I am writing in regard to my 2000 Hyundai Sonata and its sub frame corrosion and the frustration I am feeling from this situation. I was driving to work on Friday August 27th around 520 a.M. and had been on the I-10 freeway about 5 miles going around 65 miles an hour, the road soon has a speed limit of 75 mph ' it's a 25 mile stretch of desert and very heavily traveled by 18 wheelers making the haul to California (los angeles). Anyway, I had just passed a semi and was about to pass another (with one behind me) when I felt something like metal on pavement and thought something was terribly wrong with my front right tire... I did all I could to get off the freeway (on the left hand side) the semi behind me almost rear ended me along with several other vehicles on their way to work ' all I heard was horns, tires squealing, and saw people flipping me off all while I was trying to get off the freeway. I was somehow able to get the car off the road (barely over the yellow line). I tried to look at the front right side but the car was so close to the freeway I would have gotten hit. I didn't know whether to stay in the car or stand outside (if the car would have been hit either way would have been deadly). A police man came by about 10 minutes later and asked if I was okay and had me try to start the car ' the car would not move as if the gears were gone ' he used his patrol car to move the car from the roadway and down into the desert median. It was at this point that we took a look and could see that the right front tire was facing out approximately 45 degrees with wheel housing and fender damage. I called a friend, and a tow truck and went to work. The car was taken to a mechanic's house and I was told after his inspection that the lower control arm completely separated/detached from the sub frame, with chunks of the frame still attached to the control arm hardware (noticeable severe rust/corrosion) when the lower control arm detached from the sub frame.

- Goodyear, AZ, USA

Frame rusted out on right front passenger side. Right front wheel came loose collapsed, breaking trans axle.....repair costs over $2000...not...including possible damage to transmission, if I did get frame repaired...many conversations with Hyundai, never told there was a recall on this problem with this vehicle... junked car....found out about recall nbr-78622 after getting rid of the car....Hyundai told me, since I no longer own the car....I am out of luck....

- Wilmington, DE, USA

After taking my 2000 Sonata to town fair tires to replace a damaged tire I was told "you have a hole in your frame...you should get that looked at"...so the following Monday I took it in to my mechanic who told me that townfair tires never should have let me leave the lot. My A-frame had a 6" piece completely rotted and missing, near my front right tire. He said one good pothole and my wheel would have come off. I'm told it will cost $1,000 to fix. And if I decide to do this, I'm out of a car for a week!! and while I wait I'm still out of a car anyway! I'm hearing more and more stories of other Sonata owners having this very same problem. I'm lucky that I wasn't on the highway doing 60mph and had my wheel fall off.

- Rehoboth, MA, USA

On 2/22/09 I noticed the front tires on my 2000 Hyundai Sonata were very worn and the wires were showing. The tires were in good shape when they were rotated to the front 1/29/09. After getting several quotes on new tires, I choose our local Hyundai dealer to replace the tires. The car was taken in on 2/25/09 to the local Hyundai dealer to have tires replaced. After the tech had replaced the tires, he was going to check the alignment. Upon checking the alignment he notice that the frame by the front passenger tire was rusted out and cracked. He recommended not doing the alignment and stated the car wasn't safe to drive.the next day 2/26/09 I contacted dealership by phone about an estimate to fix the problem, they gave me a quote of $ $1300 for new subframe and to replace it then do an alignment. After deciding I really didn't want to pay that much money, I went to a local body shop later that morning to get an estimate. The body shop owner gave me an estimate of $ $1035 to replace with a new subframe and recommended possibly using a used part from a salvage yard, if he could find one. The car was taken to the body shop and left there the next day 2/27/09. When I went to pick the car up the owner stated that " he had tried several savage yards to find a used subframe and couldn' T find one because the 1999 and 2000 Hyundai Sonata were notorious for rusting out on the subframe and my only choice was getting a new subframe and replacing it for $ 1035.87". later that evening I done some more research on the internet about subframes on 2000 Hyundai Sonatas. I learned that it was very common problem that the subframe rusted out on the 1999-2002 Hyundai Sonatas from your web site and many others. I learned that N.H.T.S.a has began an investigation into the matter and I wanted to notify N.H.T.S.a about the problem that I am also having with my vehicle. I notified Hyundai on 2/27/09 by phone about my problem and I am waiting for a response.

- Benton, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2000 Hyundai Sonata. While making a turn at approximately 5 mph, the vehicle jerked to the right and then completely shut off. The contact exited the vehicle and discovered that the front passenger side tire was shredded and the subframe failed. The vehicle would start, but it did not move. The VIN is not included in the recall. The recall number was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 140,000.

- Durham, NC, USA

This complaint involves a 2000 Hyundai Sonata. I was having routine maintenance done on the vehicle and was notified during service that the entire front end suspension and frame on my car is rusted out. When I looked at it, there were large rust holes apparent in the crossmembers and every weld I could see is completely covered in rust. My mechanic advised me that this is not normal for an eight year old car and that it may be unsafe to drive it much longer for fear that the suspension or frame will collapse.

- Sun Prairie, WI, USA

I took my car to my personal mechanic on 3/19/2008 because the car was making a squeaking noise on an irregular basis and it was not steering properly. He took it for a drive w/ myself in the car. It made no noise and it did not "pull". he reassured that everything was ok at that time, however, if it became a problem to let him know. The squeaking returned intermittently. A little over a week later on 3/28/2008, I was driving from my home in scranton, pa to my son's dr's appointment in philadelphia, pa. I was on the pa turnpike for a little over an hour, during which time I noted to my mother (driving with me) that the car was going straight, however the steering wheel was turned left. Upon getting onto the schuylkill expressway I heard a squeal on the tight left turn (a very dangerous, high traffic highway) and stayed on that for approx another 10miles. I turned onto another highway. Immediately after getting off the highway I stopped at the first intersection. After stopping I tried to pull out and there was a loud clunking noise, smoke from under the hood and the car would not move at all. While I was stuck in the middle of a dangerous intersection (the cops even drove right on by), I was frantic considering the fact that if had happened seconds sooner, it would no doubt have been tragic accident involving not only myself, my mother and my eight year old son but also others on the highway. The mechanic, who evaluated the car the previous week, stated that the sub-frame was "rotted and rusted out" which resulted in the axle dropping out of the transmission. He couldn't find used parts. The junk yards said all of the '99 and '00 Sonatas have this problem. This lack of knowledge put my family's safety in grave danger. No there was no crash and no there was no property damage. That was only due to the fortunate timing of this incident. Please contact Hyundai to recall this part no one should be put in this life threatening situation.

- Scranton, PA, USA

I have a 2000 Hyundai Sonata which I purchased used in 2003 from koeppel hyunda idealer in long island city New York. I have not had any major problems with the car at all. This week I began to notice something not feeling right in the front end, so I brought it to my mechanic. He said the struts needed to be replaced, but that I have a bigger problem than that. It seems that the entire subframe of the car is rusted and rotting away. He tried to locate a used frame from a junkyard, (because this is not covered by the warrenty), but was unable to get one. Each person he spoke to at various junk yards knew exactly what he needed, but informed him that a used subframe for the Sonata was impossible to come by because on all the Sonatas that were junked, the subframes were rotted through from rust. I'm betting that some of these cars were junked for that very reason. Apparently there's a problem here, but Hyundai is unwilling to acknowledge it. When I call they tell me they've never heard of this problem before. Hard to believe. I was told a new frame would cost ME1300 dollars. The only thing the mechanic can offer to do for me is to weld steel to the parts of the frame that are still solid and try to reinforce the frame. At this point I am very frustrated, because I work at night and need a car to get back and forth. I have been paying for a rental for the past 3 days and it's getting expensive. Hyundai needs to address this problem before somebody gets seriously hurt.

- Howard Beach, NY, USA

I had my bearings replaced, my rear hub bearings. Now it is making to same noise and they now say it is not the bearings-they do not know what it is! my car idle sounds like is going to stall all the time when I am stopped. The car pulls around 5,20 and 50 mph like it just cannot get gas or the transmission is bad. I brought it in 2xs. They say they do not know what it is and cannot get anything on the diag machines. Now I am passed 60,000 miles. After having my car for 2 days (giving me no lender or rental) they found a problem at the last minute. Oil leaked from the valves into the spark plug wires into the coil pack and that is the car pulling problem. They say I have to pay $600 to fix it. This was on June 6,2003. I brought the car in for the idle which was not fixed and brought it in for this engine hesitation 2xs. Both times they did not and couldnot fix these problems. I have the receipts that they could not fix nor repeat these problems, but they are noted. I should not have to pay for these repairs!!!! this is not daily upkeep!! this must be defect!! I have a real problem with this car! I need to be contacted on this matter for Hyundai to pay for these repairs! I am having a difficult time on this matter. These parts need to be replaced now and I cannot and shouldn't have to pay for these parts or labor! I also have had my front driver window regulator fixed 4 times, my front passenger side regulator fixed once, my rear regulator fixed once. I had to buy a new battery for my car and a new headlight in the first year(Hyundai said I had to submit paperwork to see if they would vote to repay me for my cost of the battery). I had my air bag light going off(which now I never trust for it to go off when needed or even go off when not ). my paint is chipping everywhere! my front passenger window leaks all over my carpet inside floor. And many more problems! thank you, darlene liddane dliddane@earthlink.net 941-637-0802

- Punta Gorda, FL, USA