Front Air Bag Sensor Control problems of the 2006 Hyundai Accent

I have a 2006 Accent. I recently found out it needs a passenger seat sensor panel replaced in order to fix the airbags. (that is, make any of the airbags work) I just now learned I haven¿t haven¿t had airbags for 2 years. !!!! (actually our kids haven¿t --our sons had the car at college, driving home on the interstate for 2. 5 hours - with no airbags) the light was on. First 2 years ago. I asked my mechanic. That mechanic never alerted me that I had to go to a dealer. My current mechanic did - so we went to the Hyundai dealer, paying their $80 service fee just for them to tell me it will cost me around $960 to fix it!!! I know from forums that other people have had this problem and we have all been told its a $1000 to fix. Just the part is $700+!!!! I also read that Hyundai had airbag problems with 2006 sonatas and fixed them. Why not the Accent???? why don¿t you have to stand behind a faulty part on multiple cars? I have read of many people having this issue. This is my dilemma: if I sell the car I hate to sell a car with out airbags and I will not lie to the buyer. If I keep it I have to fix it ---for our safety. But put $1000 in a car that is only worth $2500???.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated that the air bag sensor illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who diagnosed that the front passenger side seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000. Pam.

Seat belt light came on again. This was the third time. About 2 years earlier this happened for the second time. The first time was about a year earlier and Hyundai covered that. Code b1706 appears when read for $150 and Hyundai will not fix it even under their extended warranty. They did not want to fix the first two times either. I do not know if my airbags work. Hyundai has sensor problems and knows it. This is the driver seatbelt sensor. They want $702. 00 to fix this defect. I will not pay for their bad engineering. This problem needs a recall. Their oxygen sensors also seem to fail on the engine. They will not cover that either. All of these failures are federal mandated items.

: the contact stated while the passenger was seated in the upright position, the airbag activation light illuminated intermittently. The passenger weighed 114 pounds. The dealership could not duplicate the problem, and the manufacturer was contacted.

My 21 yr. Old son was driving home at aprox 2:53a. M. Lost control of his 2006 hyundi brio and crashes the front left side and later followed though to another wall impacting it sideways . The fontal airbags did not deploy and he later died at hospital of severe abdomial trauma , ribs puncturig both lungs. As a father how can I know if the first impact was strong enough to make the airbags deploy and if there have been recalls for problems concerning airbag deployment failure. The model of the car was Hyundai brio.