Hyundai Elantra, Tiburon. Published by Transport Canada as 2009121 on 23 April 2009. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles operated in areas of heavy road salt usage (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador), road salt can collect in the outboard portion of the front lower control arm and may result in internal corrosion leading to thinning of the steel in the …
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Hyundai ELANTRA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Hyundai ELANTRA is named on 33 American notices, 1 British, 3 European and 7 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00037/20: Hyundai Elantra, Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Elektro, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/0096/14: Hyundai Tucson/Ix35, Veracruz/Ix55, I30/Elantra Neos, I30, HD Coupe, Tucson, Accent, Sonata, Grandeur/Azera, notified by Greece
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/01586/24: Hyundai Elantra, Kona, notified by Germany
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2009121
- Recall date
- 23 April 2009
- Make
- Hyundai
- Models
- Elantra, Tiburon
- Model years
- 2001 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 45,759
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles operated in areas of heavy road salt usage (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador), road salt can collect in the outboard portion of the front lower control arm and may result in internal corrosion leading to thinning of the steel in the lower control arms. In severe cases, the corrosion may progress to the point where the lower control arm's upper and lower panels become perforated. A perforated front lower control arm may fracture between its ball joint attachment and the forward and rearward pivot attachments to the chassis. This could result in a loss of vehicle control and a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the front lower control arms. Should the control arms not require replacement, drainage holes will be added, as well as treatment with rust-proofing material to arrest the corrosion process.
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Hyundai elsewhere in this register
Hyundai is named on 270 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2009120 · 23 April 2009 · Tucson, Entourage, Sonata · Lights And Instruments
- 2009122 · 23 April 2009 · Santa Fe · Suspension
- 2009123 · 23 April 2009 · Sonata, XG300, XG350 · Structure
- 2009148 · 25 May 2009 · Sonata · Other
- 2009365 · 24 December 2009 · Azera · Seats And Restraints
- 2008387 · 23 October 2008 · Elantra · Airbag
- 2008302 · 21 August 2008 · Elantra · Fuel System
- 2008206 · 10 June 2008 · Santa Fe · Label
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2009122 · 23 April 2009 · Santa Fe · Suspension
- 2009110 · 14 April 2009 · Liberty · Suspension
- 2009151 · 27 May 2009 · Exige, Elise · Suspension
- 2009159 · 29 May 2009 · Legend 300 · Suspension
- 2009161 · 29 May 2009 · 300 Xc-W, 690 Duke, 690 SMC · Suspension
- 2009162 · 29 May 2009 · 1098r, 1198s, Streetfighter · Suspension
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Hyundai Elantra, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Hyundai: 270 in the register, and 368 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2009.
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