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#53 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [nik8] by backy Jan 16, 2007 (7:39 pm)
Replying to: nik8 (Jan 16, 2007 6:24 pm) Write your Congress-person--not really on-topic.
#54 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [nik8] by craigbrooks Jan 17, 2007 (7:06 am)
Replying to: nik8 (Jan 16, 2007 6:07 pm) Made me laugh first thing this morning...thanks nik8.   Did you have your wife immediately come out and sit in the seat to see if it really is her and not the seat?   My goddaughter sometimes gets to ride with the goddfather and if she's lucky she weighs 80 pounds sopping weight with a pocket full of change. I do believe she activates the sensor. You might want to take your wife out for a nice drive and go to Freeman's and test a couple other cars to see if she activates the sensor. Let her ride in the back seat or better yet let her drive then you can complain about her driving.
#55 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [nik8] by ray_h1 Jan 17, 2007 (10:41 am)
Replying to: nik8 (Jan 16, 2007 6:24 pm) )) "Wouldn't the airbag caused injury be better than the injury without an airbag(which could quite possibly be fatal - right?)" ((   In the case of a smaller child seated in the front passenger seat (who's too light to activate the weight sensor in current production cars), deployment of the air bag can also cause d-e-a-t-h - it's happened in several instances - thus the reason the NHTSA mandated the extra hardware which Hyundai's still having trouble properly implementing three years after the requirement went into effect. Get it, now? Replies to this message: tmorrow411 (Jan 17, 2007 10:49 am) pekelopd (Jan 17, 2007 6:32 pm) nik8 (Jan 17, 2007 7:01 pm) ray_h1 (Jan 19, 2007 11:10 am)
#56 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [ray_h1] by tmorrow411 Jan 17, 2007 (10:49 am)
Replying to: ray_h1 (Jan 17, 2007 10:41 am) Just to let you know that I have the same issue with my less than 2 months old 2007 Sonata SE   They told me that it takes 135 lbs to activate the sensor. Sounds ridiculous to me. I know that my wife and teenagers don't weight that much.   Luckily, the dealer WAS able to reproduce with a 200 lbs technician. They are replacing the sensors in the seat, but I feel that it will come back. Because the 2006 Sonata loaner they gave me is doing the exact same thing.
#57 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [ray_h1] by pekelopd Jan 17, 2007 (6:32 pm)
Replying to: ray_h1 (Jan 17, 2007 10:41 am) I also have read reports in the news paper about this also. I vividly recall a accident that involved a Ford Contour where the passenger was a young child (preteen) and was practically DECAPITATED because of the airbag cover. But it has been stated that young children or small women should deactivate the airbag when seated in the front. The impact from the airbag can be deadly. Google it!
#58 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [ray_h1] by nik8 Jan 17, 2007 (7:01 pm)
Replying to: ray_h1 (Jan 17, 2007 10:41 am) Thanks for your response. I do "get it" but am quite curious to know(statistically) the fatality/injury rate of children sitting in the front seat with an active air bag as opposed to sitting with a deactivated airbag. If this is a fed mandated feature(as long as this was not imposed by the baboons on Capitol Hill), I would expect a sound reason behind this mandate but it just does not make sense intuitively.   Oh well Hopefully Hyundai eventually gets the weight sensor thingy right, I see quite a few posts complaining about it. Replies to this message: ray_h1 (Jan 19, 2007 11:10 am)
#59 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [nik8] by ray_h1 Jan 19, 2007 (11:10 am)
Replying to: nik8 (Jan 17, 2007 7:01 pm) Actually, automakers and the gub'mnt strongly encourage children, teens, and smaller adults ride buckled up in the back seat where they're at much less risk. All too often I still see 'em bouncing around in the front seat, unrestrained, like there's no tomorrow. For some, that'll tragically be the case as it nearly was for me. I'm currently driving a second choice '03 Hyundai because my '96 Accord gave its all saving my sorry butt in an avoidable accident. (I thought I had a green light. I was wrong - nearly dead wrong. Fortunately, I was wearing my seat belt and shoulder harness, the air bag worked, and I walked away from a 20 mph head-on collision. So did the lady whose car mine hit. I still have nightmares about that afternoon on November 19, 2002. Fortunately. And I have little sympathy for improperly secured kids, teens, and even less sympathy for their moronic parents.)
#60 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [nik8] by tkumpf Jan 20, 2007 (6:14 am)
Replying to: nik8 (Jan 16, 2007 12:17 pm) I have the same issue with my 2007 Sonata, but it is so sporadic that I haven't brought it (yet) to the dealer. I can attest, however, that weight is not the issue - at least in my case. Replies to this message: w9cw (Jan 20, 2007 6:50 am)
#61 of 131 Re: Air bag sensor problem with 2007 Sonata GLS [tkumpf] by w9cw Jan 20, 2007 (6:50 am)
Replying to: tkumpf (Jan 20, 2007 6:14 am) The same problem exists with the previous generation Elantra - not sure of the 2007 Elantra. Hyundai mailed out brochures "instructing owner's how to sit in the passenger's seat." For those who are having the problem, tell the person sitting in the passenger's seat to pull their legs up, instead of the "stretched out" position which is more normal.   I know this is sounds rather ridiculous, but this is Hyundai's corporate response. With the legs pulled up, or with the person's lower legs more perpendicular to the seat bottom, it evidently places the concentration of weight more specifically in one area of the seat bottom where the sensor is located.   But, in defense of Hyundai, it's not the only manufacturer having the problem with seat sensors. The best thing to do is have the seat and/or the seat bottom replaced. I believe this may be addressed in a TSB, or silent recall.
#62 of 131 20,000 miles - 16 months - very dissapointed by matt44 Jan 20, 2007 (2:12 pm)
I posted this in the mileage section as well. Yes I drive fast and accelerate fast but my previous V6 Accord would average about 24 to 26 miles per gallon.    My Sonata averages between 16 and 18 miles per gallon. The highest I ever averaged was about 19.5 mpg once.    Also, I use both the 'computer' on the dash, as well as fill up the car completely and check the mileage as I know that both together provide the best average.   Also have made 3 trips to the dealer. One for a leak (steering), one for windshield wiper not working and side window problem. And once for a recall on a seat part.   Based on my experience I would NOT buy another Hyundai again. Replies to this message: bhmr59 (Jan 20, 2007 6:22 pm)

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