Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2007 Hyundai Sonata

Light for drivers side airbag remains on at all times. Will not shut off. Date of this occurrence is an approximate date.

The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that the air bag warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the passenger's side air bag sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 57,000 and the current mileage was 58,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that the air bag warning lamp was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the a local mechanic who diagnosed that the driver side air bag was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 142,000 and the current mileage was 142,692.

I received a recall notice for passenger side air bag activation defect on my Hyundai Sonata 2007. I was advised that if I have this defect I should contact local dealer and make an appointment to get it fixed. I called local Hyundai dealer in burlington vermont and they gave my an appointment for Dec. 31, 2008 at 8:00 am. I brought my car to dealer ship. I was told that they need the proof of I am having this problem of not activating the air bags. They need the person with me to show them that it does not work while person is in the car seat. I told them how come you did not tell me when I made the appointment also there is nothing mentioned about me proving it in the notice for recall. I was told that person with whom I made the appointment was not aware of the policy. I was told that it will take two weeks to fix the problem. I was told to bring the car back on Monday Jan. 5, 2009 and they will work on the car at that time. I told the dealership rep. That I can not keep taking time off from my work to get this safety problem fixed. The dealer rep. Agreed to make arrangement to get the car to dealer ship from my home on Monday Jan. 5, 2009. My concern is many people will just live with defect instead of getting it fixed because of road block from the dealer ship.

The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that the passenger side air bag sensor does not detect when an occupant is in the passenger seat. The manufacturer referenced NHTSA campaign id number 08v161000 (air bags). The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were less than 35,000. Updated 11/25/08. Updated 11/25/08.

Regarding 2007 Hyundai Sonata. The passenger automatic air bag system doesn't work properly. Hyundai calls this system occupant classification system, this system should turn off the passenger side air bag if the passenger is a child and weights less than 110 pounds (per Hyundai hotline). My son is eight years old and 75 pounds in weight. When he sits in the front seat the advance air bag system turns off the air bag about 10% of the time. I went to the dealer for repairs they confirmed my concern but they had my son sit in a 2008 Sonata and it did the same thing. They are saying that this is normal but they have contacted the Hyundai rep.

The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Sonata. The contact experienced intermittent failure with the passenger side air bag, especially when his 5'5, 125 lbs. Wife was seated in the passenger seat. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 08v161000 (air bags), but was informed that no repairs were needed. The manufacturer stated that the air bags were functioning properly (according to their notes) at the time and refused to perform the repair. The current mileage was 22,278 and failure mileage was approximately 1,000. Updated 09/16/08. Updated 09/25/08.

My 2007 Hyundai Sonata passenger side airbag sensor does not properly activate the airbag when my girlfriend (5'6", 115 lbs) sits on the seat. Turning on and off the car multiple times will usually make the sensor activate. In the last several months the airbag has been disarming while traveling (hitting bumps especially seems to make the airbag get disarmed). This makes me wonder what would happen to the airbag sensor if I needed to swerve and/or break in an attempt to avoid and accident, and ended up getting into the accident anyhow. It seems likely the passenger side airbag would deactivate under these conditions. Furthermore, the sensor sensitivity appears to vary greatly from one 2007 Sonata to another one. When my Sonata was in the shop for maintenance, I rented another 2007 Sonata (same model and same options), and the passenger side airbag sensed my girlfriend's presence just fine. Hyundai has also been extremely uncooperative. After returning the car multiple times to the authorized dealer, and calling Hyundai USA directly multiple times, I stopped receiving return calls. After threatening legal action via a demand letter, Hyundai is at least talking to me again though they seem to have no capability to fix the problem. After doing some web searches, it is clear that many other folks are having similar problems with Hyundai elantras and Sonatas.