2005 Hyundai XG350

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED SINCE LATE 2013. READING ENTRIES POSTED ON SITE, AND TALKING WITH FORMER HYUNDAI MECHANIC, THIS IS A WIRING HARNESS ISSUE THAT AT LEAST 60 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. ALSO EXPERIENCED THE STEERING ISSUE WHERE THE BOLTS LOCKING THE WHEEL IN PLACE SHEERED OFF, I WAS LUCKY TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY IN 2015 GET IT TO A LOCAL SHOP TO FIX. AS OF 2018 THE STEERING IS PROBLEMATIC AGAIN WITH THE STEERING WHEEL STICKING AND NOW A SQUEAKING NOISE OCCURS WHEN TURNING RIGHT.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND WILL NOT EXTINGUISH. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW. THIS HAPPENED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALERSHIP RESET THE LIGHT. IT CAME ON AGAIN AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AND THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME TO RESET THE LIGHT. THE LIGHT HAS BEEN RESET MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS NOW ILLUMINATED AND WILL NOT RESET. I AM AFRAID THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT PROPERLY WORK IN AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI XG350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, WHICH WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE CONTACT FELT AS IF THE AIR BAGS WOULD DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (COURTESY HYUNDAI, 939 NEWPORT AVE, PAWTUCKET, RI 02861) WHERE THE WIRE HARNESS AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK WERE DIAGNOSED AS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000. *TR

I AM WRITING IN REGARD TO MY 2005 HYUNDAI XG350L WITH 143,500 MILES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. ON APRIL 16 2009 THERE WAS AN NHTSA VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL # 09V124000 FOR SUSPENSION. THIS RECALL WAS FOR 2001-2004 SONATA, 2001-2004 XG300 AND XG350 VEHICLES SOLD IN OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN ILLINOIS AND OTHER RUST BELT STATES. THE RECALL PERTAINED TO INTERNAL CORROSION OF THE FRONT SUB-FRAME. AT THE TIME IN 2009 I FELT I HAD NOTHING TO FEAR BECAUSE MY 2005 MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. LOW AND BEHOLD NOW ALMOST 9 YEARS LATER FROM THE APRIL 2009 RECALL MY SUB-FRAME HAS THE SAME ISSUE (PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS). I CALLED HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA (HMA) CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME AT ETTLESON HYUNDAI IN COUNTRYSIDE IL WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC AT ETTELSON INSPECTED THE CAR AND SERVICE WRITER RICH GIBBONS FORWARDED RESULTS TO HMA. ON DECEMBER 29, 2017 HMA REPRESENTATIVE JUAN VAZQUEZ DENIED MY CLAIM STATING: THIS PRIOR AUTHORIZATION (PA) IS DECLINED DUE TO EXCESSIVE MILEAGE AND TIME PAST WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THIS REPAIR. NO CORROSION CAMPAIGNS OR SETTLEMENTS AND THE FACT THAT CA CASE10874702 IS NOT APPROVING ANY REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. NO ONE FROM THE CAR DEALER TO HMA HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER MY ORIGINAL QUESTION WITH HMA CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE: WHY THE 2005 XG350L MODEL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL APRIL 2009 RECALL? INCIDENTALLY, 2005 WAS THE LAST YEAR FOR THIS MODEL, HYUNDAI WENT TO THE AZERA IN 2006 TO REPLACE THE XG350L. I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS $1157.00 DEALER QUOTED ESTIMATE OF A PROBLEM IF IT HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 2009 RECALL. THE 2005 HYUNDAI XG350 SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL RECALL FOR SAFETY. ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN RENDER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.