Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Azera
Model Year: 2009
Other Restraint System Info: Advanced air bag or Depowered airbag with suppression
Plant City: A-san
Plant Company Name: Hyundai Motor Company
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: TG
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE HARD PLASTIC UNDERCARRIAGE PANEL FELL DOWN TO THE PAVEMENT IN THE FRONT WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED CLOSE TO THE ENGINE BUT REMAINED ATTACHED AT THE REAR OF THE CAR. SO IT WAS SCRAPPING THE PAVEMENT AS THE CAR WAS MOVING ON AN EXPRESSWAY GOING 60 MPH AT THE TIME. IT WAS LUCKY FOR ME THAT IT DID NOT BREAK OFF AND HIT SOME OTHER MOTORIST. THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH IT TO THE CAR FAILED. I READ HYUNDAI FORUMS WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER AZERA OWNERS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND HAD A NEW UNDERCARRIAGE PANEL INSTALLED.
2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HYUNDAI AZERA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH TO APPROACH THE INTERSTATE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE; THE SPEED DECREASED AND WOULD NOT MOVE FASTER THAN 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. UPDATED 01/12/11*LJ THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR REPLACED. UPDATED 02/28/11