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As I stand nearly 6 feet tall and my wife nearly 5 feet tall, this is something I really need. The steering wheel does move when we take the keys out of the ignition but the seat does not and this is the part I really need to work. With the way it is now, I have to reach in with the keys and turn the car on then hit the appropriate number on the seat settings.
Our car was just purchased in July and is a Azera with the Ultimate package. Can you tell me who would know more about activating this feature so I can tell my service department to contact them?
Thanks
As I stand nearly 6 feet tall and my wife nearly 5 feet tall, this is something I really need. The steering wheel does move when we take the keys out of the ignition but the seat does not and this is the part I really need to work. With the way it is now, I have to reach in with the keys and turn the car on then hit the appropriate number on the seat settings.
Our car was just purchased in July and is a Azera with the Ultimate package. Can you tell me who would know more about activating this feature so I can tell my service department to contact them?
Thanks
Show the service manager, yourself, the pertinent TSBs off the Hyundai WebTech/HMA Service website. (Let 'em argue with that!) You'll need Adobe Reader and to register for that site (free). There are additionally a couple of free downloads in the "site requirements" section you may need to download and install in order to view and printout any attached graphics. Make sure you speak to the service manager. Service advisors are nothing more than glorified salespeople there to push services you pay for (and shield the service manager from you).
If so, have you found any way to correct or tighten the suspension to solve the problem?
LIKE EXITING A GAS STATION ONTO THE STREET, THAT IS WHEN THE KEYS START BANGING AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL.
It's not just the Azera. It's Hyundai's ho-hum attitude about shock absorber valving. Hyundai stresses boulevard ride over handling despite equipping their dampers with high pressure nitrogen to control fluid aeration. Larger diameter sway bars (which are nothing more than a torsion bar spring to control ride motion when the interconnected wheels are attempting to react to different compression and rebound forces) would well-serve sway while cornering and the sway forces generated during abrupt maneuvers, but would have virtually no effect when taking bumps and dips in which wheels on each side strike a road irregularity simultaneously. Hyundai achieved the zenith of independent suspension design in the previous generation Sonata I drive . It's fully as harsh over slight road irregularities, such as tar strips, as my previous '96 Accord, but with no where nearly equivalent cornering and emergency handling capability.
In all honesty, I find the 55 series tires to be right on with the rest of the suspension when it comes to the handling of the Azera. I mean for the car to weigh as it does, it handles corners and curves quite nicely.
However, my ride will drastically change when I switch to 20" rims and have to drop down to a 35 series tire.
I noticed it has already has a place-holder on NHTSA: Right Here, but not tested yet... :shades:
I've gone this route with several previous cars. It not only flattens cornering, subjectively it also makes the steering seem quicker, because you don't get that delayed reaction of body movement before the car turns. Highly recommended in this case, especially in the rear (always the first end of the car to try, especially with FWD).
I went to my selling dealer this morning to get them to program these features. I was told it takes over an hour, that the tech has to wipe out all the settings "via a Wi-Fi" connection and then reprogram the whole computer....and that they get $80 to do it. I replied that when I pay over $25K for a "luxury" car, I expect options to be explained and for the dealer to offer and provide this. I also told him that other luxury cars (Chrysler 300, Audi, BMW, etc.) have auto-locking systems. he replied that because Hyundai had made auto lock the default behavior for the 1999 Sonata and that there was no way to disable it and that Hyundai had a lot of complaints, now no vehicle has auto-lock enabled when delivered. I got the "talk to the service manager" to see about doing the reprogramming at "reduced" cost.
Questions for other members here: a)how long did it take to program for the auto-locks; b) was there a charge; c) did they totally wipe out any programming in your Azera when it was done?
I thank you in advance for your feedback. I'm not done running this down.
Fact - You probably know more about the Azera than the service advisor and the service manager. These people are nothing more than overpaid monkeys. Be persistent - do not let them rip you off.
Fact - It should take a competent mechanic no more than five minutes to program all of the features that you want.
Fact - Programming auto-lock and ez-out will not wipe out any other settings.
Fact - This should be done at no charge.
Keep me posted, I will do the same.
I have checked the tire pressure and all is fine there. And yesterday I took the Azera to the dealership. The service manager and I took it for a ride and he recognized the "clunk" right away. I explained to him that I would have expected to heard a good solid "thump" from my car as opposed to a "clunk". They took it into the service bay (I stayed in the waiting room) and here's what happened.
First, they put the 17" wheels back on the car (I had asked for 16" wheels as all the reports I had read on the internet said that the 16" wheels and tires provided a quieter ride).
Second he told me that the "only thing wrong with the 17" wheels were that they would make the steering wheel shake a bit at high speeds". He was right. As soon as I got on the freeway and reached about 67 mph there it was, the shake he said I would have! As you can expect, I am really annoyed by that.
Third, after the car was returned to me I was told that the "clunk" was a typical noise and the car had checked out fine. He said that all of the front end bolts were checked and retorqued.
Third and quite interestingly, when they took my car to the service bay he said he would drive another Azera Limited to see if he could experience the same "clunk" as my Azera and I WAS NOT INVITED TO GO ALONG. In hindsight I should have insisted to ride along.
I still have the "clunk" (there was virtually no improvement after putting on the 17" wheels) and I am certain that something is wrong. I have half a mind to go to another dealership with my wife's car and test drive a couple of Azeras, find some bumps and see if the other Azeras respond like mine.
Keep me posted, I will do the same.
I have checked the tire pressure and all is fine there. And yesterday I took the Azera to the dealership. The service manager and I took it for a ride and he recognized the "clunk" right away. I explained to him that I would have expected to heard a good solid "thump" from my car as opposed to a "clunk". They took it into the service bay (I stayed in the waiting room) and here's what happened.
First, they put the 17" wheels back on the car (I had asked for 16" wheels as all the reports I had read on the internet said that the 16" wheels and tires provided a quieter ride).
Second he told me that the "only thing wrong with the 17" wheels were that they would make the steering wheel shake a bit at high speeds". He was right. As soon as I got on the freeway and reached about 67 mph there it was, the shake he said I would have! As you can expect, I am really annoyed by that.
Third, after the car was returned to me I was told that the "clunk" was a typical noise and the car had checked out fine. He said that all of the front end bolts were checked and retorqued.
Third and quite interestingly, when they took my car to the service bay he said he would drive another Azera Limited to see if he could experience the same "clunk" as my Azera and I WAS NOT INVITED TO GO ALONG. In hindsight I should have insisted to ride along.
I still have the "clunk" (there was virtually no improvement after putting on the 17" wheels) and I am certain that something is wrong. I have half a mind to go to another dealership with my wife's car and test drive a couple of Azeras, find some bumps and see if the other Azeras respond like mine.
I take it you've never been skinned, skewered, and roasted by a divorce lawyer?
I too have the "17's". I have gone up to "80" before, with no shimmy in the steering wheel. :shades:
Let me know how those "20 work out for you...ride/handleing wise I mean.
Any informaion on a wiring harness to handle 100 watt Halogen Bulbs????? Please advise
Guess it pays to complain, but if Hyundai wants people to view the Azera as a luxury car, their dealers need to be attuned to owners' expectations. Also, Hyundai, corporate should look at the behavior for the locking systems in cars they are competing against and update their default settings.
Thanks again to all for your support and comments
I know what you guys will say, that is illegal. Well the housings are projectors and the ones in Korea are identical. It has the cutoffs as required and now I do not notice the shadow.
Your comment is a direct bullseye. It's nice when a dealer goodwills a procedure without a fuss and kudos to those who do. But, from the dealers' perspective I can understand their annoyance at being expected to pull someone off a chargeable job to do free make-work just because Hyundai's decision makers can't get it through their dense heads that their most important export market by and large want these programmable items pre-programmed to some initial setting other than, "off". From the buyers' perspective it's equally annoying that he/she should have to take the time to deliver the car to a dealership to have a penny-ante setting changed - and then be expected to pay a half-hour's labor charge for five minutes of futzing. The list of free service adjustments listed in the supplemental warranty booklet for the first year should include ONE free adjustment for which Hyundai will pay the dealership for each programmable item, IMNSHO. Extra goodies in the "Standard Equipment" column of the MSRP sticker are attractive temptations when shopping. But, it's the little after-sale attitude gotchas that too often require tussling with the automaker or dealership that endure after the new car smell wears off.
I got the Utlimate package. My biggest gripe is the steering wheel controls which IMHO are a joke. Who's bright idea was to place the volume controls on the steering wheel in lieu of changing stations or CD tracks? Worse, from the above post, it looks like Hyundai got the message and is changing the steering wheel in a month or so! Aaaargh!
Oh well. Other than that, the car is beautiful. The only other wish for items would be having the mirrors automatically turn down when you hit reverse and of course, a NAV option. I am surprised the 07's are not offering them.
Oh and if your wondering where I got this source, my wife works for an aftermarket manufacturing company that sells HID kit and were informed from their legal department that they would no longer need to label "For Off Road Use Only" on their boxes.
Just an FYI I could not get the headlamps out of mine, just seamed too hard. So I did it with them inplace. Anyone know the proper way they come out without forcing?
Do other owners notice this or is this unique to me?
Hyundai's got a TSB out about the problem. The sensors are whacky. This is a warranty item, so don't let the dealer bull you that it's "normal".
The audio controller is available now, and the mirrors will be available shortly.
They did not know the prices, but suggested contacting the local dealer.
Say..... has anyone else seen any wrinkling in the black tape material covering the exterior C-pillars (rear) of their Azeras?
I was looking one over in my parking structure today, and I spotted a considerable amount of wrinkling of this material on both sides of the car. The wrinkles occurred where the molding covered by tape met the chrome trim molding.
The car overall was very attractive and quality looking, BUT I would have been pretty disappointed to be the owner of this particular model based on this trim flaw.
If you've seen this on any other Azeras, be sure to post about it here. Maybe Hyundai's not aware of the problem.
-SM
Dealer removed tape and PAINTED pillars. Covered under warranty. Looks fine.