2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA — Complaint #630438
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR filed July 13, 2007
NHTSA complaint #630438 (ODI reference 10196316) concerns a 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA and was filed on July 13, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 12, 2006. The vehicle had 2,783 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Washington based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI ELANTRA cohort independently describe similar suspension:rear failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OR GREATER, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SWAYED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE FAILURE WAS PREVALENT WHEN THERE WAS EXTRA WEIGHT IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE EXTRA WEIGHT CHANGED THE REAR ALIGNMENT AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWAY. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO ALIGN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 8,252 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,783. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEFECT IS DUE TO UNEQUAL CAMBER AND TOE SETTINGS IS WHAT THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. SPECIALTY PARTS COMPANY ENGINEERS SUGGESTED REPLACING UPPER CONTROL ARMS THAT THE DEFECT WAS DUE TO POOR SUSPENSION. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED NUMEROUS REPAIR INVOICES AND PICTURES FOR THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 08/13/07 *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 630438 |
| ODI Number | 10196316 |
| Date Filed | July 13, 2007 |
| Failure Date | December 12, 2006 |
| VIN | KMHDU46D87U |
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE REAR AXLE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE
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ONE OF MY ELANTRA'S STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD TO THE POINT THAT I COULDN'T DRIVE. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE CLOSEST SHOP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ALIGNMENT WAS WAY OFF SPEC. THEY ORDERED THE PROPER PART
REAR CAMBER GOES OUT OF FACTORY SPECIFICATION WITH LOADS 75 POUNDS AND OVER CAUSING UNSTABILITY IN THE REAR END CAUSING THE REAR OF THE CAR TO OVER REACT WHEN STEERING THE CAR.
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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