Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Sonata
Model Year: 1999
Other Restraint System Info: Airbags: depowered airbag
Plant City: Asan
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Deluxe (GL)
Trim: LHD
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BATTERY
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; WHEN APPLING GEAR IN REVERSE THERE IS A HARD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER REPLACED FAULTY O2 SENSOR. FAULTY BATTERY CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRANK SLOW. DRIVER DOOR WINDOW MOVES SLOW, DEALER LUBRICATED GLASS CHANNEL. OUTER CV BOOT REPLACED, IT WAS CRACKED. SOLENOID VALVE FAULTY CAUSING POOR GAS MILEAGE. *SLC
1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE THEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SNAPPED BACK. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NLM