2000 Hyundai Elantra Body & Structure Problems

WINDOWS NEED REPAIRS, FALLS DOWN. HORN NEEDS SEVERAL REPAIRS. PAINT OXIDIZED.. AUTO WAS STATIONARY.

THE FRAME IS SO RUSTED OUT THAT IT COULD NOT BE INSPECTED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

ON 1 JULY 2010 HAD DAUGHTER'S 2000 HYUNDAI ELANTA AT MECHANIC'S FOR YAERLY PA STATE -MANDATED SAFETY INSPECTION. CAR FAILED OWING TO EXTENSIVE RUST ON REAR (NOT FRONT) SUBFRAME (NOT NOTED IN PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS) COMPROMISING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF REAR SUSPENSION AND PUTTING DRIVER, OCCUPANTS, AND OTHERS AT RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF PART. *TR

I TOOK MY 2000 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS IN FOR AN ALIGNMENT. THE ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED I WAS TOLD AND SHOWN BECAUSE THE VEHICLES REAR SUB FRAME HAS MULTIPLE HOLES, IS WEAK AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND WILL NOT PASS THE NEXT MAINE INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD THAT FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE IT WOULD COST OVER $2,000 DOLLARS. THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SUB FRAME HAS A VERY LARGE HOLE. *TR

FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THE FRONT DRIVERS DOOR WOULD STICK AND HAD TO BE LEANED ON HARD IN ORDER TO GET IT OPEN. NOW, THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WIDE ENOUGH FOR A CHILD TO GET IN OR OUT. IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL, I HAVE TO ENTER THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE AND CLIMB OVER THE CENTER CONSOLE. THE DOOR LOOKS AS IF IT IS DETACHING ITSELF FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE ROOF APPEARS TO BE SINKING. THESE PROBLEMS DID NOT EXIST WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *TR

DURING A ROUTINE REPAIR, FOR MY 2000 HYUNDAI SONATA,IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ENTIRE SUB FRAME CALLED THE "CROSSMEMBER" WAS ROTTED AND PITTED. THE VEHICLE IS GARAGED AND WELL MAINTAINED. WE CONTACT HYUNDAI DIRECTLY. THE INSTRUCTED US TO BRING THE CAR TO A DEALER TO VERIFY THE DAMAGE. AFTER PAYING $74. OR THE DIAGNOSIS, THE DEALER CONTACTED THE REGISTRY WHO REMOVED OUR CAR INSPECTION STICKER. HYUNDAI THEN DECLINED TO COVER OR SHARE ANY COST OF THE REPAIR BECAUSE IT IS BEYOND THE 100,000 MILES OF THE WARRANTY. THE CAR HAS 129,000 MILES. *TR

BODYGUARD CORROSION PROTECTION DEVICE WAS INSTALLED BY CUTTER OF MAUI AT TIME OF PURCHASE. HYNDAI EXAMINED THE CAR AND SAID THAT THE BODYGUARD DEVICE HAD CAUSED THE FIRE. CUTTER MAINTAINED THAT IT DIDN'T CAUSE THE FIRE, BUT A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE FIRE, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CUTTER INDICATING THAT ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES HAD OCCURRED ON VEHICLES HAVING THE BODYGUARD DEVICE INSTALLED AND THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL A FUSE TO PREVENT THE FIRES. WHEN BUYERI RETURNED TO CUTTER WITH THE LETTER, THEY TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK FROM BUYER, CLAIMING THAT BODYGUARD DID NOT CAUSE THE FIRE.BUYER. *AK