2004 Hyundai XG350

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME OF THE CAR WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED, BUT THE CAR IS UN-DRIVABLE. I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED THAT HYUNDAI HAS HAD SOME PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH FRAMES RUSTING OUT AND FAILURES SIMILAR TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED. THANK GOD I WAS NOT TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I CAN SEND PICTURES IF NECESSARY. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 HYUNDAI XG350. MANY TIMES WHEN I LEAVE THE CAR OVERNIGHT (OR FOR A FEW HOURS) AND THEN START IT BACK AGAIN, THE GEAR DOES NOT ENGAGE WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE. WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE GEAR ENGAGES SUDDENLY AND THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS FOR THE FIRST FEW MINUTES WHILE I AM DRIVING. SO WHEN I AM MAKING A TURN, AGAIN THE CAR HAS TO START FROM ZERO, SO IT WOULDN'T MOVE FOR THE FIRST FEW SECONDS AND JUST JUMP FORWARD. THIS CAN BE VERY RISKY AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY ON TURNS. ONCE THE ENGINE IS HEATED UP, THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO FOUND OTHER PEOPLE FACING SAME ISSUE BUT NOT FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM YET. I WISH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT COULD BE FILED AGAINST HYUNDAI. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON UPON STARTING UP ONE MORNING AND REMAINED ON EVER SINCE. I HAVE CHECKED ALL CONNECTIONS AND THEY ARE INTACT. FROM MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE AIRBAG LIKELY IS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES ONLINE AND AT WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/HYUNDAI_AIRBAGS.HTML DEALERS RANGE OF CAUSES RANGE FROM SIMPLY MOVING THE DRIVERS SEAT CAUSING A CONNECTION FAILURE TO DEFECTIVE AIRBAG MODULE ON MANY OTHER VEHICLE TYPES AS WELL. THIS EXACT IDENTICAL ISSUE OCCURS WITH OWNERS AS FAR BACK AS THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP THROUGH MANY YEARS LATER. FROM THE OVERWHELMING EXAMPLES SITED ONLINE, THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL AND/OR AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED. IT IS NEGLIGENT TO HAVE SO MANY HYUNDAI OWNERS HAVE THEIR AIRBAGS FAIL TO DEPLOY IN ACCIDENTS AND FOR IT TO SUDDENLY INDICATE FAILURE. THE GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE ACTION BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED FROM A KNOWN DEFECT OF AIRBAGS. HOW CAN THE NHTSA ALLOW SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF KNOWN SAFETY DEFECTS OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FAILURES TO OCCUR WITHOUT ACTION? THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND DEADLY TO LIVE IN EVEN LOW SPEED CRASHES AND CAN BE AVOIDED WITH CORRECTION. *TR

WE OWN AN XG350 HYUNDAI. CAR WAS BROUGHT IN TO DEALER UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL FOR CORROSION OF SUBFRAME APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AGO. DEALER PERFORMED MANUFACTURER-SUGGESTED REPAIRS: DRILLED HOLES IN SUBFRAME AND TREATED WITH ANTI-CORROSIVE. THREE YEARS LATER, SUBFRAME COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT AND CAR IS A DANGER TO DRIVE. PROBLEM WAS FOUND WHEN WE NOTICED WHEEL MISALIGNMENT (LOOKED LIKE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WAS SKEWED) AND THAT CAR COULD NOT GO OVER EVEN SMALL BUMPS WITHOUT SLIDING ACROSS THE ROAD. THE GENTLEMAN WHO INSPECTED THE CAR FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE AN ALIGNMENT, SAID THAT THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IN HIS OPINION, WAS "TOTALED". WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AS IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE 2 MILES. WHEN WE CALLED THE HYUNDAI DEALER, HE AGREED TO REPLACE THE SUBFRAME AT NO COST, ADMITTING THAT THIS WAS A HYUNDAI PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE ORIGINAL "FIX" ARE UNDER A FALSE IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER REASON FOR CONCERN. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THE RUST IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY NO ONE SAW IT 4 MONTHS AGO WHEN WE HAD SNOW TIRES PUT ON. IT JUST SUDDENLY "BURSTS" FROM THE INSIDE OUT. HE ADMITTED IT WAS DANGEROUS. WE ARE DILIGENT ABOUT CLEANING THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE CAR EVERY MONTH AS WE ARE IN A HIGH SALT AREA (MASSACHUSETTS). WE BABY THE AUTOMOBILE AND KEEP IT PERFECTLY. I AM ANGRY BECAUSE MY SON DRIVES THIS CAR AND LAST WEEKEND HE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY FOR A TRIP WITH HIS FRIENDS. IF THE RUST HADN'T "BURST" THROUGH WHEN IT DID, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNAWARE OF THE DANGER AND LET HIM AND HIS FRIENDS TAKE THE CAR. THIS IS A DEATH WAITING TO HAPPEN. *JS

THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN MY CAR SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING IT USED. IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER FIXED IT, SAYING SOMETHING CAME UNPLUGGED UNDER THE SEAT. THE LIGHT CAME ON APPROXIMATELY A YEAR LATER, WHEN THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I HAD TO GO TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH A SENSOR IN THE DOOR AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE APART THE DOOR TO FIX IT. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ON MEANS THAT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE CAR TO STOP WORKING BECAUSE THE DRIVER MOVES HIS SEAT, ETC. EVERY OWNER OF A HYUNDAI XG350 THAT I HAVE MET AS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE LIGHT COMES ON AND EVERY TIME YOU TAKE IT IN, IT IS FOR A DIFFERENT REASON THAT IS CONVENIENTLY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR WHEN YOUR WARRANTY IS UP. HOWEVER IF THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY, THEY SAY IT IS A SEAT ISSUE AND FIX IT QUICKLY AND MAKE NO CONCERN OF IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HYUNDAI XG350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE FRONT SEATS WERE REMOVED AND REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. UPDATED 1/13/12*LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HYUNDAI XG350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AND THE VEHICLE TRIED TO ACCELERATE. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHIFTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, A ROAD TEST DRIVE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CLAIM NUMBER 54264 WAS FILED. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 03/31/11*LJ UPDATED 04/22/11

WE HAVE A 2004 HYUNDAI XG 350, ON AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN OCCASIONS, WHILE COMING TO A STOP, THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE AND WOULD NOT STOP WHILE PRESSING ON THE BRAKE, LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID ANY ACCIDENTS. WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER ON 10/20/10, THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, THEY REPLACED IT, SAID IT WAS FIXED. YESTERDAY, 11/28/10, IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME WE WEREN'T AS LUCKY. MY HUSBAND TRIED TO STOP AS HE PULLED INTO OUR DRIVEWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND HE RAN INTO THE FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE CAR HAS MINIMAL DAMAGE, OUR HOUSE HAS A HUGE DENT IN THE FRONT OF IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE, HE WASN'T INJURED, BUT HE OR SOMEONE ELSE COULD HAVE BEEN. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AGAIN, THEY CALLED TODAY AND SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT AND HYUNDAI SAYS THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF THIS PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL OF CAR, SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE TO FIND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. SOMEONE IS COVERING UP THIS PROBLEM SOMEWHERE, I HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE SOMEONE GETTING SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

2004 HYUNDAI XG350L HAS HAD INTERMITTENT AIR BAG LIGHT COME ON DASH DURING WARRANTY PERIOD. ALL REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY AS SIMPLE FIX OF LOOSE CONNECTIONS. WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF OUT OF WARRANTY PERIOD AIR BAG LIGHT ON AGAIN AND TAKEN TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WHO NOW STATES THAT THIS REPAIR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WILL COST OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. IN THE INTERM THE SUPPLEMENTARY RESTRAINT SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK. *TR