Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: HYUNDAI
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Azera
Model Year: 2015
Plant City: A-san
Plant Company Name: Hyundai Motor Company
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLS(Middle)
Series2: HG
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED SOMETIME DURING THE SUMMER OF 2013. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT - IT WASN'T FLASHING, IT DIDN'T SAY WARNING, IT JUST SAID "AIR BAG" - SO I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I FINALLY CALLED THE DEALER, LITHIA HYUNDAI OF RENO, TO FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANT, AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN. THEY CHARGED ME $120 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, THEY SAID THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BOTTOM CUSHION WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE AIR BAG. THEY OFFERED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM FOR $5051.87. APPARENTLY, THEY HAD SEEN THE PROBLEM BEFORE, BECAUSE THE SERVICE TECH SAID "THIS IS WHERE I USUALLY LOSE PEOPLE" WHEN HE SHOWED ME THE ESTIMATE. THIS IS FOR A CAR THAT, ACCORDING TO EDMONDS, IS WORTH $6500. FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE I HAVE FOUND REPAIR ESTIMATES RANGING FROM FREE UP TO $3000. APPARENTLY, HYUNDAI SEES THIS PROBLEM AS A POTENTIAL PROFIT CENTER. WHEN I GOT ON THIS WEB SITE TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT, I FOUND OUT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE AIR BAGS FOR THE 2007 AZERA. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL NOTED FOR REPAIRING THE AIR BAG/SEAT BELT PROBLEM ON MY MODEL AZERA; I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. *TR