![]() those extra features? Heated seats, Auto Lights and Homelink Mirrors on all new 2013's? Again this just goes to show how cheap the car really is. all MUCH better choices and those are the cheaper choices. Multi link, McPherson Strut and Double wishbone, ect. I can't think of any common sense reason why a FWD car should have one. What year is it? The ONLY reason the rear end should have an axle is if its a truck that hauls things or a car that's for drag racing. It also causes the car to jostle the occupants around like a 5 year old trying to get the last ice cube from his cup when you encounter uneven pavement like a pot hole or off angled driveway. This causes the car to act "loose", unresponsive and dangerously unpredictable on anything less then perfect road. which links the 2 rear tires together for no other reason that "its cheap". ![]() ![]() This is 100% the fault of Hyundai and their choice of going with a axle in the rear. Doing what it wants no matter what the front tires are doing. Its the rear end that seems detached from the rest of the car. While the front end seems fine and handles well. but in the bad, lack of control at high speed kinda way. but not in a good way like a 1980's Towncar does. The final straw is that for several years in a row, Elantra owners report significantly lower gas mileage than the EPA estimates, & there's a small trend of engine problems.Īfter the "OMG THIS NEW CAR IS NEW" feeling left my brain, I began to notice the car jumps around on bumps and floats down the road. Instead Hyundai issued a TSB & dealers have been replacing pads & rotors on a per-complaint basis. It seems there was a bad batch of OEM pads & rotors, but so far Hyundai is not doing a recall. Hyundai has made vehicle buybacks through arbitration, but that rarely works out well financially for owners in the end.Īlso there is a pattern of complaints about the 2013 Elantra brakes grinding at very low mileage. Elantra owners have tried sensor adjustments, wheel alignments, even replacing axles, most with no luck. # On a road which is full of potholes if possible keep atleast one side on the surface you may at times have to drrible Notes: We're not used to seeing any major problems with Hyundai, which makes the early signs of trouble with the 2013 Elantra very surprising, in a bad way.Įarly trends show problems with the steering wandering / pulling to one side along with premature tire wear. # At times you end up on a road where it all seems to be cracked when on high speed (highways etc) you can ride firmly with steady throttle. # approaching a pothole or a crater brake before your car rides into it and remember not to brake while the tyre approaches the pothole as the tyre stops rotating and that causes more damage. On the otherhand at a pothole or a crater the shocker falls down into the pothole and comes up when it hits the wall of the pothole, that impact my friend damages the shocker,bushes,ends,bearings etc eventually leading to the rattles that you get irritated from(which IMO is your actual problem). On a bump the suspension works when it is pushed upwards by the bump and thats what it is designed for (not recommended for bumps like the size of speedbrakers) so just slow down. Now you can drive normally on bumps whereas in potholes you need to slow down. Bad roads are composed of both the bumps and the potholes/craters and stones. Now first you will have to understand how the basic suspension works and its effects. Hey Torqy, i understand your problem completely, it is actually a combination of speed and gear. ![]() How do they manage this? Am i slow because i love my car too much? What's your take? How do you all drive on bad stretches? I find myself inching along in 1st or 2nd gear in my Bolero on really bad roads when i find others (Sumos, Esteems, Altos, WagonRs, Qualis.almost everyone) driving fast and overtaking me. ![]()
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