Hyundai Elantra Complaints

8,883 consumer complaints on file.

#10606361June 26, 2014
STEERING
ECS LIGHT WENT ON AND IMMEDIATELY LOST "POWER STEERING"/ELECTRONIC STEERING. VEHICLE BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. VEHICLE IS NEW, APPROXIMATELY HALF A YEAR ON THE ROAD WITH LESS THAN 2000 MILES DRIVEN. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC SAYS WHOLE COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE PART IS BACK-ORDERED, NOT KNOWING HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10606367June 26, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
TURN KEY IN IGNITION. NOTHING HAPPENS. TURN OFF, TURN ON, EVENTUALLY IGNITION WORKS AND CAR TURNS ON. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE FIRST VISIT TO DEALER TO TRY TO REMEDY ISSUE. FIRST TRIP TO DEALER 5/14/14. DEALER CAN'T RECREATE PROBLEM. PROBLEM CONTINUES. 6/11/14: TURN KEY, CAR WON'T START, TURN OFF, TURN ON, CAR WONT START. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, HYUNDAI DEALER CALLED, SENDS A TOW TRUCK. TOW TRUCK DRIVER TURNS KEY. WON'T START. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAYS YOU NEED TO TURN THE KEY AND HOLD IT DOWN TO "RESET THE COMPUTER, RESET THE BRAKE SWITCH." HE DOES THIS AND CAR STARTS. HE TOWS IT TO DEALER 6/11/14. DEALER CAN'T RECREATE PROBLEM (SANDS DOWN PAINTED GROUND AREAS). 6/26/14- CAR STARTS BUT IS STUCK IN PARK, CAN'T SHIFT TO DRIVE. TURN OFF. TURN BACK ON. ABLE TO SHIFT TO DRIVE. LATER SAME DAY 6/26/14, TURN KEY IN IGNITION. NOTHING HAPPENS. HOLD KEY DOWN AS INSTRUCTED BY TOW TRUCK DRIVER ON 6/11. TURN OFF, TURN BACK ON, CAR STARTS. READ UP ON THE ISSUE ONLINE. SYMPTOMS SOUND SIMILAR TO BRAKE SWITCH RECALL ISSUES ON EARLIER MODELS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10605811June 25, 2014
WHEELS, TIRES
EVERY FEW MONTHS ONE OF THE TIRES ON OUR 2013 ELANTRA LIMITED FAILS WHILE DRIVING. OUR CAR CURRENTLY HAS JUST 11,000 MILES AND IS LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD AND SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR WE HAVE HAD 2 TIRES BLOW HOLES IN THE SIDEWALL (MONTHS APART FROM EACH OTHER) AND A THIRD DEVELOPED A LARGE BLISTER. MY DEALER REFERRED ME TO HYUNDAI CUST SVC, HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THAT THEY DO NOT COVER THE TIRES AT ALL AND IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. CONTINENTAL TIRE CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THAT THEY MANUFACTURED THE TIRE SPECIFICALLY FOR HYUNDAI AND TO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH DESIGN THEN I WOULD HAVE TO PURSUE IT THROUGH HYUNDAI BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WARRANT AGAINST "ROAD HAZARDS." I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFE VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE UNLESS THIS SITUATION IS ADDRESSED. CURRENTLY WE HAVE HAD 2 TIRES BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING LEAVING MY WIFE STRANDED AND WITHOUT A SPARE (VEHICLE DOES NOT COME WITH A SPARE!) THE CAR THEN NEEDS TO BE TOWED. OEM TIRE BRAND IS CONTINENTAL CONTIPROCONTACT RADIAL - 215/45R17 87H. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10605930June 25, 2014
SUSPENSION
WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER A BUMP / POT HOLE / ROAD IRREGULARITY THE REAR END OF THE CAR JUMPS AND ACTS AS IF IT IS GOING TO FISHTAIL (LIKE HITTING A PATCH OF ICE IN THE WINTERTIME). THIS OCCURS AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 25 AND GET MORE PRONOUNCED THE FASTER YOU ARE DRIVING. A QUICK SEARCH OF THE INTERNET INDICATES THAT THIS IS NOT ISOLATED TO JUST MY CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10605526June 24, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN I GOT A NEW BATTERY THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND TRIED TO RESET IT, IT DIDN'T WORK. I THEN TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AT NAPLES DODGE AND HE TRIED TO GET IT OFF BY HOOKING IT UP TO A COMPUTER. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10605569June 24, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION AT APPROX. 45 MPH, DRY PAVEMENT, THE VEHICLE BRAKES SUDDENLY LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH TIRES SCREECHING. DURING THE SKID INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND A FRIGHTENING ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, THE ABS LIGHT BLINKED SEVERAL TIMES THEN WENT OFF. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEADLY CONSEQUENCES HAD I BEEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON AN INTERSTATE. ( A FEW DAYS PRIOR, WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 50 MPH THE BRAKES WERE MAKING A HORRIFIC GRINDING NOISE WITH NO PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS RESULTED IN DECREASE OF SPEED IN THE VEHICLE IN WHICH IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 40 MPH.) THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER WHERE THEY QUESTIONED IF THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER READINGS WERE ALL GOOD AND SHOWED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. FINALLY, AFTER A SERVICE TECHNICIAN DRIVING IT HOME FOR THE NIGHT AND EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM TWICE HIMSELF, THEY REALIZED THERE WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES. THE HECU (HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT) HAD FAILED AT 31,685 MILES. THIS IS THE ANSWER THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN FOR THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS STILL CURRENTLY IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT BEING REPAIRED. I AM STILL IN FEAR OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS BEING REPAIRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10605326June 23, 2014
WHEELS, TIRES
PURCHASED NEW 2013 FROM DEALER. MILEAGE AT PICK UP - 212. I PICKED THE CAR UP, APPROXIMATELY 2 WKS AFTER SIGNING PAPERWORK, BECAUSE MY MOM WAS HOSPITALIZED. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF WKS - TO WORK, THE HOSPITAL. I'M 48 YRS OLD, I DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. IT'S MY FIRST NEW CAR IN 17 YEARS. I'M PARKING FAR FROM ALL CARS + BEING VERY CAREFUL WITH THE CAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN HAVING SOME PROBLEMS SO I GAVE IT A REALLY CLOSE INSPECTION + DISCOVERED THE FRONT TIRE HAD A SMALL BUBBLE, THE SIZE OF A QUARTER, IN THE OUTER WALL. AT THAT POINT MILEAGE WAS UNDER 700 MILES. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER, SALESMAN IMPLIED THEY WOULD FIX IT - NOT THE CASE. THE DEALER SAID NOT OUR PRODUCT AND SENT ME TO A TIRE COMPANY WHO THEY SAID DEALS W/ NEXEN WARRANTY PAPERWORK - NOT THE CASE. I CALLED NEXEN ON JUNE 12TH (MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 726 MILES) + REPORTED IT. I GAVE THEM TONS OF INFORMATION + TOLD THEM THE NAME OF THE DEALERSHIP MANAGER I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ON THE MULTIPLE CAR ISSUES. THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL THE DEALERSHIP + SEE IF THEY COULD GET THEM TO COOPERATE WITH THEM. THEY ALSO SAID THEY WERE GOING TO SEE ABOUT REPLACING THE TIRE ON A 1 TIME BASIS. TO DATE I HAVE HEARD NOTHING. THE TIRES ARE WRITTEN ABOUT EXTENSIVELY ONLINE - MANY PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS TIRE ON THIS CAR. SOME THINK IT COULD BE THE COMBINATION OF THE TIRE SIZE 17" + THE CAR, SPECULATING THE CAR MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS SIZE. IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. BUBBLES EQUAL BLOW OUTS, ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF THOSE IN THE CAR + THOSE DRIVING OR WALKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. HYUNDAI IS ALSO MISREPRESENTING THE CAR AND SO ARE THE SALES PEOPLE AT MIRAK. I TOLD THEM I DID NOT WANT LOW PROFILE TIRES. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT LOW PROFILE TIRES. AND THEY TOLD ME TO LOOK AT THE STICKER. THE STICKER DOES NOT SAY LOW PROFILE TIRES. BUT THE TIRE PROS SAY - THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE LOW PROFILE TIRES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10604911June 21, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD AT LOW SPEED, VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. ROLLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. RESTARTED VEHICLE BUT HAD NO POWER STEERING. BOTH ESC AND EPS LIGHTS WERE ON DASH DISPLAY. VEHICLE HAS REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION SINCE THEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10604964June 21, 2014
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR SHUT ITSELF OFF WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART OR SHIFT INTO PARK AND THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT. FINALLY GOT THE CAR TO START IN NEUTRAL AND CAR SPUTTERED AND IT REGISTERED NO RPMS, SO IT DIDN'T MOVE. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES CAR DID START IN NEUTRAL AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10604991June 21, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY CAR PAINT STARTED CHIPPING IT'S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2010. I'VE RESEARCHED AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THERE CARS PAINT CHIPPING. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE DEALERSHIP WOULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10604460June 19, 2014
STEERING, SUSPENSION
CONTINUOUS ISSUE WITH CONTROL OF CAR WHEN WINDY OR WET ROADS. ANY TIME I'M ON AN UNEVEN PATCH OF ROAD OR A BUMP, IT'S LIKE I LOSE CONTROL OF MY CAR. CAR WANDERS OUT OF CONTROL ON WET ROAD OR WHEN WINDY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10599082June 18, 2014
SEATS
THE HEADRESTS PUSH MY HEAD FORWARD INTO AN UNCOMFORTABLE & UNNATURAL POSITION. I AM A 5'4" SMALLER FRAMED DRIVER. WHEN SEATED, MY HEAD IS PUSHED SO FAR FORWARD THAT MY LINE OF SIGHT IS THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASH, NOT THE ROAD. THIS MAKES ME HAVE TO CONTINUALLY LIFT MY EYES FROM THEIR NATURAL POSITION TO VIEW THE ROAD. WHEN TRYING TO TURN MY HEAD TO SEE WHILE DRIVING, THE NATURAL TURNING MOTION OF MY NECK IS HINDERED WITH LIMITED RANGE OF MOVEMENT AND AWKWARD UNNATURAL MOVEMENT ANGLE CAUSING SLOWER HEAD ROTATION. THE ANGLE THAT MY HEAD IS FORCED INTO INTERFERES WITH COMFORTABLE NATURAL BREATHING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THESE HEADRESTS FOR SHORT DRIVERS IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, BUT THESE ASPECTS OF NEWER STYLED HEADRESTS DISTRACT & INTERFERE WITH MY SAFE DRIVING. THE BEST WAY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE IS TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT INTERFERENCE & DISTRACTION. DURING & AFTER MY DRIVING TRIP: MY EYES WERE TIRED FROM BEING FORCED TO LOOK UPWARD CONSTANTLY TO SEE THE ROAD, INSTEAD OF BEING POSITIONED IN A NATURAL FORWARD VIEW. MY NECK WAS TIRED FROM BEING FORCED DOWNWARD, HAVING LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION AND FROM THE EXTRA FRICTION & EFFORT WHEN SUBCONSCIOUSLY ATTEMPTING TO PUT MY HEAD INTO A NATURAL HEAD POSITION, BUT BEING HINDERED BY THE SEAT WHEN I HAD TO CHECK FOR OTHER VEHICLES AT INTERSECTIONS, DURING LANE CHANGES AND SIMPLY TRYING TO LOOK FORWARD NATURALLY. I WAS DISTRACTED BY MY DISCOMFORT IN BREATHING FOR MY ENTIRE TRIP BY THE STRAIN/PRESSURE IN MY NECK/THROAT AREA THAT INTERFERED WITH MY BREATHING. I WAS DISTRACTED BY MY GLASSES SLIDING & INTERFERING WITH MY VIEW BECAUSE OF THE DOWNWARD POSITIONING OF MY HEAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10599093June 18, 2014
WHEELS, TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY LOW PRESSURE TIRE LIGHT CAME ON. AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN, THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW AND I BEGAN FISHTAILING UNTIL I COULD CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE CAME WITH HANKOOK OPTIMO TIRES, AND THEY ARE ONLY 10 MONTHS OLD WITH ABOUT 22000 MILES ON THEM, WELL UNDER THE WARRANTY. HAD TO GET A FLATBED TOW AND PURCHASE A BRAND NEW TIRE FROM LOCAL DEALERSHIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10599111June 18, 2014
WHEELS, TIRES
FLAT TIRE. BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER ONLY 22000 MILES ON THE TIRE. NOT PAST WARRANTY. NO WORK WAS EVER DONE ON THE TIRE. FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW WITH A PLUG IN IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10604271June 18, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS BOTH FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND BOTH THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE BACK AND HER SEPTUM WAS RIPPED. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,497.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10598941June 17, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR HAS BROKEN AT THE HINGE. THIS CAUSES THE SUN VISOR TO DROP SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP, THEREBY HINDERING VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598934June 17, 2014
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I WAS ON A HIGHWAY DRIVING THE VEHICLE (A 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA) AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN IT INEXPLICABLY "STALLED" FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. I QUICKLY LOST SPEED AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE DESPITE THE FACT THAT I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AT ONE POINT. THE VEHICLE SIMPLY DID NOT RESPOND. THERE WAS PLENTY OF GAS IN THE VEHICLE, SO I HAD NOT RUN OUT OF GAS. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO HAVE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. THIS RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON A HIGHWAY WHERE I, ALONG WITH THE OTHER OCCUPANTS WITHIN THE VEHICLE, SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. NOTABLY, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED--EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE, INCLUDING BEING CRUSHED IN FROM THE REAR. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#10599046June 17, 2014
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS, STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAD A LOW SPEED ACCIDENT APPROXIMATELY 10-20MPH IN A PARKING LOT WHERE I HIT A CEMENT SURROUNDING OF A POLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD, BUSTED THE DASH VENTS, LOCKED MY DRIVERS SEATBELT AND SHATTERED WINDSHIELD GLASS ALL OVER THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598495June 16, 2014
STEERING, SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARM FRACTURED, ALLOWING WHEEL TO TURN 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN AN UNCONTROLLED SLIDE DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THIS ALSO BLEW OUT THE TIRE AND SEPARATED THE AXLE FROM THE TRANSMISSION, SPILLING TRANSMISSION FLUID. VEHICLE WAS UNCONTROLLABLE, AND ONCE STOPPED IMMOVABLE, AND SO STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598519June 16, 2014
STEERING
COMMENTS: MY EPS ELECTRONIC POWER HAS CEASED TO FUNCTION TWICE. ONCE A YEAR AGO - I GOT INTO START THE CAR AND THE EPS LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WAS NO STEERING - COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL. I REPORTED TO HYUNDAI AND WAS IGNORED. THERE ARE OTHERS REPORTING THE SAME THING ON THE INTERNET. TONIGHT, WE CAME OUT OF THE THEATER LATE LATE SHOW - AND THE SAME THING OCCURRED. A YEAR AGO- I PUT THE KEY IN AND OUT 3 TIMES THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND THE STEERING CAME BACK. TONIGHT IT DID NOT. I BELIEVE TO BE ELECTRICAL IN NATURE AND A RESULT OF A FAULTY DESIGN. THE ONLY THING WE DID TONIGHT DIFFERENTLY THAN BEFORE WAS TO TURN ON THE REAR OVERHEAD LIGHT BEFORE GOING IN THE THEATER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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