Hyundai Elantra Complaints

8,883 consumer complaints on file.

#10807263November 28, 2015
STEERING
THE STEERING COLUMN MADE A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN TURNED. YOU COULD HEAR NOISE WHEN VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND HAD THE FLEXIBLE COUPLING (PART 56315-2K000-FFF) REPLACED. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE PART WAS MELTED AND TORN UP. THE CAR MILEAGE WAS 79944.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807140November 27, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS OF THE CONTACTS VEHICLE FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE DETAILS OF THE CRASH WERE UNKNOWN AND RESULTED IN THREE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V113000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10807115November 26, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE STOPS SUDDENLY ALMOST CREATING ACCIDENT. CAUSE ?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806404November 24, 2015
ENGINE
ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS OCCURRED TWICE ON THE FREEWAY AND ONCE ON A CITY STREET WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 1800 MILES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR NUMEROUS TIMES. WHEN I PICK IT UP THEY SAY "ITS BEEN REPAIRED" BUT HOURS OR DAYS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS. I DEMANDED THAT THEY VOID THE PURCHASE CONTRACT BUT HYUNDAI REFUSED. I HAD TO RETAIN AN ATTORNEY WHO RECENTLY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST HYUNDAI REGARDING THIS MATTER (CASE # 15K14065).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806410November 24, 2015
STEERING
VEHICLE IN MOTION APPROXIMATELY 73 MPH ON NY 87S. EPS DASH LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED AND POWER STEERING WAS LOST INSTANTANEOUSLY. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806338November 23, 2015
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY HYUNDAI MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. IT HAPPENS WHENEVER I SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE/REVERSE, DRIVE TO REVERSE, AND VICE VERSA, AND ALSO IF I SPEED UP, OR SLOW DOWN QUICKLY. I TRIED GETTING THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT AT A DEALER, AND I WAS TOLD "I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT MANY OF THE ELANTRA'S COME FROM FACTORY MAKING THAT NOISE, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY. OBVIOUSLY, IF IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, THEN HYUNDAI WOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL BY NOW." I WAS UPSET BY THIS STATEMENT, BECAUSE IT DOES CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO JERK WHEN I AM ACCELERATING AND BREAKING, AS WELL AS OTHER STRANGE THINGS, SO I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE HERE. I DID BUY THIS VEHICLE PRE-OWNED, AND IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO TRY TO GET IT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO FIX THE ISSUE. I FEEL REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING MY OWN VEHICLE WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT, AND ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806279November 23, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
STOP LAMP SWITCH RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806324November 23, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE REPAIR. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,248.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10795340November 22, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WE HAD OUR OIL CHANGE DONE, MY HUSBAND DROVE OUT HIGHWAY AT NITE GOING STRAIGHT AND ALL OF SUDDEN CAR STARTED DRIVE ODD.SAW OIL LIGHT ON PULLED OVER,TOWED TO DEALERSHIP.THEY IN TURN SAID ENGINE WAS BAD,HAD TO SELL US ANOTHER CAR. HAS THAT HAPPENED TO OTHERS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10795250November 21, 2015
SUSPENSION
WHEN DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP IN A MALL.,I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF CAR.LOOKED AT FRONT OF CAR DID NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE IT. IT MADE A FUNNY NOISE AND YOU COULD SMELL BURNING RUBBER AND SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL COMPARTMENT.CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND THE MECHANIC SAID LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. I WAS WANDERING IF YOU HAVE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS YEAR AS I KNOW THE 2011 HAD A FRACTURING PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS.THIS JUST HAPPENED TODAY 11-21-15 AND IS AT A REPAIR FACILITY TO BE LOOKED AT ON MONDAY WHEN THEY OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10795187November 20, 2015
ENGINE
WIFE WAS DRIVING A NEW THREE WEEK OLD 2016 ELANTRA WITH APPOX. 500 MILES ON IT. THE CAR STARTED TO LOOSE POWER AND JUST DIED. SHE COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WOULD NOT RESTART. NO LIGHTS CAME ON INDICATING ANY PROBLEM TILL THE CAR QUIT RUNNING. THEN ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AS THEY SHOULD. CALLED AAA HAD THEM TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECKED THE CAR OVER AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE AN ALTERNATOR. SOME TIME WENT BY, AND THE SERVICE WRITER SAID THEY WERE PUTTING ME IN A RENTAL CAR AS THE REPAIR WAS GOING TO TAKE TIME. TWO DAYS LATER GET A CALL AND THE MOTOR IS RUINED AND THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH A LONG BLOCK. THIS IS JUST GREAT. NEW CAR THREE WEEKS OLD AND IS GOING TO BE TORE APART. LUCKY IT IS A LONG BLOCK NOT A SHORT BLOCK. THE BIG BREAK COMES FROM MY WIFE DECIDING NOT TO GO TO THE MALL THAT DAY TO FINISH XMAS SHOPPING. THE MALL IS TWENTY MILES AWAY ON AN INTERSTATE. IF THIS CAR HAD DIED ON THE INTERSTATE WITH CARS GOING 70 PLUS BEHIND HER, INSTEAD OF OUR SUBDIVISION STREET. SHE STOOD A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING REAR ENDED AND IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. PLUS NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES AND TRYING TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITH A DEAD CAR! WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN ON A SIDE STREET WITH LITTLE OR NO TRAFFIC AND THREE BLOCKS FROM HOME. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE TO HAVE HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE WHILE OUT OF STATE OR SOME BACK ROAD OFF THE BEATEN PATH. WE NOW WILL HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE CAR AT ALL AND CONSTANTLY AFRAID IT IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN AGAIN. DARN SHAME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794960November 19, 2015
TIRES:SIDEWALL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK OPTIMO H426 TIRES, SIZE: P215/45R15 (NA). AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRES, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED BUBBLES ON THE SIDEWALLS OF THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE AND TIRE WAS 29,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794563November 18, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE DRIVER'S VISOR HINGE FAILS (PULLS LOOSE) DURING NORMAL OPERATION AND THEN BLOCKS THE DRIVER'S FIELD OF VISION BY MOVING TO THE MIDWAY POSITION BETWEEN BEING FULLY OPENED AND FULLY CLOSED. HAD TO REMOVE VISOR TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794319November 17, 2015
STEERING
2014 ELANTRA WITH APPROXIMATELY 13,000 MILES. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 50-70MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STICKS AT THE CENTER POSITION. SLIGHT PRESSURE NORMALLY REQUIRED TO CHANGE LANES DOES NOT EFFECTIVELY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ENOUGH TO CORRECT STEERING IN ORDER TO REMAIN IN A STRAIGHT LINE. WHEN ENOUGH PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO CORRECT STEERING, A SLIGHT POP IS FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.HYUNDAI-FORUMS.COM/MD-2011-PRESENT-ELANTRA-SEDAN-COUPE/226066-STEERING-BINDING-STICKING.HTML BY OTHER ELANTRA OWNERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790518November 16, 2015
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, SUSPENSION
IS HAS BEEN 2 YEARS NOW SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY 15 TIMES FOR SUSPENSION AND STEERING PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE HANDLES POORLY ON PRETTY MUCH ANY ROAD CONDITION. THE VEHICLE WILL SWAY AND JUMP OVER EVERY BUMP OR CRACK IN THE ROAD. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT IN A LANE AND FEEL YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CORRECT THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TO WHITENUCKLE THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN CLUNKY SINCE DAY ONE AND THE DEALERSHIP FINDS NOTHING WRONG! THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUES. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO STEP IT UP AND PROTECT THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790714November 16, 2015
AIR BAGS
WE PULLED THE CAR OUT OF AN INTERSECTION AND T BONED ANOTHER CAR. BOTH CARS WERE TOTALED IN THIS ACCIDENT, YET NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON A FLAT ROADWAY. THE DRIVER OF THE HYUNDAI WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT. PLEASE SEE PICTURES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790393November 14, 2015
STEERING
LAST WEEK THE DAY AFTER DLST ENDED, I USED BY HEADLIGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS. THIS SEEMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE START OF THE CLICKING OF MY STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. I STOPPED & TALKED W/ A MECHANIC, HE SAID A DEALER WOULD HAVE TO DO A COSTLY REPAIR BECAUSE IT INVOLVED THE COMPUTER LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN. IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED REPLACEMENT. I AM WORRIED IT MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE. HE SAID IT WAS NOT BUT I DECIDED TO CHECK RECALLS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790220November 13, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789740November 11, 2015
WHEELS
THE TIRE ON THE BACK DRIVER SIDE EXPLODED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A 70MPH SPEED LIMIT. A WEEK AND HALF AFTER THAT TIRE WAS REPLACED THE FRONT TIRE IN THE FRONT SIDE OF THE DRIVER HAD ITS TREAD SEPARATING FROM THE CASING. THIS COULD HAVE HAD A BLOWOUT AND POTENTIALLY BEEN HARMING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789561November 10, 2015
ENGINE
KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM CRANKSHAFT AND ENGINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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