2007 Hyundai Elantra Steering

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE A TURN OR WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING STALL AND THEN PULLING FORWARD YOU WILL RANDOMLY GET A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. YOU CAN ALSO FEEL A LIGHT POP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOOK TO THE DEALER, FOR THEM TO CHECK BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. THE LAST TIME THE SERVICE TECH SAID, HE DID HEAR A SMALL POP BUT IT WAS SO LIGHT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND IT. SO HE TIGHTEN THE BOLTS FOR THE STEERING COLUMN. HOWEVER NOW THE NOISE IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 50K MILES ON IT. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER A FEW TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME THEY LOOK AT IT AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND IT. I RE TOOK THE CAR IN ABOUT A MONTH LATER AND THIS TIME THE TECH DID HEAR IT WHEN WE WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE BUT HE TOLD ME HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND IT AND TO BRING IT BACK IN LATER. WHEN I DID THEY SAID IT WOULD BE A CHARGE TO RELOOK AT IT BECAUSE ITS BEEN IN BEFORE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. NOW IT HAVE BEEN ABOUT A YEAR SINCE I LAST TOOK IT IN FOR THIS BUT NOW IT IS DOING IT MORE OFTEN AND LOADER WHEN IT DOES DO IT. ALSO THE AIR BAGS LIGHT TURNED ON AND WOULD NOT RESET. BUT AFTER MOVING THE STEERING WILL TILT THE LIGHT THEN RESET AND STAYED OFF. *TR

ABOUT ON JANUARY 20, 2010 MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING HER 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA WHEN THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED AS SHE WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. SHE WAS ABLE, WITH SOME DIFFICULTY, TO GET THE AUTO HOME AND TURN THE CAR OFF. WHEN SHE TURNED IT BACK ON THE POWER STEERING WORKED AGAIN. SHE TOOK IT TO HER DEALER, AMATO HYUNDAIMAZDA IN MILWAUKEE, WI TO GET REPAIRED. THEY SUPPOSEDLY READ THE CODE THAT THE CAR'S COMPUTER SAID EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM, TOLD HER THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER PARTS AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR HER TO RETURN IN A FEW DAYS. WHEN SHE GOT HOME, THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED AND SAID THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND HE WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE IT FOR A FEW DAYS TO TRY AND REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. SHE REFUSED SAYING THEY ALREADY TOLD HER THEY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. I'VE HAD 35 YEARS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE 60 FREEWAY ON SATURDAY, SEPT 27. AS I WENT TO CHANGE LANES, THE CAR STARTED TO SWERVE LEFT AND RIGHT, AS IF IT WAS LOSING CONTROL SOMEHOW. I TRIED TO CONTROL IT AS BEST AS I COULD, BUT MY EFFORTS WERE FUTILE. I HAD SWERVED NEARLY 6 LANES AND CRASHED INTO THE CENTER DIVIDER. THANKFULLY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THERE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING AND BRAKE SYSTEMS, POSSIBLY A DEFECT IN THE CAR. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY TOTALED.