Other body or interior problem on the 2008 Hyundai Azera
3 crashes 3 of the 23 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other body or interior problem gets reported
Owners of the 2008 Hyundai Azera report other body or interior problem at a median of 60,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 30,000 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles, from 22 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 25,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 130,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 107,880 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
27% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,320 miles | 29,819 miles | 59,000 miles | 96,500 miles | 131,200 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 3 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $200–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 4 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2013, at a median of 1,600 miles, and latest on the 2006 at 70,000 miles.
By volume the 2007 carries the most reports, with 40; the 2008 has 23. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 hyundai azera. While driving approximately 25 MPH on normal road conditions, the front driver's side seat back moved forward forcefully without assistance. The unintended failure occurred intermittently and without warning. The contact experienced difficulty steering the vehicle, but still managed to drive with caution. The vehicle is in the process of being taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. The manufacturer will be notified of the malfunction. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 24,000.
While driving the driver's side seat back automatically moved to it's forward position. After returning it to it's normal position it would start moving by itself again after a short time. The only way to stop it was to hold the lever in the down position which would also make the seat move down at times. *tr
1. When I drove the car, the power seat sometimes automatically went back to the end. And, I almost can't hit the brake. (I'm short and I always pull the seat to front.) after having this issue, I can't pull power seat to forward any more. But, after few times of driving, then, I can pull the seat to front. Then, it happens again after few drives. 2. It happens every two or three times when I drove the car. 3. I was told that the track was replaced. But, the car still have the problem. And, I'm waiting for another part (not sure which part) to replace. *tr
Also reported on the 2008 Hyundai Azera
ABS module or sensor failure
Seat belt or retractor failure
Other brake problem
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Other electrical problem
Wiring harness or short circuit
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 23 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other body or interior problem happen on the 2008 Hyundai Azera?
Across 22 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 60,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 30,000 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other body or interior problem on the 2008 Hyundai Azera?
23 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.6 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed