general problems of the 2010 Hyundai Elantra

On July 25, 2023, I was driving in our town when I heard a noise coming from the rear of the car. I was very close to a repair facility that I sometimes use, so I slowly drove there. They looked at the car and showed me that the rear driver-side wheel was about to fall off. They then raised the car in the shop and told me that the rear upper-control arm had rusted through and broken, causing the wheel to break off. They showed me a photo of this. I was also told that had this happened on a highway at a higher speed, there could have been fatalities because control of the car would have been seriously affected. I contacted Hyundai about this and they told me to take to a dealer to be looked at. I refused to pay for this inspection and I now do not trust Hyundai.

Turning onto my street and continued two hundred feet to my driveway I had to turn the steering wheel one quarter to the left to keep the car straight on the road. On inspection of the vehicle I noticed the left rear wheel was at an angle. Further inspection showed the suspension had departed.

Traveling 25-30 mph on a gravel road, car shuddered and seemed to tilt sightly to the left. At the same time a loud grinding noise was heard and steering felt funny. On stopping and exiting the car, I saw the left rear wheel was toed to the left, and leaning so that the top of the tire was extended beyond the fender arch. Looking beneath the car, I could see the left rear control arm had torn loose from it's pivot point near the center of the uni-body, due to corrosion. The wheel hub was attached to the car solely by the torsion bar, brake line, and strut. The car had passed a state safety inspection exactly one year previous, and has approximately 115k miles, primarily in maine. There was no warning before the failure, such as sloppy steering or unstable handling. The gravel road where the failure occurred leads to my vacation cabin. To get there and return home I must cross a mountain pass which is steep and winding both ways, with a speed limit of 50mph. One side has sheer drop offs, and the other has solid rock ledge. If the failure had happened in this 10 mile stretch, the results could very well have been deadly. Someone may have offered to repair the corrosion damage to the uni-body, but I could never feel comfortable driving the car again. There was no damage to anything but the vehicle itself, so no police report was made. The extremely rural area where the failure occurred made it impractical to get the car to a Hyundai dealer. I junked the car with dubois towing and salvage, 438 river rd, mexico, maine, 04257 (207-364-7273).

I was driving toward the bon ton , shopping center in carlisle, PA. It was pulling left and right, it appeared to be fighting me in steering.

The car creaks when you go at a slow speed or over a hump. The steering wheel also makes a clicking or knocking sound when steering it and when you turn the car to the left or right it makes a creaking noise. When you get out of the car, it seems that it creaks once the weight is lifted. The creaking is either when stationary or when going at a low speed over humps and when turning the wheel. When driving at normal speed or doing the speed limit, you don't hear the creaking, but the steering wheel still knocks. And when putting on brakes after normal speed, the steering wheel knocks badly.

Failed 2 inspections, still under lemon law rights, given false VIN # at 1st, car died on me 9/18, got jumped by tow CO, crack in windshield (prestige auto told me to get it fixed myself)- car hesitates while driving- given two diff dates of sale (two diff slips - car purchased 9/24 - service told me 9/15- I put downpayment $200 on9/15 only-pd in full & took car 9/14 - signed for car 9/24/16 drove off lot. I want my all of my money back - I do not want this vehicle - I do not trust that it will work even 2 wks from now- I need reliable vehicle! I paid $8092. 69 all of $$ that I had left from my deceased father. I am supposed to begin training on new job tomorrow- dont even know if I will make it. Please help. Donna geller.

2010 Hyundai Elantra GLS. Consumer states problem with vehicle tires. Consumer states during snow season, numerous times the front tires swayed to the left and then right the consumer stated she did not turn the steering wheel when it happened and she was going 10-15 mph. The consumer stated an alignment was performed on the vehicle and the inspection revealed the front and rear toe was out of specifications.

The contact owns a 2010 Hyundai Elantra. The contact noticed that the vehicle would bounce intermittently while driving at any speed over 50 mph. The vehicle also fish tails occasionally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they lowered the tire pressure; however; after 1500 miles the problems were still occurring consistently. The contact did not inform the manufacturer. The vehicle was not repaired. The current mileage was approximately 1500. The failure mileage was approximately 15. Updated 02/10/11 updated 02/22/11.