2005 Hyundai Elantra

PURCHASED 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA NOVEMBER 14, 2007. DEALERSHIP CARFAX SHOWED 40,836 ODOMETER MILES. DEALERSHIP ODOMETER DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SHOWED 8,494. NOVEMBER 18, 2007 DROVE I-26 IN COLUMBIA, SC. DROVE ON EMERGENCY STRIP TO AVOID DEBRIS ON ROAD. REAR END SPUN OUT AND LOST CONTROL OF CAR. CRASHED INTO 18 WHEELER AND PUSHED ACROSS INTERSTATE, UP AN EMBANKMENT, UNDER A CATCH FENCE AND STOPPED ON A SERVICE ROAD. A TOTAL LOSS. NOT UNTIL 11/29/07 THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF A POSSIBLE RECALL ON THE STEERING LINKAGE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DMV.ORG REPORT OF 11/24/07 SHOWS ODOMETER READING 40,836 AND NO ODOMETER PROBLEM TITLE RECORD. CARFAX REPORT STATED NO RECALLS REPORTED. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIPS HEADQUARTERS ABOUT THE ODOMETER DISCREPANCY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE CARFAX INFO WAS CHANGED SHOWING ODOMETER READING 8,584 AND ALSO THEY BACKDATED INFORMATION. SHOWED ODOMETER DISCREPANCY ON THE ALTERED REPORT. JUST CLERICAL ERRORS? IF WE SUFFERED A TOTAL LOSS, HOW COME OUR AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY? DID WE HAVE A TRUE STEERING LINKAGE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILURE? DID WE TRULY HAVE 40,836 MILES ON OUR ODOMETER? WAS SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE UP TO DATE FOR 40,835 MILES? *TR

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WITH MY 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. MY FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. IDENTICAL TO THE OTHER VEHICLE. MY AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AND MY SEATBELT DIDN'T LATCH. I SLID UNDER THE BELT UP TO MY RIBS, SMASHING MY KNEE, FEET AND FIST INTO THE DASH. MY AIRBAG LIGHT LIT UP AS IF MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED. MY REPAIR MAN WAS APPALLED THAT THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. HE SAID I HAD VERY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND IT SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. I DON'T BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED TO THE DEGREE THAT I WAS IN THE ACCIDENT. I AM SUPPOSED TO GET MY CAR BACK TOMORROW (REPAIRED!?) NOTHING WAS DONE TO ADDRESS THE AIRBAG SITUATION EXCEPT RESETTING THE LIGHT ON THE DASH. HYUNDAI REPLACED THE SEATBELT, THEY TOLD MY REPAIR MAN THAT THE PRE-TENSOR WENT OFF AS IT SHOULD...THAT IS A LIE. OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE SLID UNDER THE SEATBELT. I THINK THIS IS A HUGE COVERUP. I KNOW OF ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE HYUNDAI 5 STAR CRASH RATING....I WILL HAVE HER CONTACT YOU AS WELL. *TR

CAR INVOLVED IN A LOW SPEED (20-25MPH) COLLISION. FRONT LEFT QUARTER PANEL ENGAGED REAR RIGHT OF PICKUP BED. NO HOOD DAMAGE OCCURED, MINOR BUMPER DAMAGE BUT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT LEFT AXLE ASSEMBLE WHEN IT WAS BROKE LOOSE FROM MOUNTINGS. AIR BAG DEPLOYED ON DRIVERS SIDE. THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT FAILED TO ANCHOR ON HARD BRAKE OR ON IMPACT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE FLUNG FORWARD INJURING THE DRIVERS LEFT SHOULDER AND CAUSING THE DRIVERS HAND TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK THE WINDSHIELD. IT IS UNCLEAR WEATHER THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT CAUSED THE ARM TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD. SEATBELT JAMED IN EXTENDED POSITION RAISING CONCERN BY THE BODY REPAIR SHOP AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE SEATBELT UNIT. FURTURE THE BODY REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THE "BURN RING" WAS NOT BURNT INDICATING THE FORCE RETRACT NEVER ENGAGED UPON AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND SEATBELT WAS NOT EVER RETRACTED AFTER THE ACCIEDENT -- MEANING THE WAY IT WAS EXTENDED IS THE WAY IT WAS AT THE TIME THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. BODY REPAIR SHOP HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO RETURN THE BROKED SEATBELT ASSEMBLE TO ME UP ON COMPLETION OF THE REPAIRS TO THE CAR.