Front Air Bag problems of the 1998 Hyundai Sonata

Three problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 1998 Hyundai Sonata. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 01/28/2000

While driving down the road at about 15 mph, driver in front came to a complete stop. It was really foggy outside, and consumer pressed on the brakes, and hit the other vehicle's bumper, and airbags deployed. Consumer felt that airbags shouldn't have deployed. Dlr said an airbag specialist would look at it. But someone tampered with the car before specialist came.

2 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/20/1999

While driving 65 mph vehicle had no frontal impact and no accident, but driver's and passenger's airbags deployed inadvertedly, causing driver to lose control of vehicle and going into a ditch. Please provide further information.

3 Front Air Bag problem

Consumer was involved in a 5 mph minor collision in which the driver's and passenger's air bags deployed, both driver and passenger sustained injuries. Please give any further details.


Other Air Bag related problems of the 1998 Hyundai Sonata

Front Air Bag problems
3
Air Bag problems
2
Air Bag Not Deploy problems
1


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