Front Suspension Coil Spring problems of the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe

This recall notice applies to your vehicle, [xxx] dear Hyundai Santa Fe owner, we previously sent you a letter about a safety recall regarding the front coil spring on your 2001-2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. To date, it appears that this important safety recall has not been completed on your vehicle. Please click here for more information about this safety recall, to validate that your vehicle is affected and to schedule an on-line appointment with your local Hyundai dealer. We urge you to have this important safety recall completed as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact the Hyundai recall hotline at 855-671-3059. . Read more...

Started to back my vehicle out of the driveway and heard a loud grinding noise. Stopped, got out and inspected to find that the front right coil spring had snapped and punctured my tire. Vehicle is undrivable and had to be towed. There was absolutely no warning. I have read dozens of other complaints about this same thing happening on other 2005 Hyundais. Hyundai really needs to look into this problem/defect. Thankfully, I was not driving at 55 mph on a highway as I'm sure serious injury/damage would have occurred.

I was backing out of my driveway at 4am to go to work. I heard a loud grinding noise. My driveway is not long and I am on the road in about 5 ft. As I was turning the wheel I heard a loud pop and the right side of the car went down. I assumed I ran over something or that my brand new tires had failed. I managed to pull the car back into the driveway. Later that day as my husband was changing the tire he discovered the right front coil had broke and it punctured the tire. Thank goodness this didn't happen as I was driving on the highway. By reading all the other broken coil issues this is obviously a big problem for 2005 Hyundai's and it should be addressed and investigated.

Driving home from work at 9 pm loud pop and pulled over thought had blowout on my 6 week old new front tires! discovered my front right coil spring broke. Popped thru my tire. Out in freezing cold had to be towed and now have no car til fixed, seeing others on here with same car same issue.

Driving down the highway a loud bang was heard. Discovered the driver front coil spring had broken. Fortunately no damage to the tire. I am surprised by the amount of similar failures reported. This certainly could have been much worse. I am a bit concerned that has not been investigated!.

Front driver side coil spring snapped damaging front strut. There have been numerous similar complaints of premature unexpected breakage that has resulted in sudden tire puncture when the spring hits the tire. This is a very serious life threatening flaw. Hyundai has not initiated a recall but should. I was very lucky that this failure occurred at a low speed.

Started vehicle, placed in reverse, suspension coil on front drivers side broke, punctured new tire, and broke strut. Have researched online and found this to be happening across the country with the 2005 Santa Fe. Unfortunately, it's not being reported to the right place. This could be a deadly situation if happens while driving.

The left front strut coil spring broke in two,while vehicle was parked, I am a 30 year ase master technician, and this failure is not a normal wear occurrence, I have done some research, and have found this to be happening all over the united states. This is definately a safety issue , that the Hyundai corporation should be addressing before someone gets seriously hurt or worse.

The contact owns a 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe. While examining the vehicle the contact noticed that the front driver side tire was flat. After further examining the vehicle the contact noticed that the coil spring had punctured the tire. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where the coil spring was replaced. The current and failure mileages were 99,000.

Right front coil spring broke as has been noted numerous times by other hyndai Santa Fe owners. . . Should be recall!.

Noise and rubbing occurred while backing car out of driveway. Discovered left front coil spring broken and rubbing on tire causing damage to tire, dealer replaced coil under extended warranty and advised us to replace tire . This car did not arrive home the nite before this way as it was very obvious something was very wrong . The dealer wrote it off as normal wear and tear and said other side was fine . After reading other histories they will be hearing back from me ! in my opinion if this happened at road speed it would have taken out the tire, no if's and's or but's about it . It would not have been pretty as the broken end was dug into the tire. Can we say class action ? where do we start ? btw this car is serviced by the dealer only and properly taken care of !.

The right fornt coil spring broke while car was moving. The end of the broken spring caused a tire failure. 6 days later the left front coil spring broke. I was able to stop the car before it caused any other damage.

The left front coil spring on my 2005 Hyundai sante fe broke while taking off from a stop causing the left front tire to blow out and the brake line to be damaged. It was brought to the dealer the spring, on the right hand side of the vehicle was found to be broken as well. Both front springs, left tire and brake line were replaced. I asked the service writer at the dealer if he's seen this before and he said he had one other time. This issue should be looked into with the sante fe's as these parts should not have broke on a vehicle with 40,000 miles on it, as well as if I were at highway speed I'm quite sure there would have been a bad accident.