Hyundai Elantra Complaints

8,883 consumer complaints on file.

#10682766February 11, 2015
SUSPENSION, STEERING, WHEELS
I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN JULY 2014. A. 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA AND AFTER 3 WEEKS THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WENT OUT AFTER BARELY HITTING CURB AROUND BY SEPTEMBER 2014, THE DRIVERS TIRE WAS DEFLATING REPLACED. ON 2/10/2015 THE TIRE IN REAR WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT COULD BECAUSE A NAIL GOT INTO THE TIRE AND CAUSED THE PROBLEM. IT JUST SEEMS A BIT UNUSUAL FOR 3 TIRES IN LESS THAN A YEAR OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, WHICH WAS NEW PURCHASED JULY 2014. 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682252February 9, 2015
TIRES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK TIRE LINE: OPTIMO H426 AND TIRE SIZE: P215/45/R17. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A BUBBLE IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,536. ....UPDATED 04/23/15 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682266February 9, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ENGAGING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682316February 9, 2015
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAGS LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON MEANING THE MODULE IS NOT FUNCTIONING. I HAD THE CAR INSPECTED AND IT FAILED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. RECORDS SHOW A RECALL WAS REGISTERED IN 05. WELL HERE IT IS 10 YEARS LATER AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED AND SOMETHING OVERLOOKED. IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD REGARDING MY LIFE AND OTHERS AS WELL NOT KNOWING IF THESE AIR BAGS DEPLOY OR NOT WHILE I'M ON THE ROAD. I NEED THIS RESOLVED QUICKLY. THEY NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME SO WHY'S IT HAPPENING AGAIN? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682345February 9, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE CAR WILL NOT START INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER WE JUMPSTART IT, IT WILL START FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN NOT START AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES NOW. THE BATTERY WAS TESTED AND WAS RATED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE CAUSE WAS NOT BECAUSE OF LEAVING ELECTRONICS ON AS NOTHING WAS LEFT ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681985February 8, 2015
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING CRUISING AT 45MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND THE RPMS WENT UP TO 4000 WHEN LEFT OF THE GAS AND GAVE IT GAS SHIFTED BACK INTO GEAR. ALSO WHEN YOU GO UP A HILL AND GET TO CRUISING SPEED THE VEHICLE HANGS IN LOW GEAR AND HIGH RPMS WHEN LET OFF IT WILL UP SHIFT THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TOOK IT TO DEALER 3 TIMES ON THE 3RD TIME THEY KEPT IT OVERNIGHT AND THE MECHANIC FINALLY FELT IT AND AGREED IT "HANGS IN GEAR" HE SAID "DOES NOT KICK DOWN SMOOTHLY AND SEEMS LIKE THE TCM IS CONFUSED AND TAKES AWHILE TO DECIDE WHAT GEAR TO GO INTO". HE ALSO SAY " IT SEEMS WORSE IN ACTIVE ECO MODE AND WHEN HE SHIFTS IT MANUALLY IT SEEMS FINE". THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN GAS MILEAGE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681986February 8, 2015
SUSPENSION
WHEN GOING AROUND MINOR BENDS IN THE ROAD IF YOU HIT A POTHOLE THE REAREND FISHTAILS. ONE STRETCH OF ROAD THAT IS TRAVELLED DAILY IS A 25 MPH SPEED LIMIT WITH RAILROAD TRACKS ON THE BEND. EVERY TIME YOU HIT THE TRACKS THE BACK END JUMPS TO THE RIGHT. THE OTHER DAY WE HAD LIGHT SNOW WENT AROUND A TURN AT A GREEN LIGHT THE BACK END HIT A BUMP AND ALMOST SPUN ME OUT AT A SPEED OF 15. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682018February 8, 2015
POWER TRAIN
THE PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 31,000 MILES AND CONTINUES NOW WITH 85,000 MILES, WHILE DRIVING 40MPH AT STOP AND GO OR EVEN UPHILL TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP INTO NEUTRAL AND WILL THEN BE BACK IN GEAR WITHOUT ANY BANGING. THE DEALER CHANGED THE FILTER AND FLUID AROUND 40,000 MILES AND BLEW US OFF. THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET BACK INTO GEAR IS LONGER NOW THAN IN THE BEGINNING. THERE'S TOO MANY TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS TO BE IGNORED. I RECENTLY RECEIVED AN UNRELATED RECALL FOR THIS CAR BUT WILL FIND ANOTHER DEALER 50 MILES AWAY TO FIX IT. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681869February 7, 2015
SUSPENSION
WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IF YOU GO OVER A DIP IN THE ROAD OR A POT HOLE THE LEFT REAR TIRE/SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT CAUSING THE CAR TO SWAY OR ALMOST JUMP TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT SIDE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE CAR BOTTOMS OUT AND THE WHEEL COMES OFF OF THE PAVEMENT. IT HAPPENS CONSTANTLY. IF I GO OVER A SPEED BUMP AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS THE LEFT REAR SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT AND YOU FEEL AND HEAR IT BOTTOMING OUT. IT'S TERRIBLE. THERE IS A DEFECT. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR DO THIS. HYUNDAI SAID THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I HAVE READ MANY POSTS ONLINE ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER ELANTRA OWNERS. TO HYUNDAI, ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM!!!!!!! *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681786February 6, 2015
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR WON'T START AT TIMES. I TURN THE KEY, ALL THE LIGHTS AND RADIO COME ON, NO POWER TO START THE ENGINE, NO NOISE, NO CRANK, NOTHING. IF I WIGGLE THE GEAR SELECTOR GENTLY IT WILL START. LAST NIGHT IT WAS STUCK IN PARK AND I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF, WIGGLE THE SELECTOR A LITTLE AGAIN, AND THEN IT STARTED AND UNLOCKED THE GEAR SELECTOR. AND YES, MY FOOT IS ALWAYS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE WHEN I TRY TO SHIFT GEARS. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681641February 5, 2015
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA WOULD NOT START WHEN IN PARK, EVEN THOUGH THE BATTERY HAS A FULL CHARGE. SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND BACK TO PARK, AND IT STARTED ON THE FIRST TRY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681575February 5, 2015
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GL WITH HANKOOK OPTIMA MODEL 426 205/55R/16 TIRES. I DID ALL ROTATIONS AT 6000 MILES AND ALIGNMENTS ONCE A YEAR AS THE CAR MANUFACTURER SPECFIES. THIS VEHICLE IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPS). WHICH NEVER INDICATED ANY PROBLEMS WITH PROPER INFLATION. EVEN WITH FULL TREAD THESE TIRES HAD ALMOST ZERO TRACTION IN ANY WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE THERE WAS ANY ACCUMULATION OF RAIN OR SNOW. THESE ARE STATED AS ALL SEASON RADIALS AND THEY DO NOT PERFORM AS SUCH. MY TIRES WERE DOWN TO THE WEAR BARS 3/32' TREAD LEFT WITH 29791 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.THE MANUFACTURER LISTS THESE AS 50,000 MILE RATED TIRES. WHEN I QUESTIONED HYUNDAI THEY REFERRED ME TO HANKOOK TELLING ME THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE AND IS HANDLING ALL COMPLAINTS I CONTACTED HANKOOK CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 800-426-5665 AND SPOKE WITH [XXX] AT EXT. 616 I WAS FIRST TOLD ALL I NEEDED TO DO WAS HAVE A ONE OF THEIR LOCAL TIRE DISTRIBUTORS VERIFY TREAD DEPTH.I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED AT TOWN FAIR TIRES. THEN I ASKED THE MANAGER AT TOWN FAIR TIRES TO CALL THEM TO VERIFY. WHICH HE WAS HAPPY TO DO.THE STORY CHANGED TWO DAYS LATER THE MANAGER CALLED AND WAS TOLD THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, HE CALLED ME I CALLED THEM AND THEN THEY REMEMBERED THE CONVERSATION AND SAID" THEY WOULD CALL HIM BACK". THEN HE WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED PICTURES EMAILED TO THEM OF THE TIRES. AN HOUR LATER I WAS TOLD BY HANKOOK THEY NEED THE ACTUAL TIRE SKINS. SINCE IT HAD BEEN THREE DAYS SINCE I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED THE DISTRIBUTOR'S RECYCLERS HAD ALREADY PICKED UP THE TIRES AND THEY WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. ALL I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD TIRE ALLOWANCE FOR LACK OF PERFORMANCE. WHICH NOW THEY ARE REFUSING TO DO FOR ME WITHOUT THE TIRES. CAN YOU HELP ME? THESE ARE DANGEROUS PRODUCTS ON OUR ROADS AND NEED TO BE REMOVED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681634February 5, 2015
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS AT TURNING KEY, IT FINALLY STARTED. LIGHTS AND HORN FUNCTIONED PROPERLY, BUT I REPLACED THE BATTERY ANYWAY. CAR WOULD STILL NOT START ON FIRST FEW ATTEMPTS. ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL, THEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT TURNING KEY, IT WOULD START, AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG. BROUGHT IT TO DEALER, THEY SAID THEY CLEANED OUT SOME PARTS OF THE ENGINE AND UPDATED THE COMPUTER. THE NEXT DAY I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THEY CHANGED SOME FUSES. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, STILL THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE ARE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF THIS HAPPENING FOR OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR WHICH I FOUND ONLINE WHEN I WAS LOOKING TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681628February 5, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR WILL NOT START. IT JUST CLICKS AND WILL NOT START. IT IS RANDOM, BUT PROGRESSIVELY GETS MORE FREQUENT AS THE CAR GETS OLDER/MORE USE. POTENTIALLY STANDING A DRIVER WHEREVER THEY ARE AT THE TIME IT HAPPENS. IT HAS ALREADY STRANDED MY WIFE ONCE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DURING VERY HOT OR COLD WEATHER. HYUNDAI DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT FIXING THE ISSUE, NOR ARE THEY MAKING ANY EFFORTS WHATSOEVER TO REMEDY IT. DEALERS ARE NOT HELPING THEIR CUSTOMERS SOLVE THE PROBLEM EITHER. SEE THE WEBSITE BELOW. THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, AS IT IS LIKELY AFFECTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OWNERS AT THE VERY LEAST. A NEUTRAL SWITCH OR RANGE SWITCH SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN CULPRIT. HTTP://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T40609_DS554427. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681087February 4, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON THREE OCCASIONS THE PAST 2 WEEKS, MY CAR WOULD NOT START. IN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, I FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH 2012 AND 2013 ELANTRAS. WHILE THIS IS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE PERFORMANCE, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE DRIVER FINDING OUT THAT YOUR CAR WON'T START AND IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS COMMON ISSUE AND ISSUE A RECALL TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE PART(S). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681141February 4, 2015
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK TIRE PRESSURE MOTORING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED SPORADICALLY AND THEN DISAPPEARED. THE CONTACT WOULD PERIODICALLY PULLOVER WHEN THE MALFUNCTION OCCURRED AND THE TIRE PRESSURE ON ALL TIRES WAS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER HELD THE VEHICLE FOR 90 DAYS AND BROUGHT A HYUNDAI ENGINEER TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,781.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681233February 4, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
NOT LONG AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR FROM JONES JUNCTION HYUNDAI BEL AIR, I NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHT/WINDSHIELD WIPER STALK WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. SOMETIME THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. AT NIGHT, THE LIGHTS FOR THE DASHBOARD WOULD GO OUT. THE STALK HAD PROBLEMS. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THE FLUIDS WOULD NOT SQUIRT PROPERLY TO EFFECTIVELY CLEAN MY WINDSHIELD AS IT SHOULD. THESE ARE 2 SEPARATE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10680516February 2, 2015
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), AIR BAGS
I WAS COMING OFF OF INTERSTATE 95 ONTO MY EXIT AND I APPLIED MY BRAKE TO SLOW MY CAR BUT MY BRAKE APPARENTLY GAVE OUT AND WAS NOT WORKING . IT MAKE A LOUD SOUND LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO HOLD BUT IT DIDN'T AND IN ORDER TO STOP MY CAR FROM HITTING ANY OTHERS OR PEOPLE STANDING AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TRIED STEERING IT TOWARD THE CLOSEST CURB SO THAT I COULD PREVENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHIN MY POWER. MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY BUT THE CAR HIT HARD ENOUGH THAT MY FACE SLAMMED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, I SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION AND DAMAGED MY FACE AND GLASSES. I HAVE MUSCLE STRAINS IN MY BACK, NECK AND STILL A SWOLLEN EYE AND CHEEK BONE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10680302February 1, 2015
ENGINE
THE CAR WON'T START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING INCIDENT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED I WAS LEFT STRANDED AND I HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE IRONY IS THAT AFTER THE TOW TRUCK DELIVERS THE CAR TO THE DESTINATION THE CAR WILL START NORMALLY. THIS ISSUE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. I ALSO TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY NEVER SEEM TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES AND THEY CAN'T REPRODUCE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IN THE WEB, I SEE SEVERAL REPORTED CASES LIKE MINE AND WITH SIMILAR DIAGNOSTICS AND OUTCOME. IT SEEMS IT IS RELATED TO THE INHIBITOR SWITCH OR RANGE SWITCH AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SEVERAL HYUNDAI MODELS LIKE ELANTRA, SONATA, VELOSTER, ETC... THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND FIX IT IMMEDIATELY. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE OF THESE KOREAN CARS AGAIN. THE SERVICE IS AWFUL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10680345February 1, 2015
SUSPENSION
HITTING A POTHOLE AT. LOW SPEED DESTROYED MY TIRE AND BENT THE RIM. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIRE LOST UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THE IMPACT SEEMS TO BE BORNE BY THE RIM WHICH THEN CRUSHES THE TIRE. THIS COMPLAINT ABOUT THE 2013 ELANTRA SHOWS UP IN NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THE CARS.COM WEBSITE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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