My wife's Santa Fe experienced a failure of the front passenger coil spring over the weekend while parked in the driveway. There were no warning signs that it was about to fail and we are very lucky that she was not driving it at the time. It does have 131,000 miles on it, but I have never had a coil spring snap like this on any other vehicle I have owned. Based on the number of complaints on this issue, Hyundai needs to issue a recall for this problem. Right now we are looking at approximately $1500 (still getting quotes) for something that should have been resolved some time ago.

- South Bend, IN, USA

The contact owns a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the coil spring broke and punctured the tire. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 104,000.

- Bozeman , MT, USA

My air bags light is always on and will not turn off. The suspension is horrible, I took it to a mechanic and he said" there was nothing he could do. And sometimes when I turn my vehicle on the engine revels up and sounds as if the acceleration is stuck. Scares me to death.

- Hubert, NC, USA

I began backing out of my driveway when I heard a crunching type sound, and then it stopped briefly. I continued to back up and the sound happened again followed by a loud noise and air gushing out of my passenger side front wheel. The tire went completely flat. Once the tire was removed we discovered the coil spring had broken and sliced the tire all the way around. It appears from my research that this is a common problem. Luckily I was not driving down the road with my small children in the car.

- Westbrook, ME, USA

Car was is garage. Went to back out and had barely moved an inch in reverse when I heard a pop and a whooshing noise of the front left tire deflating. Car was then slanted/lopsided to the left because the tire was so deflated. Tried to remove tire and couldn't get it off. Discovered that the front left coil spring had snapped off and it was lodged in the tire. The sharp jagged end of the spring is what popped the tire. Lucky I wasn't driving when this happened!

- Mc Farland, WI, USA

The driver's side coil spring broke on my 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe at 40,000 miles. I was driving down a street and there was a loud explosion type sound, my vehicle actually felt like it jumped, all the dash lights came on and the engine died. I wrestled with the wheel to get the car over to the side of the road but I was still in the road. There was a woman in front of me getting out of her car with a toddler and I came close to hitting them as I tried to control my truck. I'm so glad I wasn't going faster than 10-15 mph. The repair agent said he'd never seen this happen at less than 100K+ miles, and it took out the brake line and fuel line on that side as well. Total cost will be $1500. As the timing belt also needs changing. Not happy. I see many other complaints of this situation (coil spring going on Hyundai Santa Fe at low mileage), but I don't see any kind of reparation offered by the company or any recall. There should be - this is not acceptable. I'm not likely to buy a Hyundai again.

- Old Orchard Beach, ME, USA

Drivers side coil spring broken. Strut mount also needed to be replaced. I bought this car new in 2004. As the mileage will tell you, I don't drive it much. My car had been sitting in the driveway for a couple of days when I went to go to work. As I started backing out of the driveway I heard a very loud noise when I turned the wheel. I decided not to try driving it. My husband took it to the dealer and they found the spring broken. They said I was no longer under warranty. Fortunately, I was not driving it at the time as it could have punctured the tire and caused a blowout. Since this incident, it has happened again, on the passenger side. This time it had been sitting for about 4 days in the driveway and when I went to back out, I heard it. We immediately took it to a nearby garage and found the spring had broken and was rubbing on the tire. This time the mileage was about 25,000 miles. Hyundai does not seem to think there is a problem with these springs. I think it needs to be looked into before someone gets killed. I don't know if it is pertaining to this complaint, but I do want to mention that at 27,000 miles I also had to replace both rear control arms. There seems to be a real problem with the suspension system on the vehicle. Please look into it.

- Beverly, MA, USA

While driving 40 mph steering wheel pulled to the left. This was causing a distraction to the consumer. Dealership mechanic tried to repair the vehicle 3 times, but did not resolve the problem. Cruise control is not operating properly.

- Oak Forest, IL, USA