2001 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

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 ON THE GROUND. *TR

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

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES DUE TO THE CRANKSHAFT AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY PAY FOR THE PART, NOT THE LABOR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK, BUT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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