1998 Hyundai Sonata Service and Repair Manual

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. *AK

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. *AK

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.

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAG RESULTED IN THE DRIVER TO FEELING SICK AND DIZZY FROM THE SUBSTANCE WHICH CAME OUT OF THE AIR BAG.

FOLLOW UP TO COMPLAINT #10102430, PASENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE/OUTSIDE, AFTER REMOVING INSIDE DOOR PANEL FISHED OUT A BROKEN SPRING RUSTED THROUGH, WAS ABLE TO REPAIR WITH $.50 SPRING FROM LOCAL HARDWARE STORE, CHECKED DRIVERS SIDE AND FOUND SAME SPRING ABOUT TO RUST THROUGH, IF HYUNDAI USED STAINLESS SPRING WOULD HAVE PREVENTED PROBLEM, FELL SORRY FOR THAT PERSON TRYING TO SEEK MEDICAL HELP AT A EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE WHEN DOOR WON,T OPEN, TRANSMISSION ALSO GOES OUT OF GEAR WHEN AFT

CRACK IN GAS TANK DISCOVERED AFTER SEVERAL REMOVALS OF TANK TO REPLACE HOSES, THEN CLAMPS. REPLACED 1998 TANK WITH USED TANK FROM 1996 MODEL. WITHIN 3 MONTH REPLACEMENT TANK WAS LEAKING FROM CRACK IN SAME AREA AS BEFORE. DISCOVERED RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL DUE TO SERVICE PERFORMED IN 2006 WHERE THEY (SUPPOSEDLY) ADDED CHECK VALVE TO PREVENT GAS TANK CRACKS FROM DEVELOPING. APPEALS TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL HYUNDAI OFFICES WERE ALSO

AFTER CLOSING PASSENGER DOOR IT WILL NOT REOPEN, INSIDE DOOR HANDLE APPEARS NOT TO ENGAGE LINKAGE, PASSENGER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT VEHICLE IN A EMERGENCY, OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON FILE WITH NTSB. *AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN/CLOSE POWER WINDOW, WINDOW WILL NOT WORK. PROBLEM HAD STARTED WITH DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FIRST. THEN, OTHER TWO WINDOWS ON PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT AND REAR DID NOT WORK. *AK

WE PURCHASED A USED 1998 SONATA GL FOR MY DAUGHTER IN MAY 2006. IN ABOUT JULY 2006 SHE NOTICED THAT SHE SEEMED TO BE USING MORE FUEL THAN USUAL. ALSO THAT HER AND HER FRIENDS NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE. CHECKING UNDER THE VEHICLE I NOTICE THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS WET ON THE DRIVERS SIDE NEAR THE REAR TIRE AND SMELLED OF GASOLINE. WE TOOK THE CAR TO BE REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC UPON REMOVING THE TANK NOTED THAT ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE TANK (IF YOU WERE FACING THE REAR OF THE CAR) HAD BEEN PATCH

PASSENGER WINDOW AND DRIVER'S DOOR INOPERABLE. *AK

WITH 39,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AS SOON AS LOANER CAR WAS AVAILABLE - 6 DAYS. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION.

SAME AS ODI ID NUMBER: 1003666 . FRONT DOORS DO NOT UNLOCK FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AND MUST CRAWL THROUGH BACK SEAT TO GET IN TO THE FRONT SEAT. PASSENGER SIDE DOOR STUCK FIRST AND PASSENGER HAD TO GET OUT THE WINDOW. TWO WEEKS LATER DRIVERS SIDE STUCK. TWO WEEKS LATER PARKING LIGHTS WERE LEFT ON AT WORK AND DOORS WERE LOCKED... BATTERY DIED ...DOOR LOCKS ARE ELECTRIC... FRONT DOOR KEY ONLY UNLOCKS BACK DOORS IF YOU HAVE A GOOD BATTERY! COULDN'T GET IN CAR TO OPEN HOOD TO JUMP BATTERY...HAD TO L

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH OR BE REAR ENDED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

I HAD JUST EXITED THE HIGHWAY (70MPH), PULLE OFF ONTO EXIT RAMP. WHEN I CAME TO THE STOP SIGN MY STEERING WHEEL "FREE SPUN" AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE LEFT TIRE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE CAR SPUN. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED SECONDS BEFORE WE COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. THE FRONT END HAD A SLIGHT VIBRATION A BIT BEFORE BUT WE DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. HYUNDAI CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY. I HAVE READ, ONLINE. OF PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED "VIBRATION" IN THE FRONT END