2001 Hyundai Sonata Airbags Problems

Your driver's side airbag deployed suddenly while your car was parked and empty, with no impact or warning. Fortunately, no one was injured. The airbag system likely needs to be inspected and replaced to prevent unexpected deployments in the future.

Your son was in a serious frontal accident where another car pulled into his path, striking the driver's side and entire passenger side of the front end. Neither the driver-side steering wheel airbag nor the passenger-side airbag deployed during the crash, despite the severity of impact—the steering wheel was bent, the steering column was broken, and the dashboard was damaged where his knees hit. This airbag failure left your son unprotected during a collision that clearly should have triggered deployment. The airbag system will need to be inspected and likely replaced to determine why the sensors failed to detect the impact.

You were driving at 55 mph when you lost control and crashed into a bridge. Your front driver-side airbag failed to deploy during the crash, and you suffered injuries to your head, thumb, knees, neck, and chest that required medical attention. Your vehicle was destroyed in the crash. A police report was filed documenting the incident.

Your car was involved in a front-end collision at about 30 mph when another vehicle hit you while you were making a left turn. The airbags did not deploy during the crash, even though the impact was significant enough to require towing the vehicle. A police report was filed, but no injuries were reported. The vehicle was never diagnosed or repaired to determine why the airbags failed.

Your airbag warning light keeps turning on and off intermittently. Your car was already repaired under a Hyundai recall (campaign 02V105000), but the problem came back. The dealer says they're only responsible for one repair under the recall, and even after another mechanic fixed it, the warning light returned again. The repair will likely involve diagnosing the airbag system's electrical connections or replacing a faulty airbag control module or sensor.

Your passenger-side front airbag sensor is faulty and located under the seat fabric. The warning light stays on constantly. The sensor will need to be replaced or repaired to clear the warning light and ensure the passenger airbag system functions properly.

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG LIGHT BEING CONTINUOUSLY ON *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED EACH TIME THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, IT REQUIRED THE DEALER TO RESET THE ERROR CODE. ON THE LAST OCCASION, THE DEALER FOUND A LOOSE CONNECTOR UNDER THE FRONT SEAT. ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS, THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY ITEMS BEING PLACED UNDER THE SEAT, HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED TWO RECALLS HAD BEEN ISSUED REGARDING AIR BAG PROBLEMS. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V105000 (AIR BAGS: SIDE/WINDOW) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V347000 (AIR BAGS) BUT THE REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH ANY FURTHER REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,981.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD REPAIRS DUE TO A RECALL PREVIOUSLY BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SENSOR, AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES EVEN WHEN AN OCCUPANT IS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR TWO MONTHS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V347000 (AIR BAGS), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. FRONT END DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $3500.00. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!! MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF WERE BOTH INJURED IN THE CRASH. I HIT MY CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL, HARD. MY HUSBAND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND WINDSHIELD AND WE BOTH WENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. WE BOTH STILL HAVE PAIN. MY HUSBAND HAS HAD A HEADACHE SINCE THE CRASH. THE CAR WAS TOWED AND WAS TOTALED OUT FROM THE DAMAGES. I HAVE TO NOW LOOK FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. I AM SURE IF THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN INJURED LIKE WE DID. I DO FEEL THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO SOMETHING FOR OUR PAIN AND SUFFERING. *TR

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AUTOMOBILE HAS HAD CHRONIC PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES ( MORE THAN 8 TIMES). IN EACH INSTANCE LIGHT IS RESET AND COMES BACK ON SHORT TIME LATER. DEALERSHIP ISSUED ASSURANCE ILLUMINATED AIRBAG LIGHT DOES NOT INDICATE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY WHICH IN NOT TRUE. AIRBAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED NOW AND DEALER NOW WANTS TO CHARGE TO FIX. RECALL ISSUED IN 2002 FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT WAS NEVER REPAIRED. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS AIRBAG WON'T DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

FAMILY VEHICLE: 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA -MY WIFE HAD CALLED ME TUES. 15TH, JAN. 2008 AFTERNOON, THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. ASSUMING A MALFUNCTION IN THE AIRBAG SAFETY SYSTEM, I TOLD HER TO DRIVE CONSERVATIVE, UNTIL WE COULD HAVE THE AIRBAG SAFETY SYSTEM CHECKED OUT. APPROX. 90 MINUTES LATER, SHE'S CALLING ME BACK, QUITE A BIT SHOOK UP, EXPLAINING THAT SHE WAS LOADING SOME ITEMS IN THE TRUNK AND WHEN SHE SLAMMED THE TRUNK CLOSED, THE FRONT PASSENGER, SIDE IMPACT AIR BAG DEPLOYED! ACCORDING TO HER, QUITE AN EXPLOSION AND ODOR. WE'RE THANKFUL THAT THERE WERE NO FAMILY MEMBER SITTING IN THE SEAT AT THE TIME. I HAVE TAKEN DIGITAL PHOTOS AND NOTIFIED MY CAR INSURANCE COMPANY FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES. I SPOKE WITH THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER AND I CONFIRMED, THROUGH THE VIN, THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR RECALL/DEFECT AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT SERVICE, 7-20-2002. RECALL ID 01V347000 STATES THAT AB WARNING LIGHT COULD ILLUMINATE DUE TO MOTION OF SIDE IMPACT AB WIRING HARNESS/CONNECTOR AND THAT THIS COULD PREVENT DEPLOYMENT OF SIDE IMPACT AB'S. WELL, IN THIS DIFFERENT CASE, THE AB WARNING LIGHT DID COME ON (AND IS STILL ON), AND SLAMMING OF THE TRUNK TRIGGERED THE SIDE IMPACT AB TO DEPLOY! SO EITHER THIS IS A NEW SAFETY ISSUE OR THE HYUNDAI DEALER IS NEGLIGENT AND DID NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE APPROPRIATELY. NOTHING YET HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. HYUNDAI DEALER IS TELLING ME RECALL REMEDY IS BEYOND WARRANTY WINDOW AND I HAVE TO BURDEN THE COST I FEEL, FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT, HYUNDAI NEEDS TO GET THIS RIGHT AT THEIR COST FOR THEIR ILL REPAIR OR POSSIBLY NEW SAFETY ISSUE TO VEHICLE AB SAFETY EQUIPMENT . THANK YOU *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED THREE TIMES AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD IT REPAIRED ONCE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 01V347000 OR 02V105000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,411.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. HE STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT WOULD OCCUR WHEN THE AIR BAG SYSTEM WAS OFF. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE SIDE AIR BAG (RECALL#02V105000) AND THE AIRBAGS (RECALL#01V347000) HOWEVER; THE DEALER STATED HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. AS OF JULY 26, 2007, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,203.

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2001 HYUNDAI SONOTA WITH 85000 FAILURE MILEAGE AT 45 MPH ON A ICY ROAD ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND IT HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT END, BUT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPOLY. THE PASSENGER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE, AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE, SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOWED AWAY. *AK

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN LATE DECEMBER THE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNED ON AND STAYED ON. SHE TOOK THE 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE WARRANTY RAN OUT. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST REVEALED FAULT CODE B1382, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG RESISTANCE WAS HIGH. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE AIRBAG WITHOUT COST. THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE COST OF THE AIRBAGS, BUT THAT SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER.. THE CONTACT FOUND A RECALL 01V247000 ON LINE FOR AIRBAGS FOR HER VEHICLE WITH CAMPAIGN# 01V347000, FOR FRONTAL AIRBAGS. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MALFUNCTIONING OF THE AIRBAG. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5600 ,AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55643.*AK UPDATED 03/30/07.*JB

HYUNDAI SONATA 2001 SIDE IMPACT AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT CAUSE. I WAS WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN AIR BAG DEPLOYED AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE AT A STOP, THEREFORE DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DAMAGE TO DRIVERS SIDE SEAT, HEADACHE, AND LEFT SHOULDER SORE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. TOOK CAR INTO BE INSPECTED BY HYUNDAI. THEY REFUSED TO INSPECT WITHOUT A DEPOSIT. (WHICH WILL NOT BE REFUNDED) IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A DEFECT WITHIN THE CAR, AND NO MATTER HOW MANY MILES THE CAR HAS, AIRBAGS SHOULD NOT DEPLOYED, UNLESS THE CAR IS IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED HAS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA AND AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER REGARDING RECALL 014347000, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONTACT THAT WHILE THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF THERE WAS A CRASH. THE CONTACT FELT THAT HIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. *AK UPDATED 01/30/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SEAT WAS ADJUSTED. THIS ISSUE WAS RELATED TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG ONLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONNECTOR WAS REPAIRED. THEY ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE PERMANENT AND THE PROBLEM MAY REOCCUR.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED UPON ADJUSTING THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. A NHTSA RECALL, # 02V105000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE AIR BAG; SIDE/WINDOW HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGE UNDER THE RECALL.

AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON WITHOUT REASON WHILE DRIVING. AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON UNTIL CAR IS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER. EVEN WHEN RESET, AIRBAG SOMETIMES GOES BACK ON WITHIN SEVERAL WEEKS OF BEING FIXED. CAR HAS BEEN IN TO DEALER 9 TIMES IN 3 YEARS FOR AIR BAG RELATED PROBLEMS. THE LAST TIME IT WAS BROUGHT IN THE DEALER SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY OVER $464 FOR A NEW PPD SENSOR. WE ARE NOT WILLING TO INCUR THIS COST WITH THE HISTORY OF FOLLOW-UP FAILURE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. *NM

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING. *AK THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 01V347000). *NM

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD, 3RD OCCURRENCE. DEALER TROUBLESHOOTING INDICATED PASSENGER AIRBAG WIRING HARNESS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT (NOT RELATED TO PREVIOUS LIGHTS). OUT OF WARRANTY COVERAGE BY 2,269 MILES. I BELIEVE MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER THIS DEFECT. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT IF NOT CORRECTED AIR BAG MIGHT DEPLOY INADVERTENTLY. DEALER WILL NOT DISABLE THE SYSTEM OR TELL ME HOW TO DO SO. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SAFETY RELATED DEFECT.*AK

RECEIVED RECALL FOR SONATA AIRBAG. AFTER REPAIRS, LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN, DEALER REFUSE TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. *BF THERE WERE CONTINUOUS AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATION. RECALL#01V347000. *SC

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. CURRENTLY, IT STAYS ON AND WON'T GO OFF. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. IT RAN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. SEAT BELTS WERE WORN, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND CITED THE CONSUMER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES . THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE AIR BAGS ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THIS COLLISION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OFF. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON. *JB SCC

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 30 MPH HIT HER, AND THE DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH DEALERSHIP STATED AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE CONSUMER WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT 5 MPH. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED. *TT

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA PASSENGER AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DUE TO CONNECTOR MOUNTED UNDER SEAT HAD JIGGLED LOOSE

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. AIR BAG RECALL WAS DONE IN JUNE OF 2002.*AK

CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HER. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL 02V15, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELLING 35 MPH STRUCK CONSUMER HEAD ON, THE SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER STATES AT NO TIME SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE HAS THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *SLC *TS

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35-40 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS STOPPING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT STALLED THEN SUDDENLY IT SPED FORWARD, EVEN AS CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES. EVEN AFTER PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ON HI REV. THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*SCC

HAD REPORTED THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEING ON TO MY DEALER. THEY "ADJUSTED WIRES" TO MAKE THE LIGHT GO OFF. THE ENTIRE DAMAGE WAS TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. UPON PHONE CALL TO DEALER, I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A "ONGOING" PROBLEM WITH SONATA'S.*JB

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON INTERMITTENTLY AND STAYING ON FOR A WHILE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH AN DWITHOUT WARNING WA SINVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLAR DAMAGE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AIK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH WAS STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT HEAD-ON FIRST. UPON IMPACT, NONE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK