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Car Forum / Hyundai Cars / May 2009

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Mike Edwards - 30 Apr 2009 19:45 GMT
Here's maybe a "heads up" for you.  I had my '08 Elantra down to my dealer
today for an oil change and tire rotation.  While walking around waiting for
my car to be done I saw two front end sub-frames leaning against the outside
of the building.  Both were almost completely rusted thru in the same exact
spot.  The service manager was walking by and I asked him what model Hyundai
they came off of and he said they were from Sonata's.  Evidentally the
factory forgot to put a drain hole on that one side (passenger side I
believe).  These frames were so bad I would not want to have been driving
the car they came from and hit a major pot hole.  Looks to me like they
would have snapped in two.  The manager said they were just about to start a
recall.  Unfortunately I forgot to ask him what year models were involved.
If you have a Sonata I suggest you crawl underneath and check the front
subframe in the area of the upper and lower control arms.
Ed Pawlowski - 01 May 2009 03:15 GMT
> Here's maybe a "heads up" for you.  I had my '08 Elantra down to my dealer
> today for an oil change and tire rotation.  While walking around waiting
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Evidentally the factory forgot to put a drain hole on that one side
> (passenger side I believe).

The Sonata had a major revision in the 2006 model. Do you know what year was
affected?  Korea or US built?
jc - 01 May 2009 04:07 GMT
> > Here's maybe a "heads up" for you.  I had my '08 Elantra down to my dealer
> > today for an oil change and tire rotation.  While walking around waiting
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> The Sonata had a major revision in the 2006 model. Do you know what year was
> affected?  Korea or US built?

More info here:

http://tinyurl.com/dmx4mg
Voyager - 02 May 2009 02:05 GMT
>>> Here's maybe a "heads up" for you.  I had my '08 Elantra down to my dealer
>>> today for an oil change and tire rotation.  While walking around waiting
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/dmx4mg

Thanks for the link.  I'm glad my 2006 is safe from this particular recall.

Matt
Alan Calan - 07 May 2009 11:29 GMT
Looks like my XG300 is on the list and this is a car I want to give to
my daughter.  Thanks jc and Mike.

Alan

>> > Here's maybe a "heads up" for you.  I had my '08 Elantra down to my dealer
>> > today for an oil change and tire rotation.  While walking around waiting
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> http://tinyurl.com/dmx4mg
jc - 27 May 2009 15:36 GMT
FYI, I called Hyundai Customer Assistance yesterday and the rep said
that the recall notices for the affected Sonatas and XGs will start
going out at the end of June. She also indicated that they would be
sending the notices in waves so as not to overwhelm the dealers.

 John
Mike Marlow - 02 May 2009 12:12 GMT
>> Here's maybe a "heads up" for you.  I had my '08 Elantra down to my
>> dealer today for an oil change and tire rotation.  While walking around
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> The Sonata had a major revision in the 2006 model. Do you know what year
> was affected?  Korea or US built?

I'm pretty sure the affected model years are 99-04.  There are two recalls
in place for this problem.

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hyundaitech - 05 May 2009 01:37 GMT
> Here's maybe a "heads up" for you.  I had my '08 Elantra down to my dealer
> today for an oil change and tire rotation.  While walking around waiting for
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> If you have a Sonata I suggest you crawl underneath and check the front
> subframe in the area of the upper and lower control arms.

Numerous models and years.  Already posted here:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.hyundai/browse_thread/thread/8491f66930
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