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2006 Hyundai SONATA Latches Locks Linkages Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	588962
Internal NHTSA #	10158003
Manufacurer	HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SONATA
Model Year	2006
File date	14/05/06
Component	LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Doors lock with keypad while doors are still open. After shopping i buckled my son in his car seat and put the groceries in the vehicle. Apparently i inadvertently hit the lock button on the keypad as i was placing my son in his car seat. I sat the keys on the center console, closed the back door and went to get in the driver door and the keys were locked in the vehicle as well as my toddler son in his car seat. I called 911 and after attempting for an hour they were unable to get into the vehicle. The choices were break a window to get in (thus traumatizing my son) or have a private citizen attempt to break into the vehicle. A locksmith was called after my son was in the car for a 1/2 hour and he never showed. A private citizen had to take two screw drivers and pry the door open to be able to reach the door handle and get the door open, thus resulting in damage to the vehicle. The damage to the vehicle is not my concern. The fact that the doors will lock with the keypad while still open is the safety concern. I have owned honda and ford in the past and neither of which will open will do the above. I also know people that have saturn, toyota, dodge, and chevrolet and these vehicle doors will not lock with the keypad while the doors are open either. I have contacted hyundai and they said it is not a manufacture defect the car is designed that way. I lodged a complaint with hyundai consumer affairs and they didn't seem to feel it was a safety concern. In my opinion this could have been very dangerous if the weather were 90 degrees or if my son was an infant child. I feel that the vehicles need to be recalled so that this doesn't happen again to me or any other hyundai owner. *jb
Vehicle Mileage at Failure
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	GROVE CITY, OH
VIN pattern	KMHET46CX6AXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	01/09/05
Was original owner?	Y
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
Transmission type	AUTO
Vehicle speed	0
DoT tire identifier
Tire size
Location of tire code
Type of tire failure code
Was defective tire repaired?
Date of manufacture
Type of child seat code
Type of restraint
Dealer's name	HYUNDAI
Dealer's telephone number
Dealer's city	SACRAMENTO
Dealer's state code	CA
Dealer's ZIP code	95825

What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2006 Hyundai SONATA Latches Locks Linkages Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2006 Hyundai SONATA Latches Locks Linkages Problems, Complaints and Defects

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