Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Hyundai Tucson submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE THE "AIR BAG" LIGHT CAME ON. EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED SRS CODE B1706 "PASSENGER BUCKLE PRETENSIONER RESISTANCE TOO HIGH" ADVISED AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY OR AT ALL UNTIL REPAIRED. ON VACATION AT THE TIME, NOT CLOSE TO A DEALER. PASSENGER SEAT BELT SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
I PD A HYUNDAI TUCSON DEALER A $100.00 TO PUT A COMPUTER ON MY 2006 CAR TO FIND OUT WHY MY AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON TOOK THEM JUST A FEW MINUTES TO TELL ME IT WAS THE SEAT BELTS WAS THE REASON THE LIGHT WAS ON AND IT WOULD ONLY COST $600.00 TO CHANGE THEM. I AM IN MY 70 TS ON FIXED INCOME AFTER MY MEDICARE I ONLY HAVE $400.00 SS TO LIVE ON. THAT MEANS I WON'T EAT FOR 3 MOUTHS OR HAVE HEAT OR PAY ANY OTHER BILLS IF I WONT TO DRIVE MY CAR AND I LIVE A LONG FROM TOWN AND AM HANDICAPPED. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE SEATBELT PROBLEM IS THE MOST REASON THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES IN THIS CAR THEY CHANGE A DOZEN OR MORE A MONTH, HYUNDAI AND NTSB SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO LET THIS HAPPEN PLEASE HELP [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
AFTER READING IN THE PAPERS ABOUT 2006-200 SONATAS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR INSIDE THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE, I BELIEVE IT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE TUSCAN. I'VE HAD THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME NOW AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SENSOR ISSUE I AM SURE HYUNDAI IS AWARE ABOUT. *TR
AFTER READING ABOUT THE HYUNDAI SONATAS PROBE (2006 - 2008), I BELIEVE THE PROBE SHOULD EXPAND TO INCLUDE MY 2006 HYUNDAI TUSCON. SINCE JANUARY OF 2014, MY PASSENGER SEAT INDICATOR LIGHT ( ON THE DASH BOARD) HAS BEEN ON SAYING "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF". EVEN WHEN SOMEONE IS PRESENT IN THE SEAT AND THE SEAT BELT IS FASTENED. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME A SENSOR IN THE BUCKLE HAS GONE OUT AND THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF NEEDED. THEY TOLD ME THE REPLACEMENT COST IN $600, WHICH I CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE REPLACED. THIS LEAVES MY FAMILY IN DANGER IF AN ACCIDENT SHOULD OCCUR. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI TUCSON GLS/LTD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OWNER'S MANUAL SPECIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED WITH A CHILD SAFETY SEAT LATCH SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE PARTICULAR MODEL VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED WITH THE LATCH SYSTEM. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS REGARDING THE MISPRINT INDICATED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THERE WERE NO FAILURES. UPDATED 05/24/11*LJ UPDATED 09/16/11*JB
GRANDDAUGHTER REARENDED A PICKUP TRUCK AND HER SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACK CAUSING HER HEAD TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND HER JAW TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND CUT HER INNER LIP. *TR
I REAR ENDED A PICKUP TRUCK AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID MY SEATBELT RE TRACK CAUSING HEAD INJURY BY HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND JAW INJURY BY HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. *TR
2006 HYUNDAI TUCSON WITH SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS. SHE ALSO STATES THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE WITH AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS, AND OTHER THINGS. *KB THERE WAS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN.*JB
THE RETRACTABLE SEAT BELTS FROM THE CEILING OF THE 2006 HYUNDAI TUCSON ARE DANGEROUS TO CHILDREN. MY 7 YEAR OLD SON RELEASED BOTH ATTACHMENTS AT THE BUCKLE AREA AND IT RETRACTED AND ON ITS WAY UP HIT MY 5 YR OLD NIECE IN BELOW THE EYE SHE HAD A VERY BIG BLACK EYE FROM THIS INCIDENT I HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW THE INJURY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF IT HAD ACTUALLY HIT HER IN THE EYE. *NM
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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