2005 Hyundai Elantra

FRONT/SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR/MODULE APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE. SINCE NEW OCCUPANT SENSOR WILL NOT RELIABLY CLASSIFY AN ADULT SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND MOST OFTEN TURNS AIRBAGS OFF OR TURNS ON AND OFF DURING A TRIP. I HAVE NOTED THAT THIS OCCURS WITH A VARIETY OF ADULTS WEIGHING FROM 100-150 LBS. I HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER TWICE FOR REPROGRAMMING IN DECEMBER 2005. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *NM

I PURCHASED MY HYUNDAI ELANTRA 4 DOOR SEDAN, VIN [XXX], ON AUGUST 31, 2005. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE AT 3500 MILES THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAK DETECTED IN THE REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS. THEY WERE BOTH REPLACED AT THAT TIME UNDER WARRANTY. ON FEBRUARY 4, 2006, I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR THE 15000 MILE CHECK AND ONCE AGAIN THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAK DISCOVERED AND BOTH REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE ONCE AGAIN BOTH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IF THESE ITEMS ARE DEFECTIVE, HYUNDAI SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL RATHER THAN SIMPLY PUTTING OUT A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. THERE ARE APPARENTLY TWO (2) SUCH BULLETINS IN EXISTENCE: 1. 04-50-010 NOV 04 BRAKES - REAR DRUM BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER LEAK INSPECTION, AND 2. TNT1510205-001 FEB 05 BRAKES - DRUM BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER LEAKAGE INSPECTION (SOURCE HTTP://WWW.ALLDATA.COM/RECALLS/) I WAS NOT ADVISED OF ANY RECALLS OR CONTINUING RECALLS WHEN I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2005. I WILL CERTAINLY GIVE HYUNDAI A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO MY CONCERNS, HOWEVER THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO BE INTERESTED IN SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH PERSPECTIVE BUYERS. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THESE DEFECTS WERE ALREADY KNOWN BY HYUNDAI WELL BEFORE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF ELANTRAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED AND IF HYUNDAI PLANS ON ESCALATING THIS ISSUE TO A RECALL? *JB UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THEY TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE OCCUPANT WAS NOT SITTING IN THE SEAT PROPERLY. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY FOUND NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V395000. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE SENSOR, AND THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTERWARDS, THE GIRD WAS REPLACED AND THE LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT CURRENTLY BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2005 A YOUNG MAN WAS RACING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 75 IN SHERMAN. HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER SOUTHBOUND CAR AND KNOCKED ACROSS A GRASSY MEDIAN, INTO MY CAR HEAD ON. MY AIRBAG ON THE DRIVER SIDE DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY, HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER BAG DID NOT DEPLOY RIGHT AWAY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY TO ONE OF MY PASSENGERS, TONI FOLSOM. ON INITIAL IMPACT, TONI FLEW FORWARD AND HER HEAD IMPACTED THE WINDSHIELD, THE SEAT BELT THEN YANKED HER BACK AND SHE FLEW FORWARD AGAIN AND ONLY THEN DID THE AIRBAG DEPLOY. TONI HAD A BROKEN NOSE, CONCUSSION, 30 STITCHES IN HER FACE, AND A PERFORATED COLON FROM THE SEAT BELT. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. MY CONCERN IS THE FACT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED LATE. I KNOW OF ANOTHER MAN WHOSE SENSOR IN HIS 2004 HYUNDAI ELANTRA IS NOT WORKING FOR HIS PASSENGER BAG AND THE DEALERSHIP KEEPS TELLING HIM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU, CHERIE ODOM . *NM

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 80MPH AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN IT CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 15 MILES BEFORE I PUT THE VEH IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF THE KEY,(THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE DEALER ADVISED ME TO DO THAT).AT THAT TIME SMOKE POURED OUT OF THE ENGINE AND I THOUGHT THE VEH WAS ON FIRE. I CALLED 911 . I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION HOWEVER THE POLICEMAN ASKED ME TO MOVE THE CAR AND WHEN I TURNED ON THE KEY IT STARTED AT FULL THROTTLE I WAS AFRAID SO I GOT OUT AND REFUSED TO MOVE THE CAR. WHEN A POLICE OFFICER MOVED THE CAR IT AGAIN STARTED AT FULL THROTTLE. THEY TOWED IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AND I WANT A DIFFERENT VEH OR A REFUND.