Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1999 record →
WHEN THE REAR WINDOWS ARE LOWERED WHILE DRIVING THE FORCE OF THE WIND HITS THE GLASS PANEL AND CREATS A LOUD DISTRACTING NOISE IN THE VEHICLE, THE FASTER THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN THE LOUDER THE NOISE GETS, MANUFACTURER ARE AWARE BUT HAVE NOT CHANGED THE DESIGN YET. NLM
HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AND ON WHEN MAKING A TURN. IT ALSO HAPPENS DURING NORMAL DRIVING. *AK
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND NEAR FRONT AREA AND PAIN SUSTAINED BY DRIVER
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
WE BROUGHT THIS CAR IN MAY 0F 1999. AT 4,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BLEW A LARGE HOLE AND ALMOST CAUSED US TOO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED FOR US, AT NO COST TO US. UNDER WARRANTY. ON 12/30/99 WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE CAR WAS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE. WHEN THEY DID AN INSPECTION THEY TOLD US THAT THE CAR NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD US THAT THIS TIME IT WAS BECAUSE OF ABUSE. THE CAR IS DRIVEN BY MYSELF, MY HUSBAND & ALSO MY SON. THIS REPAIR WE HAD TO PAY FOR. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE THINK THAT HYUNDAI SHOULD HONOR THE WARRANTY, AND REFUND US THE MONEY THAT WE PAID ALREADY FOR THE REPAIR. WE THINK THAT THIS IS A DEFECT ON THE TRANSMISSION AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. *AK
I WAS INVOLVED IN A T BONE ACCIDENT AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
TRAVELING 35 MILES PER HOUR IN 3RD GEAR. SWITCHING TO 4TH GEAR AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING CAR TO PULL RIGHT AND HIT A LARGE "CURB" STRAIGHT-ON. AXLE BROKEN, SUSPENSION AND UNDERCARRAGE DAMAGED, TIRE AND RIM DESTROYED AND MORE. JOGGER WITNESSED ACCIDENT AND ATTESTS TO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WITHOUT CAUSE. PICTURES AND REPORT WITH HINESBURG POLICE IN HINESBURG, VT. HYUNDAI TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCIDENT.
ENGINE LOSING TWO QUARTS OF OIL PER MONTH. VEHICLE BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER, AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING 30MPH HAD A FRONT END COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED UPPER BODY, HEAD & KNEE INJURIES. PASSENGER SUFFERED KNEE & ELBOW INJURIES. HAD EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT & RELEASED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOVED IN AN ACCIDENT CONCERNING A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A TRACKER TRAILER . BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER WAS TEMPORARILY UNCONSCIOUS. REVISED AND NOTICDE SMALL GAS BURN FROM AIR BAG. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 55-60 MPH WHEN SHE REARENDED A VEHICLE . DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJUIRES. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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