2005 Hyundai Sonata: ball joint or control arm failure

Filed Oct 13, 2020 · Body, Suspension · 169,000 miles · ME

Both the rear and front subframe have holes from rust which has started to cause numerous other issues such has ball joints tie rod ends

Filed Sep 2, 2019 · Body, Suspension · 122,034 miles · WI

While changing my oil on the weekend, I noticed severe corrosion failures with the front subframe on the right side of my car. (see attached photos). One area was in front of the lower control arm and another area is behind the control arm. It looks like the subframe will fail at any moment and the control arm would be free to move anywhere. This would significantly affect control of the vehicle and be a serious safety concern. I see this part has already had a recall for 2001 to 2004 hyundai sonatas which is the same body and frame style as the 2005 vehicle. Recall #09v124000.

Filed Oct 11, 2018 · Steering · 168,000 miles · MD

"takata recall" I thought I needed a new inner tie rod on my 2005 hyundai sonata. When I went to the shop the mechanic told me you have bigger problems. " your sub-frame on this car is rusted out and the car is unsafe to drive." with that information, I called the hyundai support number, they gave me a reference number, I then went to the hyundai dealership to get an estimate for repairs and to see if hyundai would repair the subframe. The dealership told me that hyundai corporation refused to pay any goodwill money to fix the car but they did tell me, " our advice: " is to not drive the car, it is unsafe." this is not a mechanical issue this is a safety issue, and even though I did not find any recalls for 2005 subframe, it was obvious that hyundai knew they did have a slew of sonatas that had a serious subframe corrosion problem. In my bit of research, there has been a definite problem with the sonatas and the subframe rotting out, all different years and mileage and age that hyundai did repair the cars that I found on edmonds.com and on the internet.

Filed Jan 11, 2018 · Suspension · PA

I took my car to my mechanic to change oil on 1/9/2018 and he discovered a big hole (bigger than the fist-size) on the right front of the subframe underneath the car due to rusting and severe corrosion (please see the attached picture for more details). The mechanic told me that this is a serious safety issue, which is not supposed to happen. He strongly recommended me to go to the dealer and have this fixed as soon as possible. Right after that, I called hyundai customer service and they told me that my car doesn't have a warranty and it is not under recall based on the VIN, so they will not do anything about it. I got the same answer from the dealer at hyundai davis in nj. I searched online and found 2 recalls issued by hyundai for the same problem. One started in 2009 with the federal safety agency recall id # 09v124000 (including 1999-2004 hyundai sonata) and another one in 2013 with the federal safety agency campaign # 13v354000 (including 2006-2010 sonata). However, hyundai customer services can't provide any explanations why 2005 sonata is not included in the two recalls. According to the news online, 'the recall, limited to america's so-called "salt belt" states, is centered around potentially excessive corrosion of the front sub-frame due to winter road salt applications. If unnoticed, the lower control arm may separate from its mount.' 'road salt and water can enter portions of the rear crossmember, leading to corrosion of the crossmember steel. This may lead to detachment of one of the rear control arms. Control arm separation may suddenly change the rear wheel alignment, affecting the handling of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.' it is not safe for me to drive the car, however, currently, I still have to drive the car on highway to work on a daily basis since this is the only car I have.

Filed Oct 7, 2015 · Suspension · 145,000 miles · NY

I notice that there is a recall on hyundai sonata's from 2006 -2010 in regards to rust concerns with rear suspension. This was just detected by my mechanic that the attaching point for the control arm has rusted and became separated from the crossmember. The result and my immediate concern was the sudden change in vehicle handling, a loud noise coming from the rear tire when I hit a small bump. I was wondering why the 2005 sonata isn't covered in this recall?

Filed Sep 7, 2015 · Suspension · 150,000 miles · MN

According to mechanic the upper control arm rear passenger side is rusted and detached.

Filed Jun 28, 2005 · Airbags, Steering · WI · crash · 1 injury

Dt: the contact owns a 2005 hyundai sonata. The passenger side front suspension failed while driving. The air bag deployed before impact. The contact did not know exactly what part failed because he did not have the vehicle right now because it was at the repair shop. The tie rod end was bent. While driving at about 10-15 MPH heard like a crack, and then the air bags deployed, and vehicle hit a parked car. The road conditions were normal on pavement. There was no impact damage to the passenger side wheel or hub cap. The failure occurred at normal driving.