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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006087323 | Incident Date: Oct, 23 2006 |
| Consumer's City: ATKINSON | Consumer's State: NH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America |
| Model Name: SANTA FE | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:rear |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KM8SC83D51U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 01 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 14 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Traveling on the highway about 65 miles per hour the vehicle suddenly turn to the right and lunged downward to a point the vehicle felt as if it was going to flip over. i brought the vehicle to a repair shop and found the right rear lower control arm had rusted completely through. i have pictures of the part if needed. when the repair shop called the hyundai parts department the person answering the phone said this type of problem was common problem with santa fe suvs. that next thing that made me think this was a problem that hyundai was aware of, was that the replacement part had be redesigned and now has weep holes so not to retain water or moisture. the repair shop tested the remaining control arms on the vehicle to find the left rear lower control arm was almost rusted through. the repair shop said that this vehicle has the same degree of rust on these parts that a ten year old car would have. this vehicle is only six years old and has been garaged during this time. hyundai seems to be aware of the defect due to the redesign of the part in question and that hyundai parts department is aware of the number of failures. is hyundai waiting until there is a serious injury or a death? *nm |
