Sorry I couldn't post this on the follow-up of the original one. They
are unable to retieve the message.

The part they replaced is called 'Power Steering High Pressure Line
(575102D100 hose Assy-)'. The serive manager showed me the rusty one:
the rusty spot is on the turn closing to one end of rubber part. The
whole hose is about one meter long.

Thanks for all your comments. I really appreciate it.

Helen

Helen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a 2001 Elantra VE and only 39,300km now. Last week I had to
> have the car towed to the dealer since all the steering power fluid
> was gone in one day (I can tell it from my garage). They told me the
> hose was rusty, so caused the leaking. I know nothing about the car

There's more than one power steering hose/pipe. What's the part number
of the hose that got replaced? It shoud be on the copy of the repair
order you received.

> but I did every maintenance they recommended over years. Just a week
> before the incident, I paid $100 for a maintenance (they called serive
> package#3) to check many stuff.
>
> Now the replacement of the hose costed me $400. My husband planed to
> buy a SantaFe in a couple of months later and now he doubted the
> quality of parts of Hyundai.
>
> We are living in Canada (west of Ontario) and we do have much snow and
> salt on roads. But is it normal that a hose can be rusty to leak after
> only 4 years? Dose it mean every 4 years I have to replace the hose?
> Any comments are welcome!
>
> Helen