2006 Hyundai Elantra

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG OFF- WARNING INDICATOR WOULD COME ON AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES .WHEN IT SHOULD BE ON , NO RIDER IN SEAT IT WOULD NOT BE LIT. WHEN RIDER IN PASSENGER SEAT, THE WARNING INDICATOR WOULD BE ON. IT WOULD FUNCTION RIGHT SOMETIMES AND NOT AT OTHERS. NOW IT NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL . AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR IN DRIVER CENTER GAUGE CONSOLE IS NOW ON ALWAYS. THIS LEAVES YOU WONDERING WILL THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM WILL WORK OR NOT . THE HYUNDAI'S SISTER COMPANY KIA HAD A RECALL ON THEIR AIR BAG SYSTEM AND THIS LEFT ME HOPE FULL HYUNDAI WOULD RIGHT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. HYUNDAI HAD RECALLS ON 2005 AND 2007-2009 YEARS MODELS. MY CAR WAS BUILT ON 6/16/2006 AND THE RECALL FOR THE 2007 WAS 7/14/2006. THEY HAVE KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE AIR BAGS IN A NUMBER OF YEAR MODELS. THE 2006 YEAR MODEL NEEDS TO BE INCLUDE IN THESE RECALLS. IS IT A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAVING A DISABLED WIFE RIDING WITH ME MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING IT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ISSUES WITH THIS YEAR MODEL ALL OVER THE INTERNET. *TR

PROBABLE FIRE HAZARD: PROBLEM WITH FREQUENT BURNING OUT OF FUSES TO CIGARETTE LIGHTER (CHARGER), SOME DASH LIGHTS (BACK LIGHT FOR DIGITAL RADIO CHANNEL INDICATOR) EITHER NO LONGER WORK OR COME OFF AND ON (ASH TRAY LIGHT), AC AND FAN KNOBS--USED TO HAVE TO TAP ON THEM TO GET THEM TO LIGHT, ACTED ALMOST LIKE A DIMMER SWITCH, SOMETIMES HAD TO TAP SEVERAL TIMES TO GET TO TURN ON, AND SOMETIMES KNOB BACK LIGHTING ON, BUT DIM, AND HAD TO TAP TO GET FULL POWER TO BULBS, CD PLAYER OVERHEATING AND STOPPED WORKING--GIVES ERROR MESSAGE, (HAD SIMILAR CD PLAYER OVERHEATING WITH A 2003 MITSUBISHI LANCER I OWNED IN EARLY TO MID-2000S, BUT CD PLAYER CONTINUED TO WORK--ELANTRA DOES NOT WORK MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS BEFORE EJECTING CD.) HEADLIGHTS BURNING OUT TOO FREQUENTLY (INCLUDING LAST TIME, WHEN HEADLIGHT REMOVED ON PASSENGER SIDE, LIGHT WENT OUT ON DRIVER'S SIDE AS WELL.) HEADLIGHT HAD SHORT AND WOULD COME BACK ON WHEN I BANGED ON LENS WITH FIST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, BECAME MORE AND MORE FREQUENT UNTIL IF FINALLY BURNED OUT. CONCERNED OF RISK OF ELECTRICAL FIRE AS ENGINE AREA BECOMES HOT. NOTE THAT CLEAR-COAT ON HOOD OVER EACH HEADLIGHT AREA AND OVER FUSE RELAY BOX AREA BECAME YELLOW, THEN BRITTLE, PEELING OFF IN PAST 6 MONTHS. PURCHASED VEHICLE IN JULY 2008 OR 2009? BELIEVE IT HAD ABOUT 63,000 MILES ON IT THEN--CURRENTLY 138,000 MILES. AIRBAG LIGHT SAYS OFF WHEN 200 LB. HUSBAND SEATED ON PASSENGER SIDE ON OCCASION RECENTLY NOTICED IN LAST YEAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN ILLUMINATED ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000.

I HAVE 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, I LET MY DAUGHTER DRIVE IT AND SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DEMOLISHED. I WAS SHOCKED THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I FIND THIS VERY DISTURBING, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH A FALSE SENSE OF SAFETY. I AM JUST SHOCKED THAT HIS COULD HAPPEN AND I WOULD HOPE THAT HYUNDAI WOULD INVESTIGATE. HOW MANY OTHER DRIVERS ARE OUT THERE WITH THAT FALSE SENSE OF SAFETY. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN BE WARNED OF THE HAZARDS THAT IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHENEVER A PASSENGER WAS POSITIONED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

"PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF" WARNING ACTIVATES WITH A FULL SIZED INDIVIDUAL IN THE SEAT. WHEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER, WAS TOLD THE PASSENGER HAD TO BE SEATED FACING COMPLETELY FORWARD WITH LEGS POSITIONED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM WITH FEET ON THE FLOOR (KNEES BENT, RATHER THAN LEGS EXTENDED STRAIGHT OUT). IF PASSENGER BODY POSITION IS SO STRICT, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE AIRBAG IS UNRELIABLE FOR REALISTIC DRIVING CONDITIONS. DEALER FINALLY SAID THEY COULD REPLACE THE "SENSOR MAT" IN THE SEAT, BUT DID NOT OFFER THIS UNTIL THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA THAT WAS MANUFACTURED FEBRUARY 4, 2006. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN THE DASH ILLUMINATED WHEN A POT HOLE WAS HIT BUT TURNED OFF WHEN DRIVEN OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. AIR BAG LIGHT RECENTLY CAME ON AGAIN NOW THAT CAR IS OVER 50,000 MILES AND OUR OF WARRANTY DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT THE SRS HARNESSES DRIVER AND PASSENGER NEED TO BE FULLY REPLACED. THESE PARTS COST OVER 1200.00 WITHOUT LABOR AND NEITHER HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN THIS YEAR AND MODEL. DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE WILL WORK WHILE THIS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. PASSENGER SEAT IS OPERATED BY A WEIGHT SENSOR AND PREVIOUSLY HAD ILLUMINATED PROPERLY UNTIL I PAID THE DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT MY CAR. I NOTICED LATER THAT EVENING THAT NOW THE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING IN REGARD TO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY WRECKS. *TR