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On the evening of 4/7/2015 I rented a 2015 Hyundai Elantra from enterprise. The next evening, 4/8/2015 at about 10:30pm, I was driving out of the rv park where we were staying. I was driving about 15 mph and had just driven over a small bridge that had a very slight bump at the end before the road curved slightly to the right. As I went over the bump the steering wheel locked up and I found myself heading straight into the wooden wall along the right side of the road. I could not get the steering wheel to turn to the left, away from the wall, and crashed through it. Luckily, because I was going so slow, I did not wind up going into the concrete and steel retainer wall behind the wooden wall, and no one was hurt. The front of the car and the wooden wall, however, were badly damaged. The tow truck driver also had problems getting the steering to respond when he was backing the car out of the wall. It finally unlocked after he kept at it for a few minutes.
The contact owns a 2015 Hyundai Elantra. When driving over an uneven road surface at various speeds, the rear end of the vehicle swayed back and forth. The steering wheel was extremely difficult to maneuver. The vehicle was taken to a dealer on three occasions where the failure was unable to be replicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100. Updated 5/12/15
The car sways back and forth when driving at highway speeds. Tires and alignment, were checked and everything is good. Can not stay in a straight line for very long. Switched from comfort, sport, normal and no difference. If there is little wind out the car gets even worse and does not stay straight. No one at the dealership can explain and seems they don't care.
The steering column have unusual overheat, they begin to warm, at 30 minutes of normal driving, the column have 122 Fahrenheit degrees, in the interior, exactly in the legs, its risky to my health pleasecheck it, the dealer, replace the steering column, but the fault remains.
- Gdl, CA, USA
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