NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Service Query SQ96-017: REAR SUSPENSION FAILURE
- No closing date on file
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Service Query SQ96-017 on November 22, 1996; NHTSA's investigations file gives no closing date for it. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1992–1995 Hyundai Elantra for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- SQ96-017 (also written SQ96017)
- Investigation type
- Service Query
- Status
- Opened November 22, 1996; no closing date on file
- Opened
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Hyundai Motor America
- Component
- Structure
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1992–1995 Hyundai Elantra
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Service Query SQ96-017.
ODI HAS RECEIVED COMPLAINTS PERTAINING TO REAR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CANADIAN RECALL.FURTHERMORE, THIS INVESTIGATION IS OPENED TO EVALUATE HYUNDAI'S RATIONAL FOR NOT CONDUCTING A SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN TO INCLUDE THE UNITE STATES POPULATION.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Service Query SQ96-017. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
Hyundai
All Hyundai recallsWhat an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Hyundai VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for SQ96-017
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.