Here's maybe a "heads up" for you. I had my '08 Elantra down to my dealer today for an oil change and tire rotation. While walking around waiting for my car to be done I saw two front end sub-frames leaning against the outside of the building. Both were almost completely rusted thru in the same exact spot. The service manager was walking by and I asked him what model Hyundai they came off of and he said they were from Sonata's. Evidentally the factory forgot to put a drain hole on that one side (passenger side I believe). These frames were so bad I would not want to have been driving the car they came from and hit a major pot hole. Looks to me like they would have snapped in two. The manager said they were just about to start a recall. Unfortunately I forgot to ask him what year models were involved. If you have a Sonata I suggest you crawl underneath and check the front subframe in the area of the upper and lower control arms.
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14 years ago