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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How?
Originally Posted by John Nelson
(Post 52889)
Yes it is AWD and picked it up from the local dealer last night. They replaced the entire rear sub-frame and and all 4 rear arms. Covered under warranty. Felling lucky and grateful. A new frame was $800 from the dealer and the arms would have been another $400 easy. So I'm guessing a $2000 warranty claim. Drives great again. We are in NY and the 2nd owner. The original owner also lived in NY with LOTS of salt
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Originally Posted by John Nelson
(Post 52889)
Yes it is AWD and picked it up from the local dealer last night. They replaced the entire rear sub-frame and and all 4 rear arms. Covered under warranty. Felling lucky and grateful. A new frame was $800 from the dealer and the arms would have been another $400 easy. So I'm guessing a $2000 warranty claim. Drives great again. We are in NY and the 2nd owner. The original owner also lived in NY with LOTS of salt
Hello John, I'm also interested in how you found this backdoor warranty. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Bill |
Is a subframe same as a rear cradle
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I just filed this complaint on the NTHSA site:
Hyundai Tucson 2007 159,020 miles "Complete rusting out of rear subframe assembly and attached components that resulted in failure of this component to allow me to maintain proper control of vehicle. The rear end of my Tucson began to sway violently. I searched the internet for this issue and saw that Hyundai did have a recall for the rust out of this component on certain vehicles and that other Tucson owners have had this issue. I took it to a Hyundai dealership, they submitted pictures and an estimate to Hyundai. Hyundai refuses to repair the rear suspension. They know this is an issue with these components during these years." The Hyundai dealer told me it would cost around 5K for the repair, lots of torching to get the parts off. I am going to price out everything myself and see if Midas will put everything on, they deal with rusted on components all the time otherwise if the parts are too expensive, I'll scrap it.If you are going to purchase a Hyundai Tucson, make sure to inspect the rear suspension and underbody, if there is any rust DO NOT BUY IT. There is a Hyundai recall for a rust prevention treatment that can be helpful prior to getting the rust. Search Youtube for the 19 second video "Hyundai rear subframe error", this is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. |
Rusted out frame
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2006 Tuson sub frame. Help Please
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. 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. 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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