2011 Hyundai Elantra Steering

WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS A KNOWN STEERING COUPLER ISSUE THAT IS COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 100,000 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY MY VEHICLE EXCEEDS THAT RANGE AND WILL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR SAID REPAIRS. MY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS AFFECTING MY MODEL IN GENERAL, NOT JUST THE MILEAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED WIESNER HYUNDAI (1645 INTERSTATE 45 N #400, CONROE, TX 77304, (936) 523-6300) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY AND TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,883.

I HAVE BEEN BACK AND FOURTH WITH HYUNDAI ABOUT THE STEERING. THEY HAVE CLAIMED TO FIX THE RECALL BUT MY CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE STEERING WHEEL CLICKS AS I TRY TO DRIVE AND I WAS TOLD IN JUNE OF 2019 DURING MY STATE INSPECTION IT WAS TAKEN CARE OFF.I RECENTLY GOT MY BRAKES CHANGED AND THE PEOPLE SERVICED MY CAR AGREED IT HAD NOT BEEN FIXED AND IN FACT IS DANGEROUS.

WHEN I DROVE (IN MOTION) MY CAR OVER POTHOLES OR ROAD EDGES, MY CAR IS DRIFTING BY SIDE TO SIDE. I HAD THIS ISSUE FROM THE LAST 6 MONTHS. I SHOWED MY CAR TO A DIFFERENT HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE EXACT REASON AND I SPENT AROUND $2000 TO REPLACE ALL THE PARTS AS PER HYUNDAI'S DEALERSHIP SUGGESTION. AFTER SPENDING THIS MUCH OF MONEY I STILL HAVE A DRIFTING ISSUE IN POTHOLES. RECENTLY, I CONTACTED OTHER HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP .AND THEY SUGGESTED ME TO REPLACE STEERING COLUMN AND UNIVERSAL SHAFT. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED NOW AND REQUESTING HYUNDAI AMERICA TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE BY THEIR SIDE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY A SAFETY CONCERN.

A FEW WEEKS AGO I NOTICED A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM MY STEERING AREA WHEN I MADE TURNS. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE COULD FIND THE ACTUAL PART BUT KNEW IT WAS COMING FROM THE POWER STEERING ASSIST. AFTER SOME RESEARCH HE FOUND THAT A FEW PEOPLE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE COUPLER INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. I HAVE ATTACHED PICTURES OF THE THE PART LOOKED LIKE WHEN HE REMOVED IT. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING SINCE I USE THIS VEHICLE DAILY AND TRANSPORT MY 2 KIDS TO DAYCARE. I PUT LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON IT EACH YEAR SINCE DRIVING FROM HOME TO MY KIDS DAYCARE AND WORK PUT LESS THAN 10 MILES ON IT A DAY.

MY VEHICLE HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE FLEX STEERING CUPPLING. IT MAKES A VERY LOUD NOISE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND BECOMES VERY HARD TO CONTROL.

MY STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLOCKING NOISE THAT TO ME FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE AND I WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME LOOSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NO LONGER WORK WHICH WOULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ITS NOT COVERED FOR REPAIR NOR IS IT A RECALL WHICH IT SHOULD BE. IDK WHAT TO DO

CLICKING NOISE WHEN MOVING STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. BOTH STOPPED AND WHILE DRIVING. NAPLETON DEALER SAYS I NEED TO HAVE IT FIXED FOR SAFETY REASONS. THEY WANT 325 TO FIX. SAYS IT'S NOT ON RECALL LIST. I FEEL BECAUSE OF HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS AND DEALERS ACKNOWLEGEMENT OF SAFETY ISSUE THEY SHOULD COVER THE COST.

WHEN CAR IS IDLING OR WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHEEL MOVES SLIGHTLY. THIS IS NOT NOTICEABLE WHEN TURNING.

IN MAY MY STEERING COLUMN STARTED MAKING A METALLIC LIKE SOUND EVERY TIME I TURNED IT. THERE IS SOME LOOSE PLAY IN THE STEERING NOW NOTHING MAJOR BUT THE NOISE IS VERY FREQUENT WHEN TURNING.

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL THERE'S A CLICK OR POPPING NOISE. WAS TOLD BY DEALER IT IS STEERING COLUMN BUSHING AND REPAIR WOULD BE OVER 400 DOLLARS. THE CAR CAN BE SITTING IDLE OR BEING DRIVEN WHEN THIS OCCURS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING INADVERTENTLY BECAME STUCK IN THE CENTER POSITION AND TOOK CONSIDERABLE FORCE TO MOVE. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN SEVERE OVERSTEERING. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

I HAVE A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA, THE PROBLEM I AM REFERRING TO IS RELATED TO THE STEERING COLUMN AND POWER STEERING COUPLING. I AM AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE RECALLS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM FOR OTHER 2011 SONATAS BUT MINE DOES NOT FALL INTO THIS SMALL NUMBER OF RECALLED VEHICLES. I AM HOWEVER HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHEN YOU MOVE THE WHEEL BACK AND FORTH, THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHEN NOT MOVING AN WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. TENDS TO BE WORSE AT LOWER SPEED. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP TO A SERVICE MANAGER AT A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP ALREADY AND HE SAID THERE WASN'T ANYTHING I COULD DO BUT PAY OUT OF POCKET TO GET IT FIXED. I FEEL THIS IS NOT RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THEY ARE FULLY AWARE THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES BUT REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THE ELANTRA HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE FOURTH TIME TO INSPECT CLICKING NOISE WHILE STEERING TO THE RIGHT. THE CAR IS CLOSE TO 60 K AND ITS WARRANTY IS ENDING SOON. SO FAR THE RIGHT AXLE HAS BEEN REPLACED, REPLACED BOTH WORN AXLE WASHERS. STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY FAILED INTERNAL, ABNORMAL WEAR. REPLACED STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY. NOW THE DEALER STATES THAT PROBLEM CANNOT BE FOUND.

I WAS DRIVING ON A BACK ROAD TO MY NEXT DESTINATION WHEN SUDDENLY MY STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF. THE EPS AND ESC LIGHTS WERE ON IN THE DASHBOARD. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER. TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON. SEEMED OK. POWER STEERING RETURNED. EPS AND ESC LIGHTS OFF. WENT UP A FEW FEET TO STOPLIGHT. LOST POWER AGAIN. DID NOT FEEL SAFE. STOPPED THE CAR. CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK. TOWED TO NEAREST HYUNDAI DEALER. THEY DID DIAGNOSTIC TESTS. ONE TECH SAID IT WAS STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY. THEY SAID TO FOLLOW UP WITH REGULAR DEALER NEXT WEEK IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ON 4/7/15 CAR BROUGHT INTO DEALER AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM. THEY DID AN EPS UPDATE. ON APRIL 15, 2015 MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING US. HE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE HE LOST POWER STEERING. HE PULLED OVER RESTARTED CAR TWICE. THEN STEERING CAME BACK. EPS AND ESC LIGHTS WENT OFF. CALLED HYUNDAI DEALER TODAY. HE SAID TO BRING IT IN. I HAD IT TOWED IN. *TR

DROVE THE NEW ELANTRA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SNOW AND IT WAS HARD TO CONTROL. TRIED NOT TO DRIVE IT THAT WINTER AND THOUGHT WOULD BUY SNOW TIRES THE NEXT WINTER. THAT SUMMER DURING RAINSTORM THE ELANTRA HANDLED POORLY. DISCOVERED PASSENGER REAR TIRE WAS BALD. DEALER CHECKED AND ALIGNMENT WAS WITHIN FACTORY SPECS.???? HELPFUL HYUNDAI MECHANIC AGREED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND SHIMMIED REAREND FOR BETTER ALIGNMENT. COMPANY PAID FOR TWO TIRES. NOW IT HANDLES GREAT. WONDER HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAPPENED IN CARS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM. COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW HARD IT WAS TO CONTROL ON A ROAD WITH SLIGHT SNOW COVERAGE. DEALER SAW OTHER CARS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. 2 *TR

THE STEERING HAS A STICKY SPOT IN IT WHICH YOU HAVE TO PULL TO GET OUT OF WHICH MAKES YOU SWERVE THE CAR TO DO SO. IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT. IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO STAY ON THE ROAD. IT "ROAD WALKS" BADLY. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS YEAR MODEL. I BELIEVE IT IS THE VSM ON THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS I AM GOING TO END UP IN A WRECK TRYING TO HOLD THE CAR ON THE ROAD. *TR

WHEN VEHICLE IS AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING JUST OFF OF CENTER IS A REALLY QUICK JERK. DRIVING STRAIGHT IS NO PROBLEM AT ALL, BUT AS SOON AS ANY CORRECTION IS MADE RIGHT OR LEFT AT ANY SPEED, THE CAR QUICKLY JERKS. ON ICY ROADS, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AND EXTREMELY TIRING EVEN ON DRY STRAIGHT ROADS. THE CAR IS VERY QUIET TO DRIVE AND GETS GREAT MILEAGE, BUT IS A LITTLE SCARY AT TIMES. I FEEL THERE IS A DESIGN ERROR THAT NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED. THIS WILL KILL PEOPLE... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A SERVICE APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. NONE OF THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,450 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

VEHICLE SUDDENLY BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN BRAKING, JUST LEFT AND RIGHT OF CENTER. FEELS AS IF THE POWER ASSIST IS EITHER FAILING OR RESISTING - REQUIRES UNDUE EFFORT TO TURN THE WHEEL. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE EPS UNIT. PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED, BUT NOW DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. STATES THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A COMMON COMPLAINT THEY HEAR ABOUT THIS CAR, AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF IT, IT IS "NORMAL" FOR THIS MODEL. THEY CLAIM THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING, AND THAT IT IS NOT DANGEROUS. HOWEVER, I AM AFRAID IT IS POTENTIALLY QUITE DANGEROUS. *TR

THE COMPUTERIZED STEERING IN THIS VEHICLE RESULTS IN THE WHEELS BEING PULLED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. DEALER SAYS THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM; THIS IS JUST A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR. POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUE HERE. *TR