Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | ||||||||||||||||
| 05V187000 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | from 02/22/2005 to 03/27/2005 | V (Vehicle) | 277 | 04/08/2005 | MFR | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 04/28/2005 | 04/29/2005 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain passenger vehicles may have been built with threaded portions of the steering gearbox assembly's left and right inner ball joint assemblies that contain internal cracks in the material structure. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If the inner ball joint assembly was to break as a result of the internal crack, the tie rod end assembly would not longer be attached to the steering gear box. this would prevent steering control of that front wheel by the separated tie rod which could result in a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the steering gearbox assemblies on these vehicles free of charge. owners were contacted by telephone beginning on april 8, 2005, and instructed not to drive their vehicles. hyundai will arrange to pick up and return their vehicles after repair. owners may contact hyundai at 1-800-633-5151. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Hyundai recall no. 069.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 11/18/2007 | 8584 | 1 | |
| Purchased 2005 hyundai elantra november 14, 2007. dealership carfax showed 40,836 odometer miles. dealership odometer disclosure statement showed 8,494. november 18, 2007 drove i-26 in columbia, sc. drove on emergency strip to avoid debris on road. rear end spun out and lost control of car. crashed into 18 wheeler and pushed across interstate, up an embankment, under a catch fence and stopped on a service road. a total loss. not until 11/29/07 that i was made aware of a possible recall on the steering linkage tie rod assembly. air bag did not deploy. dmv.org report of 11/24/07 shows odometer reading 40,836 and no odometer problem title record. carfax report stated no recalls reported. i contacted the dealerships headquarters about the odometer discrepancy. shortly thereafter, the carfax info was changed showing odometer reading 8,584 and also they backdated information. showed odometer discrepancy on the altered report. just clerical errors? if we suffered a total loss, how come our air bags did not deploy? did we have a true steering linkage tie rod assembly failure? did we truly have 40,836 miles on our odometer? was scheduled maintenance up to date for 40,835 miles? *tr | |||