NHTSA Complaint #10283745 — 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY INFANT GRANDDAUGHTER I HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A DEER. I WAS GOING 35-40 MILES AND HOUR AND THE WHOLE CONTROL ARM IN THE FRONT OF MY 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SNAPPED. IT WAS ALL RUSTED OUT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A SAFETY RECALL WHICH I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT. THERE ARE 26 OTHER CARS AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY!! HYUNDAI FAILED TO PROPERLY NOTIFY CONSUMERS OF SUCH A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE MY CAR FLATBED TOWED AN HOUR AWAY TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AT MY OWN EXPENSE WHERE I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN FROM HYUNDAI. NO ETA ON THAT. HYUNDAI WOULDN'T PAY FOR A RENTAL UNTIL I THREATENED TO CONTACT THE MEDIA AND THE BBB. TWO DAYS LATER, I WAS APPROVED FOR A RENTAL. I STILL FEEL THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE TO THE PUBLIC SO ANYONE ELSE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE KNOWS TO GET THE REPAIRS DONE SO YOU DON'T GET STRANDED AT NIGHT OR ALMOST KILLED LIKE WE DID!! *TR