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Has Anyone Had Problems With Squeeks Or The Paint, Rattles or paint blemishes

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Lambda View Member Profile	Feb 2 2006, 11:37 AM Post #1
Full Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 10-January 06 Member No.: 14,324 Status: Location: USA Drives: 2006 Sonata GLS V6	All the reviews usually mention how tight the Sonata feels but how do the real world owner fair? Same question with paint. :grin:

normandelli View Member Profile	Feb 2 2006, 11:56 AM Post #2
Expert Group: Members Posts: 898 Joined: 17-October 05 Member No.: 12,279 Status: Location: NJ, USA Drives: 2006 Sonata GLS Sport	Hey Lambda, Search for my messages and you'll see all my beef with the car. LOL! I still love it though and I guess all it really comes down to is that no car is perfect and we'll just have to live with its individual quirks. As for the paint, I find the paint on the bottom half of the doors (right above the running board) a little rough. Almost bubbly if you will. Doesn't bother me that much though. -N- :thumbsup:

Perry Manessis View Member Profile	Feb 2 2006, 01:25 PM Post #3
Senior Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: 1-February 06 Member No.: 14,940 Status: Location: Long Island, NY, USA Drives: 06 Sonata GLS 2.4 P/S & 07 Santa Fe 3.3 Limited T/P (wife's ride)	Have had my Sonata since Oct. and am very happy with everything about it. Especially the attention to detail. You don't see a car in this price range have bumpers that wrap around the bottom of the car to hide the muffler, control arms, spare tire well, etc. Also, there is a cover that goes under the front part of the motor to cut down on wind resistance (I took it off to access the oil filter easier with my vintage oil filter wrench, but if I had a cap wrench I could have left it in place).

LevelThree View Member Profile	Feb 2 2006, 01:37 PM Post #4
Full Member Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 4-January 06 Member No.: 14,122 Status: Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Drives: 2006 Hyundai Sonata V33, 1994 BMW 325ic	I've got three rattles/squeaks in my car that are driving me nuts: First, the handle above the driver's seat rattles constantly. I've had the dealer look at this... they added "anti-squeak foam" and it temporarily fixed the problem. Now it's back. My second squeak comes from the driver's seat itself. When the seat is in the far back position, it squeaks (sounds like a bed spring) over every bump. Also had the dealer look at this to no avail. I'm 6'3", so I prefer to be all the way back, but I have moved the seat forward a bit, and I'm happy. The third and most annoying rattle comes from the upper right dash. It comes and goes. Usually it appears after I've driven the car for a certain amount of time, and it sounds almost metallic or plasticky... like a loose tweeter speaker cone or something (that's not the source... I checked). I can't have the dealer address the problem, as it is only intermittent. If it becomes constant, I'll take it in and complain. As for the paint, the only weird thing I've noticed is that the clearcoat is only on the visible surfaces of the car. Inside the doors, trunk, and hood, the paint is matte. Not a big deal, I just haven't noticed this on any other car. Having driven a 2000 Lexus ES prior to my Hyundai, I can say that the Sonata is a much more solid car. My Lexus was in the shop constantly for warranty work... a broken piece of trim here, a broken stereo there. Even the service at the Lexus dealership doesn't compare. My Hyundai comes back cleaned inside and out, and I've had two calls from Hyundai corporate asking how my service was.

Lambda View Member Profile	Feb 2 2006, 03:53 PM Post #5
Full Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 10-January 06 Member No.: 14,324 Status: Location: USA Drives: 2006 Sonata GLS V6	QUOTE(LevelThree @ Feb 2 2006, 01:37 PM) I've got three rattles/squeaks in my car that are driving me nuts: First, the handle above the driver's seat rattles constantly. I've had the dealer look at this... they added "anti-squeak foam" and it temporarily fixed the problem. Now it's back. My second squeak comes from the driver's seat itself. When the seat is in the far back position, it squeaks (sounds like a bed spring) over every bump. Also had the dealer look at this to no avail. I'm 6'3", so I prefer to be all the way back, but I have moved the seat forward a bit, and I'm happy. The third and most annoying rattle comes from the upper right dash. It comes and goes. Usually it appears after I've driven the car for a certain amount of time, and it sounds almost metallic or plasticky... like a loose tweeter speaker cone or something (that's not the source... I checked). I can't have the dealer address the problem, as it is only intermittent. If it becomes constant, I'll take it in and complain. As for the paint, the only weird thing I've noticed is that the clearcoat is only on the visible surfaces of the car. Inside the doors, trunk, and hood, the paint is matte. Not a big deal, I just haven't noticed this on any other car. Having driven a 2000 Lexus ES prior to my Hyundai, I can say that the Sonata is a much more solid car. My Lexus was in the shop constantly for warranty work... a broken piece of trim here, a broken stereo there. Even the service at the Lexus dealership doesn't compare. My Hyundai comes back cleaned inside and out, and I've had two calls from Hyundai corporate asking how my service was. [right][snapback]28701[/snapback][/right] Your 3rd squeek may very well be your dash rubbing on to the defroster vent.Gently push on the dash a bit in front of the vents to see if you can replicate the noise.

normandelli View Member Profile	Feb 2 2006, 05:00 PM Post #6
Expert Group: Members Posts: 898 Joined: 17-October 05 Member No.: 12,279 Status: Location: NJ, USA Drives: 2006 Sonata GLS Sport	QUOTE(LevelThree @ Feb 2 2006, 01:37 PM) The third and most annoying rattle comes from the upper right dash. [right][snapback]28701[/snapback][/right] Holy crap, I have that rattle too! It comes from the plastic cover over the pillar. I've had my gf hold it down while travelling over rough road and it stopped. I haven't done so yet but I'm thinking of jamming a thin piece of foam between the pillar cover and the dashboard and see if that's going to fix it. -N- :thumbsup:

wolfcub View Member Profile	Feb 2 2006, 07:19 PM Post #7
Full Member Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 27-December 05 Member No.: 13,903 Status: Location: USA Drives: 2006 Hyundai Sonata	I have the saeat creak too. My dealer acknowledged it sqeaked but said it was built to manufactuerers standards, whatever that means!!

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