2005 Hyundai Elantra Air Bags

PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY SINCE PURCHASE IN NOVEMBER 2004. HYUNDAI SENT TECH TO REPROGRAM AIRBAG SENSOR IN FEBRUARY 2005 AND NOW WORKS FOR MY SON WHO WEIGHTS 135 LBS, BUT STILL DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY OR CONSISTENTLY WHEN MY DAUGHTER WHO IS 19 AND WEIGHTS 105 LBS SITS ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. TODAY APRIL 15, 2005 WHEN I COMPLAINED AGAIN TO HYUNDAI, I WAS TOLD THE ELANTRA CONFORMS WITH US GOVERNMENT STANDARDS. DOES THE US GOVERNMENT SANCTION OR APPROVE THE USE OF AIRBAG SENSORS THAT FAIL TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF PASSENGERS IN THE ELANTRA 2005? OR, TECHNOLOGY THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE OF CERTAIN WEIGHT? IT IS DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AROUND ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE PASSENGER AIRBARG INDICATOR LIGHT NOT KNOWING WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE ON OR OFF, PROTENCTING MY DAUGHTER OR NOT.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, WITH AN ADULT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN HIGH SPEED CRASH.

THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR IS FAULTY. THE AIRBAG OFF LIGHT CONSISTENTLY TURNS ON EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN ADULT IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM ,AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.*AK

PASSENGER'S AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY STAYED ON. PASSENGER'S WEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR THE SEAT WAS SPECIFIED IN THE MANUAL, HOWEVER, THE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER FOUND A RECALL ON THE AIR BAG SOFTWARE. PER THE RECALL THE TECHNICIAN REPROGRAMMED THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM .*AK *BF *NM

ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2005 A YOUNG MAN WAS RACING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 75 IN SHERMAN. HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER SOUTHBOUND CAR AND KNOCKED ACROSS A GRASSY MEDIAN, INTO MY CAR HEAD ON. MY AIRBAG ON THE DRIVER SIDE DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY, HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER BAG DID NOT DEPLOY RIGHT AWAY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY TO ONE OF MY PASSENGERS, TONI FOLSOM. ON INITIAL IMPACT, TONI FLEW FORWARD AND HER HEAD IMPACTED THE WINDSHIELD, THE SEAT BELT THEN YANKED HER BACK AND SHE FLEW FORWARD AGAIN AND ONLY THEN DID THE AIRBAG DEPLOY. TONI HAD A BROKEN NOSE, CONCUSSION, 30 STITCHES IN HER FACE, AND A PERFORATED COLON FROM THE SEAT BELT. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. MY CONCERN IS THE FACT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED LATE. I KNOW OF ANOTHER MAN WHOSE SENSOR IN HIS 2004 HYUNDAI ELANTRA IS NOT WORKING FOR HIS PASSENGER BAG AND THE DEALERSHIP KEEPS TELLING HIM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU, CHERIE ODOM . *NM

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON SPORADICALLY IN OUR NEW 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA WHEN PEOPLE ARE SITTING IN THE SEAT. MY WIFE WEIGHS IN EXCESS ON 190 POUNDS AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AT LEAST 5 TIMES DURING A TRIP OF 124 MILES IN EARLY MARCH AND HAS COME ON ONCE OR TWICE DURING TRIPS OF 26 MILES TO THE GROCERY STORE. WE TOOKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY DID NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG SENSOR WILL NOT ENGAGE IF THE WEIGHT CAPACITY IS NOT MET, WHICH MEANS THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED THE DEALER,, AND WAS TOLD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE OR SIT THE PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT. *AK