2008 Hyundai Elantra: ball joint or control arm failure

Filed Jul 2, 2023 · GA

The company, RockAuto, knowingly has many content quality errors describing automobile parts. This is a general safety concern to the general public because my rack and pinion set initially on the website said it came with both inner as well as outer tie rods. The rack and pinion set only came with inner tie rods with outer tie rods to be purchased separately. The company refunded the outer tie rods by giving a store credit.

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 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 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.