Hyundai Motor Company: Suspension › Rear
Hyundai Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 12, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 364,502. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Hyundai is recalling certain model year 2006-2010 Sonata vehicles manufactured March 1, 2005, through January 21, 2010; and model year 2006-2011 Azera vehicles manufactured September 27, 2005, through November 22, 2010 originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Road salt and water can enter portions of the rear crossmember, leading to corrosion of the crossmember steel. This may lead to detachment of one of the rear control arms.
The risk
Control arm separation may suddenly change the rear wheel alignment, affecting the handling of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will repair or replace the crossmember assembly. The recall began on October 8, 2013. Owners may contact Hyundai Customer Care Center at 1-800-633-5151. Hyundai's recall number is 113.
11 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Hyundai Azera | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 Hyundai Azera | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Hyundai Sonata | 345 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 2009 Hyundai Azera | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 Hyundai Sonata | 460 | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 2008 Hyundai Azera | 69 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 Hyundai Sonata | 425 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2007 Hyundai Azera | 132 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 Hyundai Sonata | 696 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| 2006 Hyundai Azera | 188 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 Hyundai Sonata | 1,047 | 11 | 9 | 43 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 13V354000.
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