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Check your Hyundai's

I hope none of you here own one, but I seem to remember a couple of threads with some people praising these little schit boxes.
Thankfully, I only have a handful of these that come through the shop, but I have made it a habit to check all subframes and control arms anytime one comes in for any kind of service.
I have seen the control arms snap in half a few times. 90% of the time they look o.k. but if poked with a screw driver, you can easily pierce right through them.
I just did two this morning , appeared in tact, one little push with the big screwdriver, and I went right through both sides of the front lower control arms. IT appears as if the paint is the only thing holding them together. This car was one pothole away from catastrophic failure. It only came in for brakes, but who knows, I may have saved a life. The car was just inspected two months ago, ( not by me).
Personally, I would ride a pink huffy bananna seat bike to work before I drove a KIA, or Hyundai, but each unto his own.
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