Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ELANTRA / 2003

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003263574 Incident Date: Aug, 13 2003
Consumer's City: DOVER AFB Consumer's State: DE
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ELANTRA Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:wheel bearing
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHDN45D83U Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 08 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 13 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle had whining/grinding noise coming from both front and rear begining in aug 04 @ 10200 miles. car has been taken to dealer 9 times for this problem. rear brakes began clicking as they were applied. brake cylinders were replaced. then rear wheel bearings were replaced. front wheel bearings where then replaced. car was okay after 13 nov 03, but the rear wheel bearings went out again in jan 04. vehicle was submitted for lemon law, and hyundai would not re-purchase vehicle because only "two" actual attempts were made to repair(which is a crock of crap). vehicle has been having numerous other minor issues that the dealer has failed to fix. vehicle is scheduled to return for bearing replacement again this month(march 04)