I had CEL on and Autozone said it's something with the accident sensor. Unfortunately, after taking it to Hyundai they said it's nothing and reset the CEL, I forgot the number. The CEL has again re-appeared and I am sure it's the same cause. Digging forums, I realize there are TWO accident sensors connected to the air-intake (FRONT) of the engine. Question: (a) Is this a normal phenomenon for Hyundai SF 2004 (under 60k) to occur? Why i ask is because the rep was telling me it's very unusual error code and kept "harping" on the fact that I might have "hit" something, did something, etc. etc. (B) They were also telling me, since I recently changed my timing belt, etc. this is because of that and they need to re-do the whole timing belt ($850) and I should pay for it. Alternatively, I can take the car back to the same rep. where I changed the timing belt. Unfortunately, that's very, very difficult since it's a 4 hr. drive for me. Any help - appreciated.

Well if Autozone pulled something that came up as an Accident Sensor (something I've never heard of before), it should have had a numerical code attached to it. Do you recall if they gave you a number of any sort?

That will help us help you greatly. :beer: :57:

Edit: I'm an idiot and didn't read over your post. That little attention deficit thing is annoying. :whistling: Anyway, so now I see that you've forgotten the number.

When I had my center console out, I found the airbag control module (fore of the shift mechanism and to the right a wee bit). I'm sure that deceleration sensors in the front of the vehicle chit-chat with this module to determine if airbag deployment is necessary.

However, it strikes me as odd that an Accident Sensor (what ever that might be) would trip a CEL. I would suspect it to trip an airbag light if anything. A faulty speed sensor would throw a CEL but anything airbag or safety system related will trigger the SRS light.

Best of luck to you.

This post has been edited by lovemysantafe: Jul 30 2008, 04:47 AM

If the light comes on again, go back to Autozone and come back to us with the code itself.