2008 Hyundai Sonata Air Bags

The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 08V161000 (Air Bags); however, the dealer informed the contact that he had to pay for a diagnostic test prior to the recall repair. The contact declined. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 181,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed failures with the passenger's side occupancy sensor and occupant classification system. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but did not assist. The failure mileage was unknown.

AIR BAG light is on, with defect in Occupant Classification System (passenger weight sensor), with OCS system lights flashing erratically with no passenger in seat. Hyundai dealer and corporation keep telling me that there is no relevant campaign related to my vehicle. There is information for "Campaign 083 – 2006 – 2008 Sonata – Occupant Classification System (OCS) Reprogramming" online. Internally labeled as 08-01-006 Body Electrical issue. Campaign clearly states that problem is to be fixed on individual customer basis, meaning it wouldn't show up as a official recall. Hyundai currently refuses to take responsibility.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT INITIALLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HER OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V161000 (AIR BAGS) WHICH HE LINKED TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GURNEE HYUNDAI (6251 GRAND AVE, GURNEE, IL 60031) WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM MAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,900.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT SIGN IS OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR MAT IS MALFUNCTIONED. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THE ITEM AND IT'S EVERYWHERE ONLINE BUT YET MY CAR WASN'T IN THE RECALL BUT IT'S THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED COMPANY THEY WON'T SAY WHY ONLY SOME CARS WERE IN THE RECALL BUT YET MINE WASN'T EVEN THOUGH IT'S SAME PROBLEM.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE 'PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF' LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED WHEN THERE IS NO ONE SITTING IN THE SEAT. ERROR CODE B1448 WAS FOUND TO BE THE ERROR, WHICH IS A FAULTY PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR MAT. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND THIS MAY BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE AIRBAG WILL ALWAYS DEPLOY REGARDLESS OF WHO IS SITTING THERE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE STATIONARY UPON TURNING THE CAR ON ONE DAY.

RED AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON. PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT ALWAYS OFF, EVEN IF SEAT IS EMPTY. RED PASSENGER SEATBELT LIGHT ALWAYS FLASHING UNTIL SEAT BELT IS LATCHED, EVEN IF THERE IS NO ONE SITTING IN SEAT. THIS IS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. RECEIVED B1448 ERROR CODE. DEALER SAYS VIN ISN'T IN THE RECALL. I HAVE CALLED 2 LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERS AND HYUNDAI CORPORATE. SAME ANSWER.

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND HASN'T GONE OFF...MECHANIC SAY IT MAY BE A SENOR BUT WHEN I LOOKED UP THE VIN TO CHECK OPEN RECALLS NOTHING POPS UP BUT FROM FURTHER READING THIS IS A MAIN ISSUE WITH THESE VECHILES

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND HAS NOT TURNED OFF.

MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON IN MY CAR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO I DIDN'T PAY IT ANY MIND AT FIRST UNTIL I REALIZE THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUES WHEN DRIVING AND AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. NOT SURE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH IT BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FIX

MY CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AT PEARSON HYUNDAI, MIDLOTHIAN TPK RICHMOND VA SINCE NOV 21 2019 FOR AIR BAG RECALL REPAIR. THAT IS 3 WEEKS. THE DID NOT PROVIDE ME WITH A LOANER. I HAVE SPENT $700 ON A RENTAL AND HAD TO TURN IT BACK IN. EVERY TIME I CALL THEM, I GET THE RUN AROUND. I CAN'T GO TO WORK NOW. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND NOW I ONLY HAVE ONE PRESENT FOR MY DAUGHTER. IS THIS A TYPE OF COMPLAINT THAT CAN BE FILED WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS UNKNOWN RECALL ON THIS MODEL VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO ACTIVE RECALLS ON THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT DUE TO A FAULTY OCS SENSOR ON MY 2008 SONATA (ERROR CODE B1448). THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE HYUNDAI INITIATED CAMPAIGN 083 TO ADDRESS. IN THIS CASE THE DEALERSHIP HUFFINES HYUNDAI DID FIX THE PROBLEM BY SENDING THE WHOLE SEAT OUT TO HAVE THE SENSOR REPROGRAMED. HOWEVER THIS SAME SENSOR FAILED AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THAT THEY CAN'T REPROGRAM THE SENSOR AGAIN AND OFFERED TO FIX IT AGAIN AT MY COST (EXTREMELY HIGH COST). THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT UNDER CAMPAIGN 083 THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ONLY REPAIR/REPROGRAMMING THE OCS SENSOR ONCE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THIS OCS SENSOR FAILED AND THE COMPLETE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS COMPROMISED AND WON'T ACTIVATE IN AN ACCIDENT. I ESCALATED THIS ISSUE TO HYUNDAI CORPORATE CUSTOMER CARE RESOLUTION TEAM AND THEY ECHOED THE SAME COMMENTS AS THE DEALERSHIP. THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ONLY TO REPAIR/REPROGRAMMING THE OCS SENSOR ONCE. I ASKED TO HAVE THIS ESCALATED THE NEXT LEVEL AND THIS PERSON BASICALLY SAID NO AND HE WOULDN'T ESCALATE IT. AFTER DOING SOME LENGTHY RESEARCH THERE IS NO OTHER SAFE WAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED OTHER THAN GOING THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP AT HIGH COST TO ME OR ANY OTHERS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE OCS SENSOR, HYUNDAI KNOWS IT'S PRONE TO FAILURE. THEY DON'T REPLACE THE SENSOR, JUST REPROGRAM THE SAME FAULTY SENSOR AND THEN WON'T FIX IT IF IT FAILS AGAIN. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DECISION BY HYUNDAI TO PUT PROFITS BEFORE CUSTOMER SAFETY. WHY WAS THIS NOT A FULL GOVERNMENT FORCED RECALL? WAS HYUNDAI GETTING AROUND THE RECALL RULES BY ISSUING A CAMPAIGN? CAMPAIGN 083 EFFECTED CLOSE TO 400,000 VEHICLES.

FOR THE PAST YEAR I HAVE HAD THIS CAR WHEN I BOUGHT IT USED. I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ABOUT IT WHEN I LOOKED IT UP BUT NOT MY CAR SPECIFICLY. FOR THE PAST YEAR MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS TURNED ON AND OFF EVERY NOW AND AGAIN AND NOW ITS JUST ON. I CONTINUED TO LOOK UP DETAILS CONCERNING THE SITUATION AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE BUT NOT MINE SPECIFICALLY. AND SINCE IT IS A USED VEHICLE I DO NOT KNOW IF THE PREVIOUS OWNER OR DEALERSHIP HAS DONE THE RECALL FOR IT.

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON. WAS TOLD THE PASSENGER SEAT MAT SENSOR MAY BE DEFECTIVE. SEAT BELT LIGHT FLASHES ALL THE TIME UNLESS THE SEAT BELT IS HOOKED. THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL TO GET THE AIR BAGS FIXED. CAR NEEDS TO BE INSPECTED AND WON'T PASS WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON.

HAVEN'T BEEN IN A CRASH RECENTLY, BUT AIR BAG LIGHT RANDOMLY CAME ON FOR NO REASON. WILL NOT GO AWAY (3 DAYS NOW)

SRS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING WHEN THE PASSENGER SHIFTED SLIGHTLY IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. LIGHT REAPPEARS ON RESTARTS AND STAYS ON. OCS RECALL WAS DONE 9/23/11, BUT HAVE STILL HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS. THINK THE CURRENT PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE CUSHION, BUT KNOW HYUNDAI WON"T REPAIR A SECOND TIME. SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL FROM READING OTHER REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUE.

I GOT THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON IN COUPLE DAYS AGO.

AIR BAG LIGHT IS TURN ON AND NEVER GET TURN OFF FROM LAST TWO MONTH , I NEED TO FIX SO PLEASE MAKE A RECALL FOR AIR BAG.

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND IS STILL ON. I HAD DIAGNOSTICS DONE AT A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND I PAID FOR IT. IT SAID IT IS B1448 DESCRIPTION PCS (OCCUPANTS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM) MAT DEFECT. SHE EXPLAINED THAT THE AIR BAG MAY OR MAY NOT WORK WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN PASSENGER SEAT.

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG OCCUPANT SENSOR MAT IS DEFECTIVE THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON CONTINUOUSLY. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WARNING L;IGHT FLASHES WHEN THERE IS ON OCCUPANT UNLESS IT BUCKLED.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON.

SEAT BELT LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO DUE TO A FAULTY SEAT SWITCH. HYUNDAI REPAIRED THE SEAT AT NO CHARGE. NOW THE SEAT BELT LIGHT HAS COME AND THE DEALER SAYS THAT THE SEAT IS TO FAULT AGAIN. HYUNDAI REFUSES TO FIX THE SEAT SWITCH AGAIN UNLESS I PAY FOR IT, AND THAT IT IS NO A SAFETY HAZARD. I MAINTAIN THAT IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE IF THE AIR BAGS REALLY BECOME DEFECTIVE, WE WILL HAVE NO WARNING. HYUNDAI HAS EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY ON THIS PROBLEM TO 15 YEARS AND/OR 250000 MILES, BUT THEY WILL ONLY REPAIR IT ONCE.

AIRBAG INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE ON