2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA — Complaint #693359
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR filed October 22, 2008
NHTSA complaint #693359 (ODI reference 10246323) concerns a 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA and was filed on October 22, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 16, 2008. The vehicle had 60,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Jersey 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
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 PARTS AND WERE ABLE TO PUT THE FRONT ALIGNMENT IN SPEC. THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT THE BAD COULD NOT BE FIXED, THEY ARE NON-ADJUSTABLE STRUTS. I THEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHICH HAS NOW TOLD ME THE SAME THING. THE CAR IS 1 YEARS OLD AND CANNOT BE FIXED. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI CORPORATE AND THEY ARE SENDING A REP TO CHECK OUT THE SITUATION. UPON RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THERE WERE OTHER ELANTRA OWNERS OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. MY MECHANIC BELIEVES THAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE CAR NOT BEING BUILT TO HOLD EVEN THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT CAPACITY. I AM ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER OF THE SAME CAR. *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 693359 |
| ODI Number | 10246323 |
| Date Filed | October 22, 2008 |
| Failure Date | October 16, 2008 |
| VIN | KMHDU46D67U |
Similar SUSPENSION:REAR Complaints for 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA
2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO RUST ON REAR SUSPENSION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD AN UNDER COATING SPRAY APPLIED TO THE VEHICLE DUE TO RUSTING. THE CONSUMER STATED THE
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
1. WEARING TIRES, 2. NON ADJUSTABLE REAR SUSPENSION OUT OF SPEC. 3. DEALER STATES LOOSENED BOLTS AND ADJUSTED. REPLACED TIRES AT 34,200 MILES. *TR
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.
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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