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The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Azera. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the driver's seat began to slide backward independently. The contact stated she adjusted the seat but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 28,000.
The drivers side seat began adjusting itself while I was driving and moved all the way back so that I could not reach the brake or gas pedals. It also moved forward, pinning me to the steering wheel. It happened again to my teenager while she was learning to drive. Very scary for a new driver and very unsafe to say the least. I have yet to make an appt. At the dealership since it is out of warranty and I can only imagine what it will cost. I have seen other owners with the same issue and I hope you take into consideration that this is a huge safety concern and should be part of a safety recall.
Driver seat adjusts itself forward 45 degree incline on my back. Unable to stop or prevent movement with knobs made for this purpose of adjusting back of seat. The seat inclines or reclines 90 degree angle even when car is turned completely off. Seat extended backward on my 4 year old grandson legs when he was properly seated in a child's car seat behind the drivers seat. I had to quickly reach back and move his legs to the side because I could not control the mechanism in the seat. As a result the child's car seat is not properly seated in the seat behind the drivers seat but I had to put it in the middle of the back seat. The seat inclines intermittently without my control and remains at a 45 degree angle. This puts strain on my back and puts my body too close to the steering wheel and the air bag. I am unable to utilize correct visual tools such as side, rear mirrors, or observe safely the surrounding of my car. Another major concern is when trying to adjust the seat it moves forward (not able to use knobs to control the tension) the seat belt tightens and I have to unlock my seat belt for fear of it becoming too tight putting all passengers in the in danger of injury. Please help as I am retired and have had to limit the use of a vehicle that I am still paying a note on.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Azera. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the driver's seat moved independently. The contact mentioned that the seat would recline, move forward and backward without any one touching the controls or the vehicle being powered on. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 52,000 and the current mileage was 52,294. The consumer stated the seat would even move, when the vehicle was turned off. She purposely left the seat in the forward position and upon returning to the vehicle, the seat was in the reverse position. The dealer found a short in the seat switch. Updated 12/23/13
Drivers powerseat back tilts forward pinning driver to steering wheel, this happens on it"S own, you have to pull to side of road to reposition seatback! very dangerous, driver is pinned to steering wheel.
- Holly Springs, NC, USA
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The driver's seat moves itself forward and up and pins the driver into steering wheel, while driving at 30mph. You must pull over turn off the car to re-set the seat. This happened 3 times within 4 miles. The car is 5 1/2 years old and has 34,400 miles on it. I have now found numerous complaints of this problem on-line, once I got home. I called Hyundai customer assistance at 800-633-5151, and was told there was no recall and it is not covered under my warranty.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Azera. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, the rear of the driver's seat would move forward independently, pushing the contact into the steering wheel. The contact had to play around with the seat adjustment switches in order to get the seat to recline. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop for inspection but they were unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 65,000.
The air bag light stays on contacted the dealer since a recall was issued before but was told recall has been closed this seems like a safety issue and the recall should not close, also the power seat switch on drivers side will not recline back seat adjusts forward and now is too far forward information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
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- Tallahassee, FL, USA