Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that the air bag light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The dealer determined that the air bag detached itself from the steering column and needed to be re-attached. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and only offered to pay for a portion of the repairs. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 78,000.
2012 Hyundai Sonata airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai sonata. While operating the vehicle, the front passenger side seat belt sensor light would intermittently flash off and on although the passenger seat was unoccupied. Eventually, the front passenger side air bag sensor light would also flash off and on when a passenger was not present. The check engine light also illuminated. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the stability control ESC sensor light illuminated and the vehicle would not accelerate. After shutting the vehicle off and restarting the engine, the vehicle operated as normal. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. No additional information was available. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 18,000.
Airbag warning light came on and will not go off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the braking system failed to engage. The contact applied the emergency brake and the vehicle skidded. As a result, the contact crashed into a median. The driver side air bag failed to deploy. The contact sustained brain and back injuries and the rear passenger sustained injuries to the hands and shoulder, who both required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, a second vehicle crashed into the driver's side of the vehicle causing damage to the front fender, driver's side door and rear quarter panel. The contact indicated that during the incident the air bags failed deploy. The contact suffered neck, shoulder and right arm injuries during the crash. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 32,000.
I was traveling down the road and a 1999 chevy silverado pick up truck ran a stop sign coming from my left and struck the left side front door and fender of my car. The left curtain side airbag did not deply. My shoulder hit the door.
The passenger side airbag deployed without reason. The tremendous force and flying debris caused the driver to react and brush the front passenger side wheel against the curb. Plastic pieces were thrown throughout the front of the car. Luckily, there were no injuries. Earlier that same day the car had been serviced by the hyundai dealer for a radio issue.
I have had issues galore with my car since the day I drove it off the lot. First issue and still is just gave up on bringing it back was the steering that drifted. Then I had a sound coming from the rear of the car that made a loud noise. I also have a sound coming from the sun roof. After that I had a oil leak in it's first year. My radio went out, my driver window stop working. My turbo quit on me. Battery died. I was stranded by the car 3 times. It would turn over fast but not crank. I called road side on one of those. My air bag lights come on while driving down the road. It rattles like cheap parts. I have called hyundai with no response as of yet. The dealership says they can't do anything. I pay a car not for a car I don't trust to drive.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, a loud, abnormal bang was heard from the front passenger side of the vehicle. The vehicle then lost braking and steering abilities as the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy and the contact was injured. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact stated that the loud bang was a result of either a tire blowing or a defective strut that caused the tire blow. The contact called the manufacturer regarding the crash. The manufacturer advised that they would investigate the crash. The failure mileage was 20,000.
Vehicle was parked in parking lot when we came out the driver side curtain air bag (front and back) had deployed....inspected for damage in parking lot and there was none found in other words nobody hit vehicle....took vehicle to dealer in columbia missouri, joe machens hyundai, and they indicated they had never seen anything like this and were contacting hyundai USA for information...they ran computer codes on vehicle everything was fine...also checked for damage to vehicle and none found...major concern is that if this happened while driving this could have been a serious problem...could this be a major a problem with 2012 sonatas??
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