Frame And Members Problems of Hyundai Santa Fe

The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that after a visual inspection of underneath the vehicle, he observed excessive corrosion on the subframe. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who confirmed the excessive corrosion of the subframe. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 205,000.

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The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while taking the vehicle to the yearly inspection, the vehicle failed the inspection due to a hole in the rear driver’s side subframe. The dealer was contacted and stated that the vehicle needed to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and a case was filed. The failure mileage was 170,000.

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This vehicle has 124,350 miles and looks to be in very good condition yet has underlying problems that has gone undetected until very recently. One is the front frame rail attachment to underside (floorboard) of body on passenger side which is heavily rusted and one large area is holed. Also the metal shield over the bottom of fuel tank is nearly completely rusted away and fell down onto rear rotating drive shaft. I feel both of these issues should not have happened with this vehicle and I also feel both could result in serious injury if the remaining steel attachments tear away due to severe section loss of components.

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The contact owns a 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact was stopped at a traffic stop when the control arm from the frame of the vehicle fractured and detached from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic shop who advised that the sub frame was completely rotten and corroded. The mechanic advised that the frame would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 140,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop to have the alignment repaired. While the vehicle was being repaired, the contact was informed the front frame was severely corroded. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 90,000.

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2008 Hyundai Santa Fe off center head on collision resulting in severe leg trauma. Integrity of the fire wall failed resulting in metal pushing past the firewall in to the drivers side area entrapping the leg on the femur. This injury resulted in a dangerous amount of blood loss in to the cavity of the thigh.

I purchased a 2002 Hyundai sante fe in spring 2007. I have had no problems with until two days ago I began to feel the car wheel jerk on the freeway. I brought the car home and asked my boyfriend to drive the car and see how he felt in it. That night on his way to work as he was exiting the freeway the tire popped off. When the car was towed to the car store the mechanic said the tire popped off due the front subframe being rotted and rusted out. To correct the problem will be $3400. No one was injured. However during these tough economic times I can barely make ends meet. My family has no transportation to school or work. Granted that I receive the job offer from a company I recently interviewed with I will be unable to accept for I have no transportation to get there. I notice that Hyundai has this problem with many of its cars what's the deal with their quality?.

While driving my 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe I noticed that my vehicle would sway to the right and I had to compensate by steering the vehicle to the left. A preliminary inspection showed that I needed a wheel alignment and new tires due to the excessive wear to the tires caused by the vehicle not being aligned properly. The vehicle was brought to a local tire shop for tire replacement and wheel alignment. Upon inspection by the mechanic it was discovered that the sub frame of the passenger side of the vehicle where the lower control arm is attached has a rust hole where the right bolt attaches to the sub frame. In fact the lower control arm of the passenger side of the vehicle is only attached with one bolt. As a result the vehicle needed a tie rod replacement and wheel bearing replacement caused by the lower control arm not being properly attached to the sub frame. I was also informed by the mechanic that he was unable to align the vehicle or change the wheel bearings due to this condition. The mechanic informed me that the sub frame needs to be replaced as the vehicle is not safe to drive in this condition. Damage resulting = I am unable to use this vehicle as it is unsafe to drive. Cost to replace the sub frame is approximately $2000. 00 dollars.

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While driving my 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe in the evening on the southern state parkway (55 mph, left lane, pkwy traffic heavy but moving well), steering suddenly began to shimmy, followed by grinding noise emanating from right front wheel. Assumed a flat, pulled foot off gas pedal, put hazard lights on and began to pull over to right lane. Steering almost impossible to control as steering wheel was whipping from right to left, grinding noise increased - as I slowed enough to pull onto dirt shoulder, right front of car collapsed, right front wheel broke off and bounced across 3 lanes of traffic before landing on opposite shoulder of parkway. That the wheel didn't fly off while driving at full 55 mph and when it did fail, that it bounced between oncoming cars, and did not hit one of them and cause an accident, was astounding. This occurred without any prior hint of a problem, my car is well maintained and serviced on a regular basis. According to my mechanic, the wheel literally rusted off - he has never seen anything like this. Mechanic states 3 other wheels have more rust than he has ever seen on a vehicle, however, he didn't feel there was danger of an immediate failure.

The rear trailing arms rotted and one broke as I was driving. Ii took the vehicle to my mechanic, who was told by his parts contact that this is a frequent occurrence with Hyundai Santa Fe's. Both the rear trailing arms needed replacing. I contacted Hyundai and they refuse to look into it. They told me that because I didn't take the vehicle to a Hyundai service center, they couldn't confirm it and they don't feel the need to investigate it. I don't understand why it makes any difference as to which service place I took the vehicle to. The bottom line is - the vehicle needed repair. I am disappointed with Hyundai for not standing behind their product. Clearly, stating that it needed to go to a Hyundai service center is just an excuse for them to deny there is a problem with the design of the vehicle or the part. I feel there is a public safety risk. There was no warning that this could happen with the vehicle. I could have been in a serious accident - or worse. My teenage son could have been driving the vehicle when this occurred. I wonder how many other vehicles are driving around with the same defect. I would like an investigation to be sure that other's don't experience what I experienced or worse. If the part had broken when I was driving on the highway, it could have harmed others. Please investigate and help protect others.

I took my 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe in to the dealer to replace the alternator. I was told that their is a rust hole a little larger than a golf ball in the cradle where the right front control arm bolts into the cradle. They told me it could be a safety hazard! and I should seriously consider replacing the cradle to the tune of 1700 dollars!.

One month ago,with 40,600 miles on my Hyundai Santa Fe the right front spring broke and shredded my tire which the Hyundai dealer replaced under warranty. Three weeks later the left front spring broke and shredded that tire also. If I had been on the express way, I probably wouldn't be here to tell about it. In the past fifty years I have owned 15 cars and never had a front spring break down much less two in three weeks. Even though the Hyundai dealer,patrick of schaumburg, replaced these springs under warranty, I still incurred a $200. 00 car rental bill. Hyundai doesn't seem to know what the cause is of these spring failures at only 40,600 miles. Any help as to the cause of this problem would be greatly appreciated.

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Purchased a new 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe 11/2001 with 11 miles on it. In 3/2007, the radiator needed to be replaced. In replacing it, 2 major safety defects were discovered - no safety/protective foam in the front bumper and the safety/crash bar was bent - I was told that the car must had been in a major accident. I took the car back to the original dealer and they accepted no responsibility - they said I must have done it. I have had no accidents or tickets and my driving record proves that. I purchased a vehicle history report, which showed no accident history. The only conclusion is that the defects were present at the time of sale. The car slipped through the cracks of the safety inspections.