Hyundai Elantra Complaints

8,883 consumer complaints on file.

#10915129October 10, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE AND KEPT FALLING DOWN. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WANTED $278 JUST FOR THE PART AND SAID THEY WOULD CHARGE EXTRA FOR INSTALLING. THIS WAS WAY TOO COSTLY, SO I TRIED TAPING UP THE SUN VISOR, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK AS THE TAPE KEPT GIVING AWAY AND THE SUN VISOR FALLING WOULD INTERFERE WITH MY VISIBILITY OF THE ROAD. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY INSTALLED A USED SUN VISOR AT THE COST OF $117. THE VERY NEXT WEEK THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR BROKE AND FELL DOWN IN EXACTLY THE SAME MANNER AS THE DRIVERS SIDE (THAT I HAD REPAIRED THE WEEK BEFORE). I DECIDED TO DO AN ONLINE SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR AND EVERYWHERE I LOOKED I FOUND PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HYUNDAI SUN VISORS NOT ONLY MY 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA BUT OTHER YEARS MODELS OF HYUNDAI AND MODELS. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE AS THE SUN VISOR KEEPS FALLING DOWN IN YOUR LINE OF VISIBILITY AND INTERFERES WITH YOUR ABILITY TO SEE THE ROAD AHEAD CLEARLY AND IT CLEARLY IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND I ONLY HAVE 72000 MOLES ON MY VEHICLE. THE INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE FALLING APART ESPECIALLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WITHOUT TOUCHING IT OR MOVING THE SUN VISOR IT JUST FALLS AND WILL NOT STAY UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915003October 9, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. CALLED HYUNDAI (800.633.5151) SINCE THIS MODEL AND YEAR WAS UNDER HYUNDAI RECALL# 092 (HTSA 09V280000). PROVIDED VIN NUMBER AND REPRESENTATIVE (KAYLA) TOLD ME THAT THAT SPECIFIC VIN WAS NOT ELIGIBLE AND THAT I COULD SEND A POSTAGE LETTER TO A PO BOX FOR APPEAL. OBVIOUSLY I AM GOING TO TAKE THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC TO REPAIR TO AVOID ANY INJURY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914222October 6, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SHIFT INTERLOCK FAULTY IN 2011 ELANTRA AT 91,000 MILES - CAR WILL NOT GO OUT OF PARK AFTER IDILING FOR 5 MINUTES. THIS SAME ISSUE WAS A RECALL ON 2007 -2010 MODELS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913979October 5, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING FACILITY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT ARM AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE EYES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10913658October 4, 2016
ENGINE
OUR CAR BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND NOW NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. IT IS, ESSENTIALLY, TOTALED. IT ONLY HAD 86,000 MILES ON IT AND WE HAD PLANNED ON DRIVING IT FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 10 YEARS. THE CAR HAD BEEN IN A PARKING GARAGE ALL DAY. IT WAS ONLY 80 DEGREES OUTSIDE. WITHIN 10 MILES OF DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WITHIN ANOTHER 5 MILES THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND BLEW A HEAD GASKET. THIS WAS NORMAL, FLAT, FREEWAY DRIVING. FORTUNATELY MY HUSBAND, WHO WAS DRIVING, HAD MADE HIS WAY TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS ABLE TO GET SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN TO OTHERS, AND MAY HAVE MORE SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS. I'M NOT AWARE OF A RECALL BEING OUT ON THIS, BUT PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913698October 4, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V100000 (STEERING), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000. UPDATED 01/10/17*LJ *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913774October 4, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
I HAVE A 99 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 4 DOOR. LAST WEEK THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN. MORE SPECIFICALLY, I WAS AT THE TIME IN THE HARDEE'S DRIVE THRU WHEN THE SMOKE AND FLAMES STARTED. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR TO ROLL OUT OF THE DRIVE THRU AND INTO THE PARKING LOT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW MECHANICS WHO SAY THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT MELTED ALL OF THE STEERING COLUMN, DASH, CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE HEAT, AND OTHER FIRE DAMAGE. THE CAR IS NOW TOTALED AND UNDRIVEABLE. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF 2 KIDS AND THIS WAS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. ALSO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION THAT WAS NOT MY FAULT, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD CONTACTED HYUNDAI AFTERWARDS, BUT THEY SAID THAT THE CAR WAS FINE AND NOT TO WORRY. I HAVE NO WAY TO SCAN MY DOCUMENTS, BUT I HAVE A POLICE REPORT AS WELL AS SEVERAL EMAILS FROM HYUNDAI FROM LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10911295October 3, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE MY WIFE, LINDA, WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 1-2 MPH, TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE ENGINE STARTED RACING AND LEAPED FORWARD. HITTING THE BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT ON STOPPING THE VEHICLE. SHE DESPERATELY TURNED THE WHEEL TO MISS PARKED CARS, A STEEL POLE WAS HIT AND TORN OUT OF THE GROUND BY THE RUNAWAY VEHICLE. FINALLY THE CAR CAME TO REST AFTER HITTING A LARGE CONCRETE LIGHT POLE, WHICH MUST HAVE STALLED OUT THE ENGINE. MY WIFE WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK AND HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TESTS / XRAYS. EVEN WITH THE SEAT BELT ON, SHE RECEIVED MAJOR IMPACT FROM THE STEERING WHEEL TO HER CHEST.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10911072October 2, 2016
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL HAS WHAT FEELS LIKE A NOTCH IN IT. IT SITS RIGHT WHERE YOU HAVE TO ADJUST THE STEERING AS YOU DRIVE. YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY COMPENSATE FOR THIS. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER THEY RESET SOMETHING BUT IT IS BACK AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910741September 30, 2016
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHTS CONSTANTLY ON. CLOCK SPRING ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910751September 30, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
VEHICLE ROLLED BACK WHEN IN DRIVE, FOOT BRAKE DID NOT WORK, EMERGENCY BREAK WAS ENGAGED TO STOP VEHICLE MOVEMENT. ESC LIGHT WENT ON. BROUGHT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THE MAKE, MODEL, AND MODEL YEAR ARE ALL PART OF THE RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V113000 . THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE A PART OF THE RECALL AS THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE NHSTA CAMPAIGN NUMBER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910413September 28, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SRS AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V532000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 184,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910004September 27, 2016
AIR BAGS
IN MY 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. THIS SEEMED LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE AND SO I TOOK IT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND THEY QUOTED ME $300.00 TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE NOTICED THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS CAR AND THAT I AM DEFINITELY NOT THE ONLY HYUNDAI ELANTRA CAR OWNER THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. WITHOUT THE $300.00 TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING, THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISON. HOW IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THEREFORE NOT ON A RECALL LIST?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909786September 26, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
08-26-16 WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT A PUBLIC PARK WHILE DOING LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR, I EXPERIENCED RAPID UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, PLOWED THROUGH A FENCE, SIDESWIPED A TREE, WENT OFF A GRASSY MEDIAN BACK UP ONTO A GRASSY MEDIAN AND THEN BOUNCED OFF OF THAT BEFORE THE CAR FINALLY CAME TO REST. MY BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. IT IS A MIRACLE THAT I AM NOT DEAD AS THE PARK IS ON A VERY BUSY 4 LANE ROAD AND IS USUALLY FULL OF CHILDREN.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10909679September 26, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909526September 25, 2016
SUSPENSION
FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AFTER GOING OVER A POTHOLE AT VERY LOW SPEED (ABOUT 15MPH). I'VE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT MANY 2011 ELANTRAS IN SALT BELT STATES/AREAS HAD A RECALL ON FRONT COIL SPRINGS AFTER SIMILAR ISSUES. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS IN MY YEAR MAKE/MODEL (2012 ELANTRA, ALSO IN A SALT BELT STATE) HAS THE SAME ISSUE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909485September 24, 2016
AIR BAGS
AT APPROX. 70,000 MILES: SRS AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY, THEN PROGRESSIVELY STEADY ILLUMINATION WHILE DRIVING. AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AFTER TIGHT RIGHT-HAND TURNS, AT ANY SPEED, THEN MAY TURN OFF AGAIN WHEN COMPLETING A LEFT-HAND TURN. OVER TIME, LIGHT STAYS ON FOR MOST OF DRIVING TIME. BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP; DIAGNOSTICS PERFORMED. THROWING DTC CODE B148100 DRIVER AIRBAG RESISTANCE TOO HIGH 2ND STAGE. TECHNICIAN SAID CAR NEEDS REPLACEMENT OF BOTH CLOCK SPRING AND DRIVER AIRBAG. NO COVERAGE ON WARRANTY (2ND OWNER PLUS FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRES AT 60K MILES). AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF COLLISION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908073September 20, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON PANEL COMES ON WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED IN DRIVE AND ENGINE ENGAGED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907592September 19, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IN THE LAST YEAR THE MPG HAS DROPPED DRASTICALLY. WHEN PURCHASED IN 2011 (ELANTRA LIMITED), I GOT 35 MPG. IN THE LAST MONTH, I'M GETTING 16.9-20.9 MPG. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR THE SCHEDULED RECALLS, BUT NOTHING WAS DETECTED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF ANY SUCH PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907698September 19, 2016
SUSPENSION
THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPPED. THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL ON THIS PART FOR ELANTA'S MANUFACTURED FROM NOV 2010 TILL MARCH 2011 IN STATES THAT USE SALT AS THE PART CAN QUICKLY ERODE AND BREAK. MINE WAS MANUFACTURED 12/23/10 AND HAS BEEN REGISTERED IN NEW YORK SINCE AT LEAST 2013. HYUNDAI IS REFUSING TO FIX THE PROBLEM SAYING THAT MY CAR DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY CARS MANUFACTURED IN KOREA. MY GARAGE ALSO BELIEVED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE RECALLED PART AND SUBMITTED A CLAIM TO HYUNDAI AND HYUNDAI CAME BACK STILL REFUSING TO COVER IT BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE MILES AND THAT I AM THE 2ND OWNER (NOT EVEN 74,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND OTHER SIDE COIL ABSOLUTELY FINE). MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE PART BROKE. I AM HAVING A HYUNDAI CERTIFIED GARAGE REPLACE THE PART BUT I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE UNDER HYUNDAI'S RESPONSIBILITY AS THEY ALREADY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THAT PART AND ARE TRYING TO FIND LOOPHOLES TO AVOID FIXING THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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