NHTSA Complaint #10356749 — 1999 HYUNDAI SONATA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE, THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING AND THE ENGINE STAYED ON. SHE ALSO NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE HALF SHAFT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS SEVERELY COVERED WITH RUST. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL 09V124000, SUSPENSION BECAUSE HE DOES NOT LIVE IN ANY OF THE STATES THAT WERE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE LIVES IN KANSAS WHICH BORDERS MISSOURI. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 158,000.