Suspension Noise problems of the 2013 Hyundai Sonata

While parked at the airport for 2 weeks, the right front suspension coil broke. I noticed the problem when I attempted to leave the parking lot and heard a horrendous metal scraping noise. Upon stopping the car and inspecting, I could see the coil spring hanging down. It scraped up the sidewall of the tire in just the short time to drive across the parking lot to where there was more light.

Took my car into jim click Hyundai dealer. . Fixed rack and pinion covered under recall and they said they test drove, and found no issues regarding a bad ride on the road. . I am beginning to think they are lying and haven't checked a full suspension check and may not have done a through test drive. . It should ride nice instead of a bad ride with bumping and thumping sounds under the car. . This isn't the first time a dealership mechanic technician couldn't find anything wrong when there clearly is!!!.

While purchasing new tires, it was determined that the left front spring on my daughter's 2013 Hyundai Sonata (only 43,000 miles) was broken. Driving under this condition could have caused loss of control and a serious accident if the spring had moved and punctured the tire. My daughter said she occasionally would hear a rattle at the front wheel-well while driving prior to the break being identified. I drove the car and found the rattling noise to be continuous on small road defects/bumps on the way to the repair shop. Suspension springs should normally last the life of the car. The car was at the shop for four days awaiting a Hyundai dealer to get the part back in stock, forcing my daughter to get a rental car. The replacement Hyundai part number is 54630 3q114. A limited recall was issued several years ago for 2011 Sonata's with the identical problem. A google search shows that numerous other Sonata owners have experienced this exact problem since that recall but so far it has not been expanded. The problem is apparently more prevalent in northern climates where salt is used for snow/ice removal causing corrosion in the springs. Hyundai needs to come up with a permanent fix for this problem and issue an expanded recall for all Sonata's.

Coil springs. We live in a cold climate state and our concerned that our coil springs might be defective or corroded like the spring problems in the 2011 Sonata models. We own the 2013 se Sonata model which one would think has a better suspension than the standard model, apparently that is not the case. After a flat tire on a paved county highway (car in motion at 45mph) on March 6, 2017 we found out that both front springs had to be replaced after normal driving (70k mileage). Dealership told us passenger front spring breaking likely caused our flat tire and once in the shop, they discovered other spring was cracked and needed to be replaced as well. We had not encountered any major road hazards when the flat tire occurred. Car was more noisy after last service at dealership December 27, 2016. Service included oil change, tire rotation and a required under body corrosion treatment. Our ride sounded more noisy like when snow tires are placed on a vehicle, dealership and myself thought it was just from the recent tire rotation, but the noise lasted until the flat tire incident which occurred with a rumble like sound from the tire area and a sudden loss of air noise from the tire area, it sounded like releasing air from an air hose. Dealer rep mentioned he's seen thousands of repairs, but only a few spring problems with Sonatas and only 1 other time it involved a Sonata with 2 broken coil springs and in that case a driver went over very severe, rough railroad tracks when the springs failed, we never encountered a "bottoming out" nor any hazardous road conditions prior to the springs failing.

2013 Hyundai Sonata GLS consumer is experiencing noises coming from tires the consumer believed there was an design issue. The consumer believed the flat spots could reach a point where the tires would become susceptible to blowing up and causing significant damage. He also stated, there was an issue with the suspension.