Brake Loud Noise problems of the 2002 Hyundai Elantra

My husband and I are the owners of a 2002 Hyundai Elantra gt, and are the only owners of record and have maintained the vehicle in a reasonable manner. On Friday, December 4 2009, I was driving the vehicle at approximately 30 mph approaching a left turn light, when I needed to stop suddenly to avoid hitting a car that stopped abruptly in front of me. When I applied the brakes, I heard a loud noise and the car began to pull to the left, placing my vehicle into the on-coming traffic lane. Fortunately, my vehicle did not hit any other vehicles or roadside obstacles. After coming to a full stop, I managed to negotiate the left turn, in order to move the vehicle out of a 5-point intersection and into a safer area. Once the vehicle was engaged in the turn, I heard metal grinding against metal. I pulled the car off of the road immediately into the first available turn off, which happened to be a church parking lot. Upon inspection of the vehicle, it became apparent that the vehicle was no longer in a serviceable condition and would need to be towed. The lower control arm on the passenger side of the car was significantly torn between the shock mount and the ball joint. The corrosion damage is significant on the interior of the arm. It looks as if it blew up. There is still a small portion that is still attached but it is completely immobile. The tire is pushed up against the wheel well. We are very concerned about the lack of cooperation that we have received from Hyundai corporate office recall division. They have not agreed to fix any damage to the car as a result or reimburse expenses incurred due to the incident. To make matters worse, they claim the reason we didn't get a notice about the recall is because they didn't want everyone to come in at the same time so they are spacing it out! it's completely irresponsible of them to not notify the consumer of this defective product! I am 6 months pregnant and often drive my 2 yr old!.