2006 Hyundai Elantra Air Bags

My son was driving our 2006 Hyundai Elantra and crashed into the end of a guardrail. The air bag did not deploy. The car was declared a total loss by the insurance company. I am concerned that the airbag did not deploy with the severity of the crash. I have uploaded three pictures of the car and one of the end of the guardrail that was impacted. The estimate for speed at impact was 35 mph. The weather was sunny, dry and above 80 degrees. about 6:30PM Eastern time.

I NOTICED THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON NEAR MY DASHBOARD WHERE ARE THE SPEEDOMETER IS AND WHEN I HAVE PASSENGERS IN MY CAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT IS OFF I DON'T BELIEVE MY SENSORS WORK FOR MY AIRBAGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT AND SMOKE WAS DETECTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BURNS AND INJURIES TO THE EYES, CHEST, AND CHIN. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT RECEIVED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

I REAR-ENDED SOMEONE AT AROUND 30-35 MPH. THE VEHICLE I HIT WAS STATIONARY. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY BUT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS LEFT ON. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

THE CAR AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED TO ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR. A MECHANIC READ CODE B1448 FOR A DEFECTIVE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR. IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HYUNDAI'S AND THE ACCENT'S WERE RECALLED BUT NOT THE ELANTRA. I SUSPECT THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEM IS HAPPENING WITH THE 2016 HYUNDAI ELANTRA OCCUPANT SENSOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, WHICH WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASH ILLUMINATED FOR 10+ YEARS, WILL NOT SHUT OFF. PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF LIGHT IN CENTER CONSOLE WILL NOT ILLUMINATE REGARDLESS OF EVEN WHEN A SMALL STATURED PASSENGER IS PRESENT OR THERE IS NO PASSENGER AT ALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING FACILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNAVAILABLE.

AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH IS LIT ALL THE TIME. DEALER HAS RESET THE LIGHT ON TWO OCCASIONS, BUT IT KEEPS COMING BACK AFTER A FEW DRIVES IN THE CAR. DEALER SAYS THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT SENSOR IS SHORTED OUT. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT WHILE THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS LIT, THE AIR BAGS ARE DISABLED AND WILL NOT DEPLOY, EVEN IF IN AN ACCIDENT. NOW I OWN A CAR THAT WILL NOT PROTECT ME IN A CRASH AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER SAYS THE ONLY REPAIR IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SEAT BOTTOM COSTING OVER $1400. THE CAR IS NOT WORTH MUCH MORE THAN THAT, BUT IT IS WORTH ALOT TO ME BECAUSE I NEED IT FOR TRANSPORTATION.

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON 2 WEEKS AGO, TECHNICIAN SAID THE CODE IS B1448 PASSENGER SEAT MAT CUSHION SENSOR. I AM TOLD THAT ALL AIR BAGS ARE NOW DISABLED AND THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. I SEE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE IN JUST THE LATEST INCIDENT REPORTS. THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY HYUNDAI AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER.

AIRBAG LIGHT STAY ON

AIRBAGS LIGHTS STAY ON

OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) SHOULD BE REPROGRAMMED. NHTSA TSB#0590003 AND HYUNDAI TSB#06-90-010 COVER THE "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED WHEN SMALLER STATURED ADULT SITS IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THEREFORE THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. BOTH OF THESE TSBS ARE FOR THE 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA.

NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED. DEALER SAYS IT IS SENSOR IN PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. WHEN DEALER RECEIVED PART IT WOULD NOT FIT BECAUSE IT IS A THREE-PRONG DESIGN RATHER THAN A TWO PRONG DESIGN SUCH AS WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED. DEALER INDICATES THAT HYUNDAI SWITCHED TO A THREE-PRONG DESIGN IN MID-2006 MODEL YEAR. THIS NECESSITATES THE PURCHASE OF A SEAT CUSHION FOR THE CAR THAT THE THREE PRONG SENSOR CAN PLUG INTO. THE SENSOR PRICE WITH LABOR IS ABOUT $300 AND THE SEAT CUSHION PART PRICE IS $800. I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THAT ELANTRAS FROM 2007 MODEL YEAR FORWARD HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS SAME THING. I BELIEVED THAT A CLASS ACTION SUIT ON THIS PROBLEM WAS FILED IN CALIFORNIA ALLEGING AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS THAT HYUNDAI HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 ELANTRA AND OTHER HYUNDAI MODELS. THE DEALER DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT PROPERLY DEPLOY FOR A SMALLER PERSON. I BELIEVE THAT HYUNDAI SHOULD COVER THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. *TR

2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIR BAG MALFUNCTION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED, AS HE WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. HE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS FACE AND NECK. *JB..UPDATED 03/24/14 *BF UPDATED 06/03/14

WHEN AN ADULT PASSENGER (WEIGHT 125 LBS) IS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE "PASSENGER AIRBAG IS DISABLED" INDICATOR REMAINS ILLUMINATED. IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION THIS COULD RESULT IN THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS REMAINING UNDEPLOYED, POSSIBLY FURTHER RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND STAYS ON. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT RANDOMLY ILLUMINATES IF A PASSENGER IS SEATED IN THE CAR. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP DEMANDS $100 JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR WITH NO WORK PERFORMED AND SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM IS PROBABLY A "LIGHTER WEIGHT" PERSON OR SOMEONE SITTING "INCORRECTLY" IN THE SEAT. AS THIS IS NOT THE CASE, AND THE PROBLEM OCCURS NO MATTER WHO IS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THERE IS GRAVE CONCERN THAT THE AIRBAGS WILL FAIL IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT - OR WILL DEPLOY AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CONSIDERING HYUNDAI'S HISTORICAL ISSUES WITH AIR BAGS AND RECALLS ON MODEL YEARS SURROUNDING THE 2006 MODEL AND COMPLAINTS FOUND ALL OVER THE INTERNET RELATED TO AIRBAG ISSUES FOR THIS MODEL YEAR AS WELL, IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A MANUFACTURING ISSUE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INVESTIGATION AND OFFICIAL RECALL IN PLACE TO RESOLVE THE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

AIR BAGS DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ADVANCED AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT OF THE VEHICLE MAY MISCLASSIFY A CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT (CRS) AS AN ADULT. THIS MAY OCCUR IF THE CRS IS INSTALLED AFTER AN ADULT HAS BEEN SEATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT. IF THERE HAS NOT BEEN A 'KEY ON' ' KEY OFF' CYCLE WITH THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT EMPTY PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF THE CRS. DAMAGE: THE POSSIBILITY OF MISCLASSIFICATION OF A CRS AS AN ADULT MAY ALLOW THE RIGHT FRONT AIRBAG OR SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG TO DEPLOY IN A CRASH AND COULD RESULT IN INJURY TO THE RIGHT FRONT OCCUPANT. *JS

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG OFF- WARNING INDICATOR WOULD COME ON AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES .WHEN IT SHOULD BE ON , NO RIDER IN SEAT IT WOULD NOT BE LIT. WHEN RIDER IN PASSENGER SEAT, THE WARNING INDICATOR WOULD BE ON. IT WOULD FUNCTION RIGHT SOMETIMES AND NOT AT OTHERS. NOW IT NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL . AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR IN DRIVER CENTER GAUGE CONSOLE IS NOW ON ALWAYS. THIS LEAVES YOU WONDERING WILL THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM WILL WORK OR NOT . THE HYUNDAI'S SISTER COMPANY KIA HAD A RECALL ON THEIR AIR BAG SYSTEM AND THIS LEFT ME HOPE FULL HYUNDAI WOULD RIGHT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. HYUNDAI HAD RECALLS ON 2005 AND 2007-2009 YEARS MODELS. MY CAR WAS BUILT ON 6/16/2006 AND THE RECALL FOR THE 2007 WAS 7/14/2006. THEY HAVE KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE AIR BAGS IN A NUMBER OF YEAR MODELS. THE 2006 YEAR MODEL NEEDS TO BE INCLUDE IN THESE RECALLS. IS IT A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAVING A DISABLED WIFE RIDING WITH ME MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING IT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ISSUES WITH THIS YEAR MODEL ALL OVER THE INTERNET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA . THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 35-45 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42,000.

CAR FLIPPED OVER 3 TIMES AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHENEVER A PASSENGER WAS POSITIONED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.