NHTSA Complaint #11360289 — 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA

ON 8/27/20 WHEN I RETURNED HOME FROM RUNNING ERRANDS, I BACKED INTO MY DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS AROUND 3PM AND I DIDN'T USE THE CAR FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT OUT AROUND 3AM TO LEAVE FOR WORK. AS I STARTED TO PULL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I HEARD DRAGGING AND STOPPED THE CAR. WHEN I GOT OUT TO LOOK, MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON MY DASH AT THAT TIME. MY HUSBAND CAME OUT TO FILL THE TIRE FOR ME AND WE ONLY HEARD HISSING AIR. HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SO FLAT THAT IT WAS OFF OF THE RIM SO HE JACKED IT UP TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF OF THE TIRE. THE AIR WAS STILL BLOWING OUT OF THE TIRE SO HE REMOVED THE TIRE TO CHECK IT AND FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE THING WAS TORN ON THE INSIDE FROM A BROKEN COIL SPRING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAPPENED AS I BACKED INTO THE DRIVEWAY THE DAY BEFORE OR AS I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK THAT MORNING. ALL I KNOW IS THAT MY CAR HAS UNDER 63,000 MILES ON IT AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY, WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME.