Recently worked on a couple Hyundai s that made me wonder why Godzilla hadn't considered Seoul instead Tokyo.
The first was a 2012 Sonata where the rear brake caliper bracket bolt is held captive by a rear suspension arm .Not a big deal until the Midwest salt seizes the bolts in the bushing sleeves in a few more years.
The next was a 2008 Elantra , I changed out a outer rear door handle and retainer cap in a ten minutes but found out that the door will opens fine from both the inside and outside until the doors are electrically locked and then( even if the child lock is set off on the latch) you can not get into or out from the rear door, until repeatedly cycling driver lock switch from lock to unlock till it decides to truly unlock. Have to disconnect window and pull some metal pan regulator assembly (door module) to access , just to inspect and not see any thing conclusive as the cause of the problem. No TSBs found , but a lot of broken handle issues on the internet. What's the root cause?
The first was a 2012 Sonata where the rear brake caliper bracket bolt is held captive by a rear suspension arm .Not a big deal until the Midwest salt seizes the bolts in the bushing sleeves in a few more years.
The next was a 2008 Elantra , I changed out a outer rear door handle and retainer cap in a ten minutes but found out that the door will opens fine from both the inside and outside until the doors are electrically locked and then( even if the child lock is set off on the latch) you can not get into or out from the rear door, until repeatedly cycling driver lock switch from lock to unlock till it decides to truly unlock. Have to disconnect window and pull some metal pan regulator assembly (door module) to access , just to inspect and not see any thing conclusive as the cause of the problem. No TSBs found , but a lot of broken handle issues on the internet. What's the root cause?
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