2,189, tax included. I paid $127.43 to diagnose the SRS system problem. The federal safety agency has a campaign (recall # 08v161000) for the failure of occupant classification system (ocs) in the right front seat for 2006-2008 hyundai sonatas. This 2009 hyundai sonata was manufactured on 01/8/2008. These early manufactured 2009 hyundai sonatas should be included in the federal safety agency campaign (recall # 08v161000) since the same 2008 passenger seat bottom part was probably used in these vehicles. The failure of occupant classification system (ocs) in the right front seat is a safety issue that the federal safety agency needs to address.
Air bag light turned ?on? The dash of the 2009 hyundai sonata. Called and reported to hyundai (case # upon the federal safety agency request) and then took the vehicle to a hyundai dealer. Vehicle has 26,456 miles on 12/23/2014. Dealer description of fault ? Scanned for dtcs, b1322 and b1324 present and active in SRS system. Cleared codes and attempted wcs reset procedure via gds, reset failed and dtcs returned. Passenger seat bottom needs replaced per tsb 09-bd-007. Customer declined repairs at this time. Quoted $2,189, tax included. I paid $127.43 to diagnose the SRS system problem. The federal safety agency has a campaign (recall # 08v161000) for the failure of occupant classification system (ocs) in the right front seat for 2006 ? 2008 hyundai sonatas. This 2009 hyundai sonata was manufactured on 01/8/2008. These early manufactured 2009 hyundai sonatas should be included in the federal safety agency campaign (recall # 08v161000) since the same 2008 passenger seat bottom part was probably used in these vehicles. The failure of occupant classification system (ocs) in the right front seat is a safety issue that the federal safety agency needs to address.
Air bag light on the display has come up and it won't go away. Took the vehicle to dealer and I was told that there is spring in the steering wheel worth $450 need to be replaced. Also I have been asked to replace passenger seat belt buckle assembly costing more than $350, to correct the airbag light. I read that an investigation is going on for 2008 hyundai sonata for the mentioned seat belt buckle. Please conduct an investigation into the mentioned air bag issue to find out if this is a widespread issue with the model and get the manufacturer to bear the cost.
The passenger air bag light continues to flash when there is no one in the seat. Took to the dealer and they said it is suppose to flash when first start up the car, but I let them know that it on the entire time I am driving. The dealer said they could not duplicate the issue. I took video of it so I can show them. It is on multiple days in a roll with nothing in the seat. I want to make sure it will work correctly when I do have someone sit in the seat.
My ESC and air bag malfunction lights are illuminated and my brakes mal-functions. Recall campaign 110 recalls the brake light switch on some of these cars but not on my year and model. I am suggesting that the recall may need to be expanded to include the 2009 sonata since the switches seem to malfunction in that make/model/year as well.
Passenger airbag will not turn on. Does not matter if anyone is in the seat or not, the red light is always on.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 hyundai sonata. While driving 25 MPH, the contact stated he was involved in a frontal crash when the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer informed the contact that they will forward the information to the manufacturer on his behalf. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The current and failure mileage was 42,000. The VIN was unavailable.
My 2007 sonata involved in 2008 side impact; over $10000.00 in damage; drivers side and february 5, 2012 my 2009 sonata involved in side impact at 45 MPH over $10000.00 damage; drivers side. Both accidents involved replacing both drivers side doors and rear quarter panels. In both cases the side airbags did not deploy. Hyundai said car not hit hard enough. The latest crash injured both myself and my daughter. Both crashes showed the drivers side doors intrusion of about 8 inches to the passenger compartment.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 hyundai sonata. While driving 3 MPH the wheels locked and/or the transmission locked causing the vehicle to steer to the right and crash into the side of another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The driver side and front fender were damaged. There were no injuries. The police was notified but no report was filed. The vehicle was undriveable and was towed to the dealer. The insurance company was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified and was sending a representative to the dealership to inspect the vehicle. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 30,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that the passengers side air bag was disabled and the air bag light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that there was no failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The current mileage was approximately 19,100. The failure mileage was approximately 14,000. Updated 04/07/11 *bf the consumer stated the problem was intermittent and when the air bag was in the disabled mode, he found to correct the problem was to shut the vehicle off and then restart it. Updated 04/08/11
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 hyundai sonata. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the contact was involved in a crash in which she rear ended another vehicle. None of the air bags deployed. The front driver seat belt also did not tighten during the crash. A police report was filed. No injuries were reported. The vehicle had not been examined for the cause of failure of the non-deployment and the seat belt. Approximately 14 months later, she was involved in another crash in which she was rear ended and the air bags did not deploy. The driver side seat belt again did not tighten during the crash. A police report was filed. The contact was injured. She was taken by ambulance to be treated for serious injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. It was not examined for the cause of failure and was not repaired. The failure mileage was 37,000 and the current mileage was 47,000.
I have a 2009 hyundai sonata with a 5 speed manual transmission. On tuesday, may 25, 2010, I was traveling on route295 south in ri when I tried to shift from 4th gear to 5th gear. I pressed my clutch in and tried to shift, the clutch never came back up and my car stalled in the middle lane of the highway. I couldn't get the clutch to come back and the car lost its speed down to about 5-10 miles per hour, if that. The person behind me went around me but the woman behind him smashed into me doing around 70mph. Her car pushed mine forward and into the next lane. My airbags never deployed. Luckily, I walked away with a bruised left arm and that was all. My husband had called our dealership a few times regarding this issue but because it didn't stick all the time, they couldn't tell us what was wrong. My car is an absolute mess right now and I don't know if it can be repaired.
I was heading out of my driveway when my car was hit on left front side by a vehicle traveling on the road. That also triggered another collision in which my car hit another car parked on the street. The hood was gravely damaged. It was a total loss. The critical issue was that no airbag, whatsoever, was inflated to protect the safety of the passenger in the car.
2009 hyundai sonata-2 front end collisions air bags never came out for either. Front end work done after 1st front end collision. Air bags did not come out during 2nd colision either. Concerned why the airbags did not come out for either accident.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 hyundai sonata. The air bag warning light was illuminated on the instrument control panel, which indicated that the air bags were inoperative. The manufacturer and the dealer were notified, and the representatives concluded that the failure was a normal characteristic of the vehicle. The failure mileage was 6,000. The consumer stated his wife is 90bls and when she sat in the passenger seat, the air bag light remained on. Sometimes, the light will go off. Updated 10/29/09
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