1999 Hyundai Sonata GLS Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Vehicle had developed a front end alignment problem, and I scheduled an alignment. The morning before the scheduled alignment, I was pulling out of my driveway to go to work when the right inner cv joint disintegrated. Investigation revealed severe subframe corrosion resulting in the control arm mount separating from the subframe, causing the cv joint to fail and the vehicle to become inoperable. Nhtsa and Hyundai issued a recall in 2009, campaign id number: 09v124000. However, the state I reside in (nebraska) is not listed as a salt belt state and is not covered by the recall. …”

“The car (1999 Sonata Gls v6) had a front end alignment done by sears july 6, 2008 at kenosha wi. The failure occurred (july 14, 2008) when the car was being driven into the hospital parking garage (waukegan illinois). The car speed was 5 MPH when it made a grinding sound and jolted to a stop. Sparks from under the car were witnessed by security guard who it reported to the driver of car. The car would not start and had to be pushed out of road to prevent blocking traffic. Inspection of the vehicle showed the subframe broke from corrosion causing the engine to drop then breaking the axle shaft. …”