Question About The Hyundai Recall Thing, question Options

[BlackSpades45]

ok about 2 weeks ago mayb i got a Hyundai recall letter and it said that anyone that owns a hyundai should go to a local hyundai dealer immediatly due to corrosion of the inner frame something like that and some other parts but also it will replace the corroded part for free no charge ......so if anybody got this letter please respond and did the letter help ur vehicles? just to wonder? i wouldnt kno yet cause i got to go back another 3-4 days til i get a call sayin they got the parts...

[MiamiLX]

We all get Recall letters from time to time. Of course the new parts will help. Are you having problems?

[BlackSpades45]

well not really just wanted to kno how can they replace and put back in a new piece thats corroded (like inner frame) and how long will it take? will they check the whole vehicle for corroded parts or just specific parts thats on that letter?

[Tom Keyser]

I heard an extremely loud sound while driving my 1999 Hyundai Sonata GLS coming from the front passenger side of the vehicle and all of a sudden the front of the vehicle dropped significantly. I immediately stopped the vehicle and got out to see if I had hit something or to see exactly what had happened. Upon inspection the front passenger side A-Frame had completely rusted out of the sub frame of the vehicle causing it to break completely off. Thankfully I was travelling at a low rate of speed or it could have caused a major accident or even further damage to the vehicle.

Upon research it was discovered that there is a NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 09V124000 that addresses this same issue prompting Hyundai to issue a recall 089, however, when I contacted the dealership they stated there was no recall for this vehicle. The factory recall campaign covers vehicles in the "salt belt" and this vehicle was originally titled in Missouri and we owned it in Illinois which are both considered part of the "salt belt" as salt is used to melt ice on the roads during the winter months.

Hyundai consumer affairs was absolutely no help and they did nothing but contact the dealership...which in turn looked up the VIN and told them it's not covered under the recall. I told consumer affairs that I need someone in Hyundai to explain to me why this particular vehicle is not covered and they told me to look in my owner’s manual under "Alternative Dispute Resolution" which is absolutely garbage because that tells you to contact a third party for dispute resolution...why can't Hyundai answer my question, it's their vehicle and THEIR RECALL!!! I'm absolutely disgusted with Hyundai consumer affairs and I am appalled that they won't honor a SAFETY RECALL!

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[portsmouth]

Hello, did get a recall letter for my first sonata and took it in to a local dealership, 3-4 days later it was ready, dealership reallly complained about how much work it was and how they broke other pieces put in the new frame. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
Well a 8 point buck took that sonata out of commission about 2 weeks ago, so bought another one and took it to the same dealership took them 5 days this time and complained just as much. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)
My best guess is the frame was much stronger than before the recall as the frame held but not the hood,fender,windshield, grill, rad and headlight and possible engine damage.

BTW the deer didn't make it either (IMG:style_emoticons/default/amen.gif)

[hyperlexis]

ok about 2 weeks ago mayb i got a Hyundai recall letter and it said that anyone that owns a hyundai should go to a local hyundai dealer immediatly due to corrosion of the inner frame something like that and some other parts but also it will replace the corroded part for free no charge ......so if anybody got this letter please respond and did the letter help ur vehicles? just to wonder? i wouldnt kno yet cause i got to go back another 3-4 days til i get a call sayin they got the parts...

Yes. Get it done ASAP, especially before winter, I would recommend. It's for the subframe that actually holds the engine and transmossion. There is a design defect and they have been found to abnormally corrode -- which can result in the part breaking loose, the engine dropping and, like the poster above stated, severe damage to the car, and if driving the possible loss of control and a collision, death, other bad things, etc.... The recall notice explains the details more fully. Read it. My subframe looked totally normal on the outside when my car was up on a lift. I never imagined there was anything wrong. Then when my dealer hit it with a mallet during the recall procedure, the hammer went clean through the metal because the part was so badly rotted out and weakened on the inside. They then replaced the entire part. The dealer had the new subframes in stock and it took about two hours.

This is not something to poo-poo as an insignificant little trifle as some, for some peculiar reason, have done. Get it done ASAP. Your safety depends on it.