Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Sonata
Model Year: 1998
Other Engine Info: displacement varies depending on model; Sonata=1997cc; Tiburon=1975cc
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger belts: active
Plant City: Asan
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Deluxe (GL)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
VISIBILITY
BOTH SUN VISORS ON MY 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA WILL NOT STAY UP NEAR THE CEILING OF THE CAR. BOTH SLIP DOWN WHICH IS A HUGE DISTRACTION. I HAD TO REMOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR AND ONLY KEEP THE DRIVER SIDE ONE ATTACHED IN CASE THE SUN IS IN MY EYES. PUTTING IT TO THE LEFT CREATES A BIG BLIND SPOT. IT IS UP TO $100 TO REPLACE THE VISOR AND HYUNDAI HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING DESPITE THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR
1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP LEAKED FUEL INTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSED ENGINE TO SEIZE. *AK