2006 Hyundai Tucson UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Rear subframe corrosion

Driver side rear unibody sub frame rusted through

I GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND PUT IT IN REVERSE AS I WAS EATING REVERSED I PUT ON THE BRAKE BUT THE BRAKE WOULD NOT GO ON THE CAR KEPT ROLLING BACKWARDS I DIDN'T TRY TO PUT THE CAR INTO PARK DO NOT GO INTO PARK I TRIED TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE IT WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE I HAD NO BREAK THE BREAK WITH ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR THERE'S NO BREAK I CHECK WITH BREAKFAST IF THERE IS FLUID IN THE CONTAINER BUT THERE IS STILL NO BRAKES THE CAR WAS LIKE HE WAS IN WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS IT WOULD NOT GO IT WAS LIKE IT HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF WEIGHT ON IT AND IT WAS LIKE NOT BEING ABLE TO EVEN DRIVE IS THAT THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP OR SOMEBODY HAD A CHAIN AROUND AROUND THE WHEELS WHO'S GOT A LOT GOING THIS WAS ON A HIGHWAY AND THEN I PULLED OVER NEAR SCHOOL BECAUSE I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR

RUST ON THE LEFT REAR FRAME THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE IS FAILS, I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE WHEN THIS PART OF FRAME FAILS. HYUNDAI HAS YEARS OF RUST PROBLEMS THAT THEY DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO FIX AT THE DEALER LEVEL OR THE MANUFACTURING LEVEL UNLESS YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS OR PAY FOR RUST PROOFING AT YOUR EXPENSE WHEN YOU BUY THE CAR, THEY NEED A GOOD FINE SLAPPED ON THEM TO WAKE THEM UP, MAYBE THEN THEY WILL STOP MAKING CARS THAT THEY WHAT YOU TO SCRAP AFTER 11 YEARS AND 144,000 MILES. THIS CAR WAS SERVICED BY THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT, BY THE BOOK AND THE BOOK AND THE DEALER SHOULD WARN THAT RUST NOT LACK OF SERVICE WILL CAUSE IT TO FAIL. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO STOP THE RUST PARADE COMING FROM KOREA. LOOK UP HYUNDAI RUST PROBLEMS, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER 16 YEAR TIME PERIOD, MAKE THEM REPAIR THIS AT THEIR EXPENSE AND MAYBE FIGURE OUT HAVE TO PREVENT IT BEFORE IT DOES SOME REAL HARM TO THE PUBLIC.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN JULY AND IT WAS IN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL CONDITION MECHANICALLY AND PHYSICALLY.IT HAD ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PER THE CARFAX REPORT AND METICULOUS CARE BY ITS PREVIOUS OWNER, WITH MOSTLY "HIGHWAY" MILEAGE AND NEW TIRES. AFTER A LITTLE OVER A MONTH OF OWNERSHIP, I LIFTED THE REAR WINDOW AND FIRST ONE LATCH SNAPPED DUE TO COROSION, FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND AND THE WINDOW I CAUGHT LUCKILY IN MY HANDS!THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, POSSIBLY CAUSING A SHATTERED WINDOW AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAY!I WAS QUOTED $70 PER LATCH FOR A REPLACEMENT BY THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER PLUS INSTALLATION COSTS.I HAVE HAD HATCHBACK VEHICLES BEFORE AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF THE CAR'S AGE, AND ESPECIALLY FROM ONE TAKEN CARE OF SO UNBELIEVABLY WELL BY ITS ONLY OWNER. SINCE THIS OCCURRED I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS WITH HYUNDAI TUCSONS AND THAT THEY ARE READILY KEPT IN STOCK-WHICH CAUSES ME TO BELIEVE THIS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND POOR DESIGN.