2001 HYUNDAI SONATA Structureframe And Members Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT AXLE AND THE FRONT SUBFRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ON 4/10/12 WENT TO GET CAR INSPECTED AND IT FAILED WAS TOLD REAR SUB FRAME ROTTEN. CALLED AND TALKED TO HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP. WE HAD THE SUB FRAME IN FRONT REPLACED BY LIA HYUNDAI IN JAN 2010 WHEN THERE WAS A RECALL. I DON'T GET WHY THE REAR WAS NOT RECALL IF THAT RUSTED OUT TOO. NOW I'M LOOKING AT $700-$800 TO HAVE IT FIX. I FEEL THAT IF THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS THIS SHOULD OF BEEN REPLACED WHEN I DID THE FRONT. I HAVE TALKED TO THESE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CALL YOU BACK WITH ANSWER WHEN THEY SAY THEY WILL CHECK INTO IT AND WILL CALL ME BACK. I CALLED THEM FOR 3 DAYS NOW AND IT'S THE SAME ANSWER. THIS CAR IS RUNNING GREAT EXCEPT FOR THE SUBFRAME. PLEASE IF YOU CAN HELP ME...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH WHEN THE FRAME BUCKLED AND THE FRONT WHEELS BEGAN COLLAPSING OUTWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIFTING FROM SIDE TO SIDE FOR SOME TIME WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND WHEEL COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS IN A PARKING LOT AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE AND WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I OWN A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. LAST NIGHT MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS PULLING VERY BADLY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT THIS AFTERNOON I NOTICED THE FRONT RIGHT FRAME WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

NOTICED AN ISSUE IN JANUARY 2010: TOOK CAR TO A AUTO-REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIR; NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT SERVICE. ON 03/22/2010 WHILE LEAVING A SHOPPING MALL THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND VEARED A HARD LEFT INTO A CEMENT LIGHT POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT. (I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN TIME AND TURN THE VEHICLE) ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BUMPER AND QUARTER-PANEL, BODY DAMAGE ONLY. I THEN TRIED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHICH AT THAT POINT OPERATED IN DRIVABLE CONDITION. ON MY WAY TO THE AUTO-REPAIR (LESS THEN 1 MILE AWAY) MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION IN ANOTHER SHOPPING PLAZA. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO THE AUTO-REPAIR SHOP, WHICH THEN LATER CALLED AND EXPLAINED THAT THE FRAME OF THE CAR WAS CRACKED AND THE WHIEEL WAS DETATCHED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOOK...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIFT TOWARDS THE RIGHT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE DISCOVERED THAT BECAUSE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SUB-FRAME WAS CORRODED , IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO TILT TOWARDS THE RIGHT. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING AND THE TIRE FELL OFF THE FRONT FRAME FROM BEING RUSTED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE FRAME SNAPPED ON THE FRONT RIGHT HAND SIDE LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE ITS AN 01 WITH 68,000 MILES.*TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE REPLACING THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ALIGNMENT WAS NOT GRIPPING CORRECTLY. HE EXAMINED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAME ON BOTH OF THE FRONT WHEEL SUSPENSION MOUNTS WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON FAILURE WITH HIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. HE BELIEVES THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140,000.

I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC TODAY TO HAVE THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND HE FOUND A CORRODED HOLE IN THE SUB-FRAME ASSEMBLY. HE MENTIONED THIS WAS RECALLED BY HYUNDAI LAST YEAR BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF SUCH A RECALL AND I'M UPSET AS THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WHY WAS I NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL FIRST OF ALL, AND WHAT IS HYUNDAI GOING TO DO TO FIX MY CAR? *TR

I OWN A 20001 HYUNDAI SONATA. I TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT BECAUSE THE CAR WAS PULLING BADLY TO THE RIGHT AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUBFRAME ON THE RIGHT FRONT IS SEVERELY RUSTED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT I NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DO SO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE NEAR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME HAD EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $800. HER STATE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V124000 (SUSPENSION). THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 141,000. UPDATED 05/04/09 *BF UPDATED 05/04/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT TOOK HER VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SERVICE STATION AND WAS ADVISED BY A TECHNICIAN THAT THE FRONT SUBFRAME HAD EXCESSIVE CORROSION. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 89,300.

WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT MY FRAME IS ROTTING OUT. HAS HOLES SIZE OF GOLF BALL NOT TO MENTION LINES 5-6" OF ROT. MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT HE WILL NO LONGER WORK ON THE CAR AS IT IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR ME TO DRIVE IT AND SUGGESTS I GET A NEW CAR. *TR

THE CAR WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND THOUGHT I NEEDED A WHEEL ALIGNMENT BUT AFTER COMING BACK FROM TAKING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL THE CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND STARTED MAKING A RATTLING SOUND WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR (REVERSE AND DRIVE ) I THOUGHT IS WAS AXLE THAT MAY HAVE SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC WHO SAID I HAD A LOT OF RUST AND A WHOLE IN MY FRAME AND THE RUST STARTED TO FALL OFF THE CAR FRAME. I CALLED THE CONSUME AFFAIRS DEPT FOR HYUNDAI AND THEY PICKED UP THE CAR AND TOOK IT TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP TO HOPEFULLY GET FIXED. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $2,100.00 FOR THE REPAIRS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REDUCE POWER WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN CAUTIOUSLY TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY REPLACED THE FRAME CROSS MEMBER ASSEMBLY AND SPEED SENSOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 04-23-09 *BF UPDATED 04/30/09.*JB

VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO UNALIGN COUNTER CLOCKWISE IN THE LAST WEEK,THEN A NOISE FROM THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL, THEN MY WIFE PULLED INTO THE GARAGE WHEN I NOTICED THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL ON A TILT. I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND THERE IS A HUGE 4" HOLE OF RUST RIGHT THROUGH THE FRAME. *TR

IN FEBRUARY I HAD GONE TO HAVE MY OIL CHANGED BY MY UNCLE WHO WORKS AT A SHOP IN FRANKLIN HE HAD PUT MY CAR UP ON THE LIFT AND LOOKED IT OVER TO ENSURE THERE WASN'T ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS IN WHICH HE CONCLUDED THERE WAS NOT. ON MARCH 20TH 09 I WENT TO PEP BOYS TO HAVE 4 NEW TIRES PUT ON AND AN ALIGNMENT DONE. ON MARCH 24TH I WAS DRIVING MY SON HOME AND NOTICE THE CAR WAS MAKING A ODD NOISE AND FIGURED I SHOULD GET IT LOOKED AT. I WENT HOME AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER I WENT TO PULL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TO TAKE MY CAR TO MY UNCLES SHOP WHEN I HEARD A TERRIBLE LOUD NOISE SO I PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT MY AXLE BROKE OFF AND MY SUBFRAME WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED AND MY ENGINE WAS ALMOST...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 30MPH AND THE CAR STARTED SWERVING LEFT AND RIGHT LIKE 'CRAZY'. I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL WAS BENT EVEN THOUGH WHEELS WERE STRAIGHT. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND THERE WAS CRACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUBFRAME OF THE CAR WHERE THE LOWER TORQUE ARM ATTACHES TO THE WHEEL. THE TORQUE ARM LOOKED FINE BUT WHERE IT ATTACHED WAS RUSTED SO MUCH IT BROKE. I TOUCHED THIS AREA AND NOTICED A FIST SIZED HOLE OF METAL HAD RUSTED AWAY. HYUNDAI APPARENTLY USED VERY CHEAP METAL WHEN BUILDING THEIR PRODUCT. I CHECKED THE OTHER SIDE AND NOTICED THE SAME PROBLEM. THE OTHER FRONT WHEEL SIDE IS ABOUT READY TO BREAK TOO AND FALL OFF THE CAR. I MANAGED TO MAKE IT HOME TRYING MY BEST TO STAY IN ONE LANE WHICH WAS VERY HARD AND DIDN'T ALWAYS DO...

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA BOUGHT LESS THAN 4 YEARS AGO HAS SEVERE ROTTING IN THE SUBFRAME. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CONSIDERS IT A DEATHTRAP. I'VE HAD ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CAR HASN'T BEEN RECALLED AS OF YET. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL IT IS APPALLING. I AM COMPLETELY DISGUSTED IN THE FACT THAT THIS DEGREE OF ROT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 3 YEARS AND MOST DEFINITELY WAS SOLD TO ME THIS WAY. I WAS NOT TOLD BY THE DEALER OF ANY ROT IN THE SUBFRAME WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, HOW IS THAT LEGAL??? SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE ALL TO COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR OR DO PEOPLE HAVE TO LOSE THEIR LIVES IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THIS IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY? *TR

I HAVE A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. I JUST BOUGHT NEW TIRES FOR MY CAR AND WANTED THEM TO DO AN ALIGNMENT AS I THOUGHT IT REALLY NEEDED ONE. COME TO FIND OUT FROM THE MECHANIC, MY CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE MY ENGINE CRADLE (SUB FRAME) IS COMPLETELY RUSTED IN HALF WHICH WAS THROWING OFF MY ALIGNMENT. I SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT SAME THING, WHY HAS THIS SAFETY ISSUE NOT BEEN RECALLED? *TR

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA FRAME RUSTED AT FRONT SWING ARM, BOTH SIDES. 109K MILES. *TR

I HIT A POTHOLE AND THE RIGHT FRONT BEGAN TO PULL, UPON TAKING THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP THE FOUND THAT THE FRONT SUBFRAME WAS ROTTED THROUGH ON THERE RIGHT SIDE AND ALMOST AS BAD ON THE LEFT SIDE. *TR

THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT AND WHEN WE WENT OUT TO START THE ENGINE IT TURNED OVER BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE SO WE TOWED IT TO A LOCAL GOODYEAR REPAIR GARAGE WHERE THEY REPORT THAT THE UNDERCARRIAGE HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE MOTOR DROPPED AND BENT THE AXLE. THEY CANNOT FIND A USED UNDERCARRIAGE THAT ISN'T RUSTED THROUGH. WE HAVE REPORTED THIS TO HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US A CASE NUMBER (3122110) BUT REPORT THAT THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA I PURCHASED IN 2005 USED FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, AND DIDN'T HAVE A WARRANTY ON THE CAR. I TOOK IT IN TO MY LOCAL GARAGE IN JANUARY 2009 SO THEY COULD CHECK OUT A NOISE MY CAR IS MAKING. THEY SAID THAT WHEN THEY PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT, THEY SAW THAT MY CRADLE IS SEVERELY RUSTED AND THAT MY CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION IN JUNE AND REPLACING IT WOULD BE ABOUT THE COST OF MY CAR. I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HYUNDAI SHOULD HAVE MADE A RECALL SO I DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. *TR

UNDERFRAME OF 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA RUSTED RIGHT THROUGH. *TR

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN THE DRIVERS SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM TORE OUT OF SUB FRAME CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL OUT OF CONTROL INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. BOTH AXLES WERE DESTROYED. HYUNDAI WILL PAY FOR FRAME REPLACEMENT BUT NO OTHER COSTS. THE AXLES , 2 TOWS. 1 TO MY HOME THE 2ND TO DEALERSHIP OR THE CAR RENTAL THAT THEY ARRANGED AND ORIGINALLY SAID THEY PAY FOR. MY CASE MANAGER WILL NOT TAKE MY CALLS NOR WILL ANYBODY EXPLAIN WHY THEY WONT PAY FOR THE DAMAGES THERE OWN DEALER SAID WAS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE FRAME. *TR

I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE HAS RUSTED ON MY 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. IT ONLY HAS 85K MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT TO ME. I FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN I GOT NEW TIRES, THERE WAS A SLIGHT PULL TO MY CAR. I BROUGHT IT IN FOR ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD IT WAS USELESS TO GO THROUGH WITH THE ALIGNMENT DUE TO THE ENGINE CRADLE BEING RUSTED OUT. SINCE THEN I HAVE PUT MY CAR OUT AND HAVE HAD TO RIDE MY MOTORCYCLE TO AND FROM WORK SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR REPAIRS. *TR

FRONT RIGHT PORTION OF FRONT SUBFRAME IS RUSTED AND BROKEN. ALIGNMENT AND STEERING IS WAY OFF . WAS ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE SINCE FRAME DAMAGE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

BOTH TIE ROD ENDS BREAK. REPLACED BOTH. CAR THEN EXPERIENCED BROKEN LEFT AXLE AND LOWER CONTROL ARE WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO CRACK IN SUB FRAME. SUB FRAME REPLACE WITH AXLE AND CONTROL ARM. ARE THERE ANY RECALL ON SUBFRAME FOR 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS? CAR HAS NOT EXPERIENCE ANY FRONT END COLLISION IN HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE. CAR BOUGHT NEW AT DEALERSHIP. *TR

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA V6, WITH UNDER 120K MILES. TIRES REPLACED FOR WEAR AND ALIGNMENT PERFORMED ON WEEK OF 12/08/2008. MECHANIC POINTED OUT ALIGNMENT A MOOT POINT DUE TO RIGHT SUB FRAME, AKA K-FRAME,AKA ENGINE FRAME, AKA RIGHT WHEEL SUSPENSION MOUNT WAS RUSTED THROUGH TO POINT OF BEING ABLE TO ENTER RUST CAVITY WITH ALL FINGERS. THIS RESULTING TO CRACKED SUBFRAME AT WHEEL WELL SIDE WERE SUSPENSION IS MOUNTED. SOME COMPLAINANTS REPORT LEAKING POWER STEERING LINE FROM OVEREXTENDED DISTANCE FROM FRAME STRETCH . THIS ALSO IS A PROBLEM IN SANTE FE. I IMAGINE THE SAME K FRAME BEING USED A COST SAVING MEASURE. I'M NOW WAITING FOR HYUNDAI AMERICA TO RESPOND TO MY CASE #3460531. DON'T YOU BELIEVE ANYONE WHO DISCOUNTS THIS AS BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS NOT COSMETIC BODY RUST THROUGH , BUT A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND NHTSA WILL BE ISSUING A RECALL ONCE THE BODY BAG...

I TOOK MY 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND MY MECHANIC SHOWED ME THAT THERE IS A FIST-SIZED HOLE IN THE FRONT RIGHT SUB FRAME UNDER MY CAR. CURRENTLY, I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO FIX MY VEHICLE AND IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION THE NEXT TIME AROUND. I WOULD LIKE HYUNDAI TO PAY FOR THIS DAMAGE BECAUSE A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD SHOULD NOT BE RUSTING OUT! *TR

DRIVING 2001 SONATA CAR WAS SWAYING ON ROAD WHEN GOING ON TURNS WAS NOT WORKING WITH STEERING IN TIMELY MANNER. HAD MECHANIC LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. HE FOUND ON PASSENGERS SIDE OF CAR THE LOWER FRAME RUSTED FROM INSIDE OUT WHERE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHES AND IS NOW ONLY SEMI ATTACHED SO THE ASSEMBLY MOVES AROUND. THERE IS A HUGE HOLE IN FRAME. CAR IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE AS WHOLE ASSEMBLY WILL FALL OFF. AS YOU CAN SEE CAR IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE CAR ONLY HAS 111000. MILES ON IT. THE CAR IS IN MY DRIVEWAY HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN APART ALL PARTS ARE ORIGINAL NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. CAN'T BE DRIVEN AS IS. I NOTICED OTHER COMPLAINTS OF SAME NATURE I DON'T CONSIDER THIS CONDITION ACCEPTABLE IN A 7 YEAR OLD CAR FRAMES SHOULD LAST MANY MORE YEARS....

I PURCHASED MY 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS V6 IN 2002 AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS FROM IT, BUT THIS IS THE WORST SO FAR. MY CAR STARTED JERKING TERRIBLY WHEN I HIT ANY KIND OF BUMP OR UNEVEN PAVEMENT AND MY STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF CENTER WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT. I HAD SOMEONE LOOK UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND NOTICED THE FRAME WAS ROTTING, THEREFORE I WAS DRIVING IT TO MY MECHANIC AND AS I PUSHED THE BRAKE TO STOP, THE RIGHT/FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME/AXLE. THERE WAS CORROSION ON THE FRAME AROUND THE AXLE. I CALLED HYUNDAI AND THEY GAVE ME A CLAIM # AND SAID SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT ME WITHIN 3-5 BUSINESS DAYS, SO WE WILL SEE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING POORLY AND SHE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT EITHER THE UNDERCARRIAGE OR THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE FOR FREE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA- RUST IS ON THE FRONT SUB-FRAME AND WE WERE TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT IT WAS HIGHLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE WHEELS WILL BECOME DETACHED AT ANY BUMP ALONG THE ROAD. THE STEERING IS ALSO JERKY AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT STRAIGHT ANYMORE AND THE TWO FRONT TIRES ARE POINTING INWARD AND WEARING VERY FAST ON THE INNER MOST PART OF THE TIRES. IS THERE SOME TYPE OF RECALL OR INVESTIGATION GOING ON FOR THIS MATTER? ARE THERE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME MODEL OF CAR AS MINE? IS THERE ANY COMPENSATION THAT IS DUE TO ME? WE HAVE HEARD FROM A FRIEND THAT THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON WITH THIS MATTER (NHTSA NUMBER PE08029) PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ASAP. THANK YOU. *TR

DROVE OVER A CRACK IN THE ROAD, FELT AND HEARD SNAPPING, TOOK TO MECHANIC, WAS TOLD RIGHT SUBFRAME RUSTED OUT SO BAD THAT IT SNAPPED. *TR

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS - THE VEHICLE SPRANG A LEAK UNDERNEATH OF STEERING FLUID. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC HE PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT, FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE SUBFRAME BEING SO WEAK AND RUSTED THAT WE CAN'T DRIVE IT. MY MECHANIC CALLED A LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER WHO SAID THE WHOLE PROBLEM WAS COVERED (INCL STEERING LEAK CAUSED BY BENDING SUBFRAME). I THEN TOWED IT TO WHERE I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEY CALLED TO TELL ME I NEEDED TO PREBUY OVER $2000, SUBFRAME NOT COVERED. HAMPTON HYUNDAI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 177 LAFAYETTE ROAD. I FOUND TWO OTHER DEALERSHIPS WHO SAY BOTH PROBLEMS SHOULD BE COVERED. I AM ORIGINAL AND PRESENT OWNER, UNDER 93,000 MILES. *TR

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA WITH 82,000 MILE SUB FRAME (CRADLE) RUSTED THRU CAUSING CONTROL ARMS TO PUSH THRU CRADLE. CAR WAS ALL OVER AND OFF THE THE ROAD. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA A CAR I BOUGHT NEW IN FLORIDA AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN FLORIDA. MY ENGINE CARRIAGE RUSTED THROUGH AND SNAPPED THE CONTROL ARM ON MY CAR AND THE ENTIRE WHEEL CAME OFF SENDING ME INTO TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT WAS TAKEN TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP I AM WAITING TO HEAR IF HYUNDAI WILL REPAIR THE HUGE DAMAGE TO MY CAR. NOT TO MENTION I WAS ALMOST KILLED DUE TO THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS NOW. LIVES ARE AT RISK. IT IS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA, MY RIGHT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE OFF, SEPARATING MY WHEEL / IT COLLAPSED. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME THIS AND SHOWED ME HOW SEVERE THE SUB FRAME WAS CORRODED. IT BROKE OFF, HE NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT. PLEASE HELP. IS THIS A RECALL THAT I DIDN'T GET? *TR

MY 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA'S SUBFRAME RUSTED TO THE POINT OF WHERE THERE WERE 7 IN" HOLES COMPLETELY THROUGH- THIS CAUSED THE LOWER SWING ARM TO DETACH FROM THE FRAME AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE VEHICLE SUSPENSION FAILED. THIS OCCURRED WHILE MY TWO CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR. BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE DAMAGED. DEALER DID NOT REPLACE TIRES, DID NOT PAY FOR TOWING OR ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION- GARY ROME HYUNDAI, HOLYOKE MA. *TR

IN 2007 A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE WAS BEING PERFORMED ON THE CAR AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A 1-2 INCH ROTTED HOLE THE RIGHT SIDE SUBFRAME. LOCAL MECHANIC SAID THERE WEREN'T ANY RECALLS, SO HE WELDED ON A NEW PIECE OF METAL FOR SUPPORT. TODAY (8/13/08) ANOTHER OIL CHANGE WAS BEING DONE AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE IS NOW A 2-3 INCH HOLE ON THE LEFT SIDE SUBFRAME THAT WASN'T VISIBLE A YEAR AGO. MECHANIC HIGHLY RECOMMENDS REPLACING THE FRONT SUBFRAME. REF PE08029. *TR

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008, I BROUGHT IN MY 2001 GLS V6 HYUNDAI SONATA TO BALISE HYUNDAI OF CAPE COD IN HYANNIS, MA. MY CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 166,500 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME. I WAS LOOKING TO GET A THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR REPLACED. DURING THEIR DIAGNOSTICS, WITH THE CAR ON A LIFT, THEY NOTICED TWO THINGS. ONE, A POWER STEERING LEAK WAS OCCURRING MOST LIKELY BECAUSE OF A CORRODED POWER STEERING LINE NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE SUBFRAME. TWO, IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE SUSPECTED HOSE FAILURE, THE SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH ON TWO SIDES OF THE PIECE. THE MAIN HOLE IN THE SUBFRAME IS FIST-SIZE OR LARGER AND THE SECOND IS NOT GOOD. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUBFRAME ISSUE WAS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND WARNED ME OF WHAT COULD HAPPENED SHOULD IT FAIL. THEY ALSO TOLD ME ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES THAT REPLACING IT COULD BRING....

TOOK AUTOMOBILE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. MECHANIC DISCOVERED MAJOR RUSTING ON SUBFRAME AND ENGINE CRADLE. RUSTED THROUGH AND HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

WHILE CHANGING THE OIL A LARGE HOLE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRAME WHERE THE FRONT SUSPENSION CONNECT TO WAS FOUND. IT IS ALL RUSTED THROUGH. I WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR BY THE MECHANIC. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GET A NEW PART FROM THE JUNK YARD AND THE THREE REPLACEMENTS THEY FOUND WERE RUSTED IN THE SAME PLACE. I CALLED THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS AROUND $1500.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I CALLED THEIR CUSTOMER CARE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND THEY SAID NOT AT THIS TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND A BASEBALL SIZE HOLE IN THE SUBFRAME WAS DISCOVERED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIE ROD TO DISLODGE. THE MECHANIC ALSO DISCOVERED TWO MORE HOLES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE SUBFRAME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 65,000.

PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME RUSTED THROUGH AND CREATED A SEVERE SAFETY PROBLEM. MY MECHANICS NOTICED IT DOING SOME WORK ON MY CAR. THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED AND SOMETHING DONE BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED WHEN THESE FRAMES BREAK. I WAS LUCKY IT WAS DISCOVERED, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WARNING LIGHTS FOR THIS... AND CAN NOT BE SEEN EXCEPT IF CAR IS ON A LIFT. *TR

WHILE ROUNDING A GRADUAL CURVE AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH SUDDENLY LOST STEERING CONTROL AND WENT OFF ROAD. EXAMINATION OF VEHICLE SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT REVEALED LOSS OF CONTROL CAUSED BY SEVERELY RUSTED RIGHT (PASSENGER SIDE) FRONT SUBFRAME AND APPROXIMATELY 8 INCH HOLE AND BENDING/CRACKING OF SUCH DUE TO THE RUST, THIS ON A VEHICLE WHICH IS OTHERWISE PRISTINE (THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RUST ELSEWHERE ON THE VEHICLE). I URGE NHTSA TO REQUIRE HYUNDAI TO ADDRESS WHAT I HAVE NOW LEARNED IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL IN QUESTION, ESPECIALLY BEFORE ANY OTHER LIVES ARE PUT IN JEOPARDY OR LOST DUE TO WHAT IS CLEARLY AND OBVIOUSLY A GROSS MANUFACTURING AND/OR DESIGN DEFECT. NOTE THAT I CONSIDER THE SITUATION TO CONSTITUTE NO LESS THAN AN EMERGENCY AND THAT UNTIL CERTAIN MODEL YEARS OF THE HYUNDAI SONATA ARE UPDATED WITH A REVISED/NEW SUBFRAME THEY SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN AND INDEED ARE...