| Issue ID | 798009 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10339799 |
| Manufacurer | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY |
| Brand | HYUNDAI |
| Model | AZERA |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 13/06/10 |
| Component | SEATS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | While driving our 2006 hyundai azera on route 81 south the drivers seat started moving forward on it's own. I could not stop it. The seat pinned me against the steering wheel. Also the back of the seat also move forward and essentially pinned me against the steering wheel. I could not get the seat to go back for about a minute and a half. I got the seat to reset and it did the same thing a couple minutes later. This is very dangerous and only the fact that i am a very experienced driver avoided a catastrophic high speed accident. Fuccillo hyundai of syracuse replaced the switch and charged us $ 202. 56 i contacted hyundai corporate and reported what had happened and requested reimbursement they refused saying the car had 109000 miles on it; i believe that this is a latent safety defect and this should be fixed at no charge. You need to remember that i could not stop the seat from moving no matter how many times i tried to activate switch. The only way i could stop the seat from pinning me against the steering wheel was to remove the fuse. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 109035 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | CAMILLUS, NY |
| VIN pattern | KMHFC46F66AXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 70 |
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