general problems of the 2008 Hyundai Elantra

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.

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.

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!.

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.

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. .

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.

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.

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.

My car I bought brand new in March of 09 I had about 9200 miles when things started to bang they change rubbers mounts I took in back they said we don't know what it is we can not fix it then I took it to another Hyundai dealer and they said the same thing they had people from Hyundai new jersey and they looked at it and could not find nothing its still banging I took it back 7-8 times there lazy or don't know what there doing I do have a warranty.