2008 Hyundai Elantra suspension problems

Filed Jun 3, 2025 · Body, Brakes · NY

The entire undercarriage of the vehicle is rusted, allowed for 3 sections is not sufficient as it does not accurately account for the damage. The Fuel Suspension is also affected from the known Corrosion and Rust issue. I have had to make many costly repairs in the last 4 years and I did not know about this issue with the vehicle I have now had for 17years. Had I , I would have done my own repairs to ensure the unit was safe and operational and not only relied on Hyundai's very delayed and subpar solution - considering my unit is a 2008 and the campaign did not come out until May 2014, of which I know for a fact my car was never listed.

Filed Jul 7, 2023 · Suspension · GA

The sway bar was received in July 2023 and the sway bar was manufactured too short to fit the suspension of the 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The vendor was RockAuto and this is another defective product they sent.

Filed Nov 1, 2022 · Suspension · CT

2 brake lines rusted through causing me to loose my brakes. Had the car towed to my local garage. I just got a call today letting me know that my trailing or control arm is severely rusted and has a hole. This happened before, 11/1/2017 and the car collapsed. This was covered last time under the Salt Belt Corrosion Class Action Settlement. Hyundai is aware there is still a problem, but the undercoating recall does not work and this is still a safety hazard and it may be the exact same part. I have called Torrington Hyundai and am waiting for the manager to call back and also called Hyundai Customer Care and new case was opened #20523632. I was told it would be 2 to 5 days to be contacted by National Consumer Affairs. I am without a car again and need this resolved immediately. This has been so dangerous, my son and I could have been killed!

Filed Aug 9, 2021 · Suspension · MA

I own a ‘08 Hyundai Elantra. On July 21 my boyfriend and I were driving home when the rear sub-frame assembly failed, it rotted and broke where the control arms attach. The left rear tire was no longer attached to the frame of the car properly. It is available for inspection. It was a catastrophic failure, if we had being going faster it could have been deadly. Turns out Hyundai knew the materials they used were poor quality because in 2016 there was a service campaign for underbody corrosion treatment, which was completed on my vehicle. Fast forward to 2021, despite the corrosion treatment the sub-frame failed. My mechanic said the failure is not normal. Hyundai has not been responsive.

Filed Sep 11, 2020 · Body, Suspension · 120,000 miles · NJ

Leaving work I heard a noise come from the car as I was leaving parking lot of the hospital which has a ten MPH speed limit after being parked for 9 hours. I realized I felt like I was siting loopsided. So I turned off into my employers front lot to inspect the car. I walked around noticed the drivers side rear was lower. Tires looked ok so I looked underneath and say this rusty dragging strut/cross member piece.. Had to have car towed as I knew it was unsafe to drive as didn't know what else it damage tires, shocks etc. The car visually appeared to be dragging in the rear on drivers side due to this. This part was recalled by hyundai in 2014 due to corrosion. .

Filed Jun 3, 2019 · Suspension · 131,000 miles · NY

While driving I went to stop on a long downhill grade and suddenly a horrible metal on metal grinding sound occurred. The car swerved a bit and was hard to control. I was able to gain control and limped it home with the continuing extremely loud noise, especially when trying to turn, slow down or under braking. I was finally able to have my brother drive car to local mechanic very carefully and slowly and it has been diagnosed as having a broken left lower control arm. Local mechanic thought this might be an item covered under recall by hyundai as he has seen a number of these issues. On investigating further on this site I could find no recall but did find a hyundai tsb (17-01-038) that speaks to providing under body corrosion treatments for 2007-2010 elantra's, for those registered in a salt belt state like mine.(new york). Obviously hyundai realizes that they have a problem with under body components exposed to salt corrosion and is attempting to alleviate this problem after the fact. I was never notified of such a program and this defect is extremely serious as it can cause loss of control and a crash

Filed Nov 3, 2017 · Body, Suspension · 130,000 miles · CT

Recall for undercoating done jan. 2016 (tt1). On 11/1/17, while driving on a town road, the rear right trailing arm fell off causing the car to swerve abruptly off the road due to extreme rust on the sub frame. This also happened with my 2002 santa fe and was covered under the salt belt corrosion class action settlement. Hyundai is aware there is still a problem, but the undercoating recall does not work and this is still a safety hazard. My car was towed to a repair facility on nov. 1, and I am still waiting to hear back from hyundai as to my next steps to get this repaired.

Filed Feb 18, 2016 · Engine, Steering · 35,895 miles · CA

Car loses power when driving car at low speed, car just shuts down and would need to place in park and restart the car, also lost power steering while driving car on the freeway, card wheel locked and car lost all power, was able to place it in park and restarted it, but was with out power steering, car shakes when driving passed 70 miles an hr.

Filed Aug 12, 2015 · Suspension · 64,000 miles · NY

Rear driver side wheel suddenly partially separated from vehicle suspension -- wheel was tilted-in at the top of wheel and tilted-out out at bottom of wheel -- severely limiting vehicle steering/breaking control. Hyundai dealer said that a bolt and strut required replacement. Hyundai motor america (hma) reported that the service manager at its dealer told it that "it appears that the condition appears to be caused by an outside influence". Return of replaced parts was requested but only a strut was returned by the dealer. Hma notified but determined not to take any action other than its inquiry to its dealer.

Filed Apr 26, 2013 · Driver assistance, Suspension · 84,000 miles · OH

On the morning of april 16th, my 2008 hyundai elantra (84000 miles) started making an unusual sound from the rear right. At roughly the same time, the ESC light came on. As I was within miles of a mechanic, I drove the car to the shop to have it put on the lift. Once it was on the lift and the weight was off the suspension, there was a loud metallic noise from the right rear. Upon inspection, the bolt for the right rear upper control arm had sheered, but the control arm itself was frozen in place by rust against the vehicle body. Additional bolts were also frozen in place within the suspension bushings and could not be moved by hand. I called my insurance company, and they recommended the car be towed to a collision shop. When the vehicle was removed from the lift to be towed, the rear passenger side tire collapsed inward against the wheel-well. The vehicle required a flat bed as it could not be towed due to the suspension problem. At the collision shop, it was noted that the majority of the bolts on the rear suspension were rusted, along with the cross-member. The rear cross-member and attached components required replacement. In addition, it was noted the rear driver side tire was misaligned and "badly cupped" despite having been replaced and aligned several months ago.