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So, they replaced only the front struts. The rears were not replaced and the noise over bumps is now not as bad. Is this right?
I hope when I go back for my gauges they will do the same for me.
Anyone else who gets good news please post it.
Thanks
Your have to a little stronge with this people sometimes.
SS - Suspension System (20)
09-SS-008 STEERING GEAR BOX NOISE REPAIR 08-SS-010 TPMS (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM) SENSOR MODE SETTING 08-SS-008 ALIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS - 2009 MY PASSENGER VEHICLES 08-SS-005 CAUTIONS DURING TPMS (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM) WHEEL SENSOR S 08-SS-004 DIAGNOSIS AND CORRECTION OF VEHICLE PULL 08-SS-003 TIRE AND WHEEL VIBRATION AND RADIAL FORCE VARIATION 08-SS-002-1 TPMS (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM) TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LAMP " 07-50-004 TPMS (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM) WARNING LAMP - ELECTROMAGNETIC 07-50-001 TPMS (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM) TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LAMP "ON" 06-50-013 TIRE AND WHEEL VIBRATION AND RADIAL FORCE VARIATION 06-50-010-1 TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE - PDI INSPECTION 06-50-010 TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE - PDI INSPECTION 05-50-012 DIAGNOSIS AND CORRECTION OF VEHICLE PULL 04-50-005 WHEEL LUG NUT TORQUE - SERVICE TIP 03-50-003 Wheel Lug Nut Torque - Service Tip 03-50-002 Wheel Alignment Specifications 02-50-005 Alignment Specifications 02-50-004 Tire Company Assistance 01-50-008 Tire and Wheel Vibration and Radial Force Variation 08-SS-002 TPMS LAMP "ON" AT COLD - Revised See 08-SS-002-1 ST - Steering System (2)
08-ST-001 SERVICE TIP - POWER STEERING OIL PUMP WHINE NOISE 07-50-002 PSF-4, HYUNDAI GENUINE POWER STEERING FLUID
If you'd like to see the text of any of these, let me know.
I would nicely ask again to drive with a tech. If he hears the noise and says it's normal, ask to drive with him in a like model off their lot.
http://www.hyundai-forums.com
and someone just posted there about their 2010 Sonata and he was complaining about the exact same thing, the "thunk", and he only has 1800km on it.
So according to the thread here at least that one guy got some satisfaction from Hyundai but appears they are still shipping crappy original equipment on the current model.
Agree.
I'll tell you how I could extrapolate what a different model could make over a given road surface.When I drove home from when i picked up the car and got about 2 miles from where I live and the roads get a little funky here and there I noticed it immediately-that it made about 5 times the noise as my Honda Accord that I just traded in with 135,000 miles on it.The car I had before that?-Honda Accord sold with 150,000 miles on it.And I have driven the Accords over the same dirt road i mentioned previously-no comparison.Hondas tend to have noisy suspensions but,even with all those miles on them they never sounded like something was broken on like the Sonata does-that's a a big difference.Nor has any other car I've ever had.
I didn't come on here to co miserate or reinforce that I have a problem.Why would anyone want to do that? I just had a lousy experience with a dealer.I'm just trying to find out the best appraoach to trying to find a fix.
Tell you what-lets trade cars for a couple of weeks,then see how you feel about it.And its become an issue because Hyundai,so far has dropped the ball with this.
If you can discuss a poster's symptoms with him or her in a helpful manner, you are most welcome to do so. If your primary goal is to say, in one way or another, "I think you could be imagining this", please DON'T.
Thank you.
Also, was it just the front struts? Did they change the rear struts as well?
Thanks.
"grand thunk railroad"
I really didn't find a bad stretch of road to show him what the noise was like.
If you hit just one bump here or there it just doesn't demonstrate the sound.
It looks to me like I'll be stuck with the problem until trade it in.
And they don't.
Assuming it is a design issue, it might only manifest itself in some cars. Perhaps the design issue is in the way the suspension components fit together--the tolerances in other words. It might be hard to align the components properly at the factory. Or they are susceptible to getting out of whack after a time. But if everything is done just right at the factory, there's no problem and no unusual noise.
Here's an example of how this could work, using another well-known issue with a Hyundai. The 2001-6 Elantra is known for having an issue with front wheel "shimmy". Only some Elantras have this issue, and some don't have it initially but develop it later, e.g. when tires are rotated or rebalanced or replaced. I have personally experienced this issue on the two Elantras I owned (still have one). In each case, there was no wheel shimmy initially. But when I replaced the tires or had them rotated and rebalanced, the shimmy showed up sometimes. A careful rebalancing using a specific kind of Hunter balancing machine fixed the shimmy each time. But some owners have trouble completely eliminating the shimmy. The theory on this is the design of the Elantra makes it more susceptible to even a small out-of-balance condition on the front tires than on most other cars.
One noise I HAVE heard on 2006-2010 Sonatas is caused by a slightly "loose" front, lower conrol arm. I would call this more of a "click" than a "thunk", though.
This is easily corrected by the dealership by re-torquing the mounting bolts.
I probably do this about once a month and it works for the concern I am being approached with- clicking when turning and/or accelerating with wheels turned.
Test drive with maints mgr today - ticking in engine is injector motor - who knew? - at 120 kph I can hear this in the cabin.!!
Transmission..."seems to be a bit different.."
suspension wasn't co-operating...!
RESULT::
Ordered new accelerator module (we test drove another manual car - there's a difference!!)
Will change hydrolic clutch fluid to synthetic - "maybe air, may assist this or that..." blah blah technical... I think it's the gate or the thrust bearing
"Will check suspension arrms bushings etc etc..."
Fingers Crossed !!
He said he couldn't do that because it wasn't the same year car. He would have to get a regional manager in to ride with us to do that. He said he would call when he could set that up. That was two weeks ago. Guess it's back to hyundai consumer affairs to see what else they might do. I don't think it will ever be fixed. I will still report what happens here.
Hopefully, some of our members can find a less dramatic resolution to the problem!
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A tech drove the car and they wound up replacing the front passenger side strut-that's all they would go for.The car still makes more noises than I would like when going over various holes and ruts in the road but at least that annoyoing rattle where it sounded like something was broken or loose is gone for now and the car does ride somewhat better.
SUBJECT: Front Strut Noise.
DESCRIPTION: Some Elantra, & Elantra Touring vehicles may exhibit a noise originating from the front struts when passing over bumps or dips at speeds of 10 - 16 mph.
The fix is the addition or replacement of the "Bumper Stopper"; PN 54626-27000FFF in the front strut assemblies.
Let's see if they issue anything similar addressing the Sonata noise issue. I won't hold my breath!