2006 Hyundai Azera problems
Owners have filed 280 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Hyundai Azera. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 21% of complaints. Next are lighting (17%) and electrical system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 280 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 58,000 miles 229 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 56 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 27 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 34 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 23 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 40 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 13 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 16 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 8 |
What the data shows
Of the 229 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 58,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 52,000 miles (49 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 14 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Hyundai Azera with enough data (127 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owned a 2006 hyundai azera. While driving at 45 MPH, an SUV pulling a trailer attempted to make a u-turn on a one way road. Another vehicle crashed into the trailer and caused the contact's vehicle to be struck by the trailer. The contact stated that the air bags deployed for the driver, but they failed to deploy on the passenger side. A police report was filed. The contact sustained injuries to the right hand from the thumb to the index finger and emergency surgery was performed.
Drivers side air bag deployed but was so small drivers head struck roof of car causing neck and back injuries and never made any contact with airbag. Drivers forward motion in accident was stopped by hitting head on roof.
Car was traveling at approx. 18 MPH. I applied brakes to make a left turn. When I pressed on the brakes, the car accelerated, and the brakes began stiff and would not stop the car. The car ran into a closed overhead double garage door, continued thru the garage and hit the brick wall on the back of the garage. The airbags did not deploy. I sustained lacerations and bruises. The car was deemed a total loss by the insurance company.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 hyundai azera. The contact stated that the SRS warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was advised that the front passenger seat belt needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was serviced for the same failure one year prior to the recent failure (NHTSA campaign id number: 09v497000-seat belts:front). The vehicle was not further repaired.
While driving on us 95 at night my engine stopped runing. I was traving at 65 MPH.at the time. The car was towed and later inspected. The inspection revealed that alternator had failed because oil had leaked from the valve cover gaskets directly onto the alternator which caused it to fail. This failure also affected the power steering & my lights as well . I was fortunate that my car was not struck as the traffic was heavy. .