NHTSA Complaint #10743731 — 2008 HYUNDAI AZERA

AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON INDICATING THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT WORK. MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER ( COLONIAL HYUNDAI IN DOWNINGTOWN, PA) SAID THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT TENSION ELECTRICAL SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACING. I PAID THEM ALMOST $500 TO DO THAT. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT TENSION SENSOR WIRING HARNESS WAS THE OBJECT OF A PREVIOUS RECALL ON THIS CAR AND WAS DONE. SINCE THE ELECTRICAL SENSOR IS ON THE SAME WIRING HARNESS WHICH WAS THE OBJECT OF A RECALL I CONTACTED HYUNDAI AMERICA (800-633-5151) AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THIS ELECTICAL SENSOR SINCE IT WAS ON THE SAME WIRING HARNESS THAT WAS THE OBJECT OF A PREVIOUS RECALL. THEY ASSIGNED ME A CASE # [XXX] AND GOT BACK TO ME AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT COVER THIS COST. SEEMS ODD THAT THEY WOULD COVER REPAIRING PART OF THIS ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY BUT NOT THE REST OF IT SO I AM APPEALING TO NHTSA FOR SOME HELP HERE OR CLARIFICATION. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB