Sway Bar Problems of Hyundai Santa Fe

This was covered by hyundia recall campaign 124. I filled under case # 9878948. Spring repair 2/12/14, sold car 4/5/14, recall 2/4/15. They only would pay for $318 of the $917 total repair and said it has to go to a hyundia dealership. They refused to pay for the sensers, strut mounts , sway bar link etc per the invoice. I contacted the person I sold it to and made a dealer appmt but they didn't show. Hyundia consumer affairs 800-633-5151 told me to file a dispute with bbb autoline which I did under case # hyu1713624. They never responded. Bbb autoline now says that they don't handle recalls disputes but you do. I just talked to them and they referred me to you. Without ever talking to me, while I was trying to get the car into a dealer and waiting for the bbb autoline response hyundia closed out the case. Ironically hyundia would have replaced both springs with oem, all other damaged parts and any damaged tires per their recall. It would have cost them 2x as much as the $917. They wouldn't even call my mechanic who the local hyundia dealer acknowledged as reputable. In our case, the broken spring bent the strut, damaged the sway bar and tore the abs sensor wire. The language in the recall information actually calls for the dealer to replace installed non-oem struts with oem struts so the new bracket will fit properly. Given this, I am surprised that you chose not to pay for the cost of the one strut and mount ($62. 1 6 +$135. 88) & repair ($37. 20) and the spring repair ($37. 20). Likewise hyundia chose not to pay for the damaged abs sensor ($175. 94) and its repair ($55. 80). In minnesota, like most states, parts are subject to sales tax of 7. 125%. In this case it added up to ($45. 25) which hyundia chose not to pay. Likewise hyundia choose not to pay the shop supplies ($13. 18) and the environmental fee ($4. 93) which are pretty typical.

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While driving home with family in vehicle the control arms broke, ball joints broke and the sway bar broke.

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I drove to work without incident on a major interstate at 6am. My car was parked in a secure lot for 8. 5 hours. When I went to leave for the day, I started the car, put it drive and began to roll forward. When the car began to move I heard a loud grinding noise and stopped immediately. I called my husband and had him listen to it by phone. We had the car towed to out local Hyundai deal who informed us that the drivers side spring had broken which broke the strut, pinched the brake line and bent the sway bar. Total repair cost was 1053. 31 with tax. We opted to replace both front springs and struts because we felt this was the safest thing to do after researching on the internet and discovering that there were hundreds of the same complaint in all Santa Fe's no matter what the year especially after reading that many of them occurred on an interstate traveling at 65 mph resulting in further damage and injury accidents.

I bought this 2007 Santa Fe in November, 2007. I took good care of the car and had done all maintenance at Hyundai dealers. Since the summer of 2011 (car mileage less than 48000 miles), I felt the car had abnormal noise from front, also felt suspension became bumpy. So I brought it to the dealer in December, 2011. They found both left and right front suspension sway bar links were worn out. Those parts are not supposed to be wear parts. But Hyundai refused to admit their failure within warranty is a quality issue. As part of the suspension system, their failure could result in dangerous situation to people. I want them to admit that part failure and recall it.

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I have had this Santa Fe since 2008 and have kept up with the service on this vehicle. I have been in to the dealership many times for the same noise, and that is a clunking sound when driving at speeds between 15 and 25mph. When I drive over a bump in the road, it sounds like something is loose and rattles. And it feels like the steering is more aggressive since I had all that work done. I love my Santa Fe and have never had any problems, except for that noise in the front end. I have replaced the sway bar links and struts recently, because they told me that was the problem and I still have the same noise. I saw a tbs bulletin dated back in 2008 about the steering yoke could be making that noise too. And you can feel it in the steering wheel when you hit small bumps too.

I am the sole owner of a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe, which was bought from a Hyundai dealer. For about a year, the car drove great and was quiet. The vehicle was never in a crash or driven roughly. The vehicle is only driven to and from work on government maintained roads. I have noticed a thumping and rattling sound from the front suspension when driving over small bumps. I have taken it to the dealer 7+ times for the suspension problems. Front sway bar, shocks, and misc parts have been replaced with no change in smoothness when driving. Hyundai hears the problem, but does not know what is wrong with the vehicle. They just continue to change misc parts until the warranty runs out. Please have Hyundai conduct a recall to force them to fix the problem for good. I have read numerous complaints online for the same problem. This is a safety concern because the front suspension sounds like it is falling a part when going over small cracks in the road. If Hyundai is not forced to identify the problem, how do we know our vehicle is safe.