# Is this rust ok to drive with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** hyundai, rust\ **Created:** [August 3, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574 "2024-08-03T22:08:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@don1215](https://community.cartalk.com/u/don1215)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574/1 "2024-08-03T22:08:22Z")
![20240802_171631](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/6/363d347f630c47bee77b0b79c0d759bd07cb1ae9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574/2 "2024-08-03T22:29:29Z")
Based on that picture, I’d say drive on. Where I grew up, that wouldn’t be described as “rusty”. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574/3 "2024-08-03T22:35:30Z")
Is that the front end of the car? I’m wondering what that rusty part is? And why do the two wheels seem to be pointing in different directions? … lol … Maybe that’s just an photographic illusion. I concur that the rust doesn’t look like a showstopper to me. What about the wheel wells and the sides of the car, rocker panels, near the wheels? ---
**Author:** ![don1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@don1215](https://community.cartalk.com/u/don1215)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574/4 "2024-08-03T23:40:23Z")
It is the front end and everything else seems ok ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574/5 "2024-08-03T23:52:26Z")
Looks like a hole rusted thru on the left side of the component. Take a hammer and bang around the hole to see if it gets bigger. Tester ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574/6 "2024-08-04T02:56:34Z")
That looks to be a front cradle, imo I’d take a flat-head screwdriver and try to poke through If you can easily poke through . . . what about the rest of the car? ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574/7 "2024-08-04T03:45:02Z")
One ambiguous photo posted to an internet forum is no way to answer such a question. Take it to a shop for a full inspection. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-ok-to-drive-with/195574/8 "2024-08-04T06:36:58Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I’m wondering what that rusty part is? It is the suspension cross member/subframe or sometimes called the engine cradle… The engine, transmission, lower control arms, rack-n-pinion etc can all be attached to it… The tires look like that due to the angle of the picture…