Hyundai Sonata, Xg300, Xg350. Published by Transport Canada as 2009123 on 23 April 2009. System: Structure.
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 rear portion of the side members of the subframe and may result in internal corrosion leading to thinning or perforation of the …
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Hyundai SONATA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Hyundai SONATA is named on 41 American notices, 6 British, 2 European and 10 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2009123
- Recall date
- 23 April 2009
- Make
- Hyundai
- Models
- Sonata, XG300, XG350
- Model years
- 1999 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 34,786
- 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 rear portion of the side members of the subframe and may result in internal corrosion leading to thinning or perforation of the subframe steel. The corrosion may ultimately lead to separation of the lower control arm at the forward mounting point to the subframe. When separation occurs, in most cases, the movement of the arm will cause the axle to pull out of the transaxle and the vehicle will no longer have drive power to the wheels. In extreme cases, the wheel can also rotate off its designed axis and make contact with the fender or the wheel well. Both outcomes 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 subframe assembly. Should the subframe 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
- 2009121 · 23 April 2009 · Elantra, Tiburon · Suspension
- 2009122 · 23 April 2009 · Santa Fe · Suspension
- 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: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2009141 · 14 May 2009 · Jetta · Structure
- 2009036 · 4 February 2009 · Mazda6 · Structure
- 2009212 · 13 July 2009 · Magentis · Structure
- 2009017 · 19 January 2009 · Gsx-R1000 · Structure
- 2009014 · 16 January 2009 · Georgetown, Georgetown XL · Structure
- 2009239 · 6 August 2009 · Velocity, Impel · Structure
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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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