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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007121375 | Incident Date: Sep, 26 2007 |
| Consumer's City: SARATOGA SPRINGS | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America |
| Model Name: SONATA | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure:frame and members |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KMHWF25V7YA | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 29 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 30 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While driving straight down a newly paved access road at approximately 20mph, the control arm broke free of my rotted/rusted out subframe. i have recently had the car in for an alignment, and brake work and no problem was detected with the rusted subframe. the car immediately seized up as the wheel slammed into the wheel housing and the car came to an immediate stop and was immobilized. the car is now in the shop and i am contacting hyundai directly regarding the unlikely fact that many drivers are experiencing this very dangerous problem. i suspect that this problem will be increasing dramatically in the near future as the hyundai sonata's 1999-2001 continue to age. i have noted at least a dozen instances of complaints regarding this issue online and almost all instances appear to be very dangerous. *tr |
