The Detroit News reports that the venerable National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is opening up a file on the all-new 2011 Hyundai Sonata sedan.
The governmental organization is investigating reports that the Sonata’s steering shaft could separate either partially or completely.
“No defect has been identified. It’s too early to draw any conclusions about anything,” Hyundai spokesman Jim Trainor told The Detroit News. Trainor said that while the company had received two reports of separating components in the steering shaft, both had been repaired and Hyundai is not aware of any accidents or injuries associated with the problem. The company, he said, is cooperating fully with the investigation.
The issue centers around the universal joint on the upper end of the intermediate steering shaft. The joint has allegedly been coming loose and/or separating completely, resulting in a partial or complete loss of steering. In cases where the intermediate shaft and universal joint did not separate completely, it is alleged that a cross-threaded pinch bolt may be causing threads to strip out and allowing the joint to loosen, but not fail.
via Detroit News courtesy of Motor Trend Staff
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