Rear SubFrame Recall ?
I just purchased a 2006 Tucson in very good cosmetic condition. My daughter while driving had the rear trailing arm mount come apart and almost loose control of the car. Thank goodness no one was hurt. Is there a recall for this? I have seen so many topics about rusted subframes.
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So it looks like only a stop lamp switch? Someone could have been killed from the rotted rear subframe.
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The recall has to do with frame rust too. Read deeper in the thread.
However, when purchasing a used car (especially one that's 11 years old), the BUYER needs to inspect the car better. You really can't blame Hyundai for you buying a flawed vehicle. Maybe the car was in a flood and rotted out. Buyer beware. |
Originally Posted by NovaResource
(Post 52865)
The recall has to do with frame rust too. Read deeper in the thread.
However, when purchasing a used car (especially one that's 11 years old), the BUYER needs to inspect the car better. You really can't blame Hyundai for you buying a flawed vehicle. Maybe the car was in a flood and rotted out. Buyer beware. |
Originally Posted by John Nelson
(Post 52866)
Being in the car business I did inspect the car and while there was some rust on the subframe it passed the hammer test with flying colors.
Originally Posted by John Nelson
(Post 52866)
To tell me buyer beware was a bit presumptuous if you asked me. All I was doing was looking for an answer to my question not a judgement as to my buying procedures thank you.
Originally Posted by John Nelson
(Post 52866)
FYI a phone call to Hyundai USA found a "backdoor" warranty to have the repair covered and is at the dealer now. I will update again once the vehicle is back in my possession.
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Originally Posted by NovaResource
(Post 52881)
And yet the rear trailing arm mount come apart anyway, hmmm.... Maybe you need a better test next time.
You sure have a lot of attitude for a newbie looking for help. We get all kinds of people here asking questions and since we can't read minds, we don't know if they know what they are doing or not. So we do have to make some presumptions. And like I said in my first post, Hyundai is aware of rust problems and is covering them. Your welcome. |
That's ugly. I don't think the mount is weak, just rust prone which eventually will weaken it.
Interesting because I had a 2006 Tucson (traded in 6 months ago) that spent its entire life in Pennsylvania with salt covered winter roads and mine never rusted out (110,000+ miles). However, mine was FWD only. Is hers AWD? I believe that mount unbolts from the frame so replacing it shouldn't be too hard if you can find a solid one. Check online junkyards that source parts from dryer climate states. |
Originally Posted by NovaResource
(Post 52888)
That's ugly. I don't think the mount is weak, just rust prone which eventually will weaken it.
Interesting because I had a 2006 Tucson (traded in 6 months ago) that spent its entire life in Pennsylvania with salt covered winter roads and mine never rusted out (110,000+ miles). However, mine was FWD only. Is hers AWD? I believe that mount unbolts from the frame so replacing it shouldn't be too hard if you can find a solid one. Check online junkyards that source parts from dryer climate states. |
Best of luck with it from here on out. I loved my Tucson. Nothing was wrong with it other than being 11 years old and having 110k miles on it. It still ran and drove perfectly.
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