2006 Sonata door handles turning dull

Discussion in 'Hyundai Sonata' started by Voyager, Apr 6, 2009.

  1. Voyager

    Voyager Guest

    The door handles and the fairing pieces behind the handles on my 2006
    Sonata are turning dull and changing color slightly. Has anyone else
    had this problem?

    When I bought the car in 2005, the dealer asked me to bring it back
    shortly after I bought it for several "recalls" (what they called them,
    but no recalls in the legal sense). One of them was to replace the
    fairing pieces behind the door handles. He said he had no idea why they
    had to replace them as the new ones looked identical to the old ones,
    but I think now I see why. The fairings on the front doors are not
    turning dull and still match the paint well. However, the door handles
    themselves are turning dull and changing color and both handles and
    fairings on the rear doors are doing likewise. Apparently, they
    replaced only the front fairings during the "recall."

    It appears that the paint they used on these parts (or the color in the
    plastic - I can't tell for sure if they are painted or not) doesn't deal
    well with UV and/or weather.

    I have to look up the warranty coverage again, but I'm guessing this
    won't be covered as the car is more than 3 years old now and has 47,000
    miles. They sure are starting to look ugly though and this isn't a very
    good advertisement for Hyundai.

    Matt
     
    Voyager, Apr 6, 2009
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  2. Voyager

    hyundaitech Guest

    I don't deal with paint warranty very often, so I'd have to look this
    up to be sure, but I think it's 3 years/36k miles.

    The reason for the recall on the door handle trims was that the door
    handles would stick in the out position if you pulled back on them
    slightly when opening the door.
     
    hyundaitech, Apr 7, 2009
    #2
  3. Voyager

    Ed Pawlowski Guest

    I imagine it fall under the paint category
    Following components covered for time and mileage limits indicated:
    - Radio And Sound Systems (i.e. radio, cassette tape drive mechanism, and
    compact disc player): 3 years / 36,000 miles
    - Paint: 3 years/ 36,000 miles


    OTOH, since it appears it was a know issue, they may do something to help
    you. Just curious, what color do you have? I wonder if it was all of
    them or just certain colors that went bad.
     
    Ed Pawlowski, Apr 7, 2009
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  4. Voyager

    Voyager Guest

    I don't recall the exact Hyundai color name, but it is a "gun metal
    blue" color. Wait, I think I have a bottle of touch-up paint here
    somewhere. Stand by...

    Well, the bottle has no color name on it. The top of the lid has
    "00253-F6000" and under that "D3" in larger letters. The label wrapped
    around it has "30805" on it. The rest appears to just be directions and
    warnings from the Federation ... er, uh, state of CA.

    Matt
     
    Voyager, Apr 7, 2009
    #4
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