Hyundai Elantra Complaints (2001)

315 consumer complaints on file.

#10113539March 7, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB ABL.PCO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112164February 25, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
1. DAUGHTER DRIVING CAR ON HIGHWAY WHEN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SUCH AS RADIO, DOOR LOCKS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AND DOOR CHIME RANG CONTINUOUSLY. ON JAN 22, 2005 SHE STARTED CAR, DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW WENT DOWN BY ITSELF AND ELECTRICAL WINDOWS AND OTHER INTERIOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS STOPPED WORKING. AN ACRID BURNING SMELL THEN DEVELOPED AS WELL AS WISPS OF SMOKE FROM THE DOOR AND DASH. 2. AS A RESULT, AND DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE FIRE AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. OVERRIDING CONCERN WAS THAT POSSIBILITY OF FIRE AND FURTHER DAMAGE EXISTED. 3. INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION BY REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THAT THE MAIN ELECTRICAL HARNESSES RUNNING THROUGH BOTH FRONT DOORS WERE CORRODED, SHORTING OUT AND ONE HAD EVIDENCE OF SCORING AND MELTING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MANUFACTURER, HYUNDAI, HAD A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, #03-90-009 (WHICH SUPERSEDED #01-90-004) THAT ADDRESSED THE CONDITION THAT WATER COULD GET UP INTO THE AREA OF THE WIRING HARNESSES AND CAUSE CORROSION AND SHORTS. REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF FOUR WIRING HARNESSES, TWO ON EACH SIDE, AND SEALING THE AREA IN THE CAR STRUCTURE WHERE THE WATER COULD ENTER IN THE FIRST PLACE. REPAIR COMPLETED PER THE MANUFACTURER'S TSB. THE OLD WIRING HARNESSES WERE KEPT BY OWNER. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113013February 24, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IS UNDER THE SEAT THAT MADE IT COME ON. , HOWEVER, THEY WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHY THE LIGHT IS ON. *NM ABL.PCO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109939February 6, 2005
AIR BAGS
I WAS INVOLVED IN A PRETTY INTENSIVE ACCIDENT ON 2-3-04 AND I COULD HAVE REALLY HURT MYSELF BAD AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT RELEASE TO SAVE MY LIFE. I COULD HAVE REALLY BEEN HURT, I BOUGHT MY CAR BASED ON ITS SAFETY FEATURES AND AT THE TIME WHEN I NEED MY CAR TO WORK THE MOST THE SAFETY WAS NOT THERE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10110810January 27, 2005
AIR BAGS
THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. *NM THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM BUT WITH NO SUCCESS. THE ONLY WAY THE CONSUMER COULD GET THE LIGHT TO GO OFF WAS TO ADJUST THE SEAT A CERTAIN WAY. DECEMBER 2004 A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR AIR BAG LIGHT ISSUES. T HE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE HER VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD. *NM ABL.PCO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108008January 27, 2005
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SINCE DAY ONE. POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. TCM MODULE REPLACED IN TRANSMISSION AT 3 MONTHS. ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY REPLACED AT 10 MONTHS. ANOTHER POWER STEERING PUMP AT 40000 MILES. STEERING RACK AT 41K MILES. CAR HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY ALIGNED SINCE STEERING RACK WAS INSTALLED ALMOST A YEAR AGO. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP ON 14 SEPERATE OCCASIONS IN 10 MONTHS. SHAKING IN STEERING WHEEL AT ALL SPEEDS. WAS TOLD THIS WAS TIRE RELATED. INSTALLED AND BALANCED NEW TIRES, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. WHEEL SHAKES SO BAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THAT ARMS ARE SORE. ALIGNMENT IS NOT CORRECT AND STEERING WHEEL IS OFF CENTER. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ARE NOT WILLING OR ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106347January 14, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
HEAD ON COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN FRACTURE OF C-SPINE. THE DRIVER AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THIS MAY HAVE INCREASED THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURY. VEHICLE IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND LEGAL COUNSEL. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10106130January 11, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK IN THE VERY COLD, SOMETIMES YOUR DRIVING FOR UP TO 20 MINUTES WITH NO SPEEDOMETER. ITS BEEN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 4 TIMES. ONCE THE TEMPERATURE GOES UP THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS. THEY'VE REPLACED A SENSOR, A CABLE, AND THE LAST TIME THEY PUT A NEW SPEEDOMETER IN. WHEN IT'S COLD THE NEW ONE DOES NOT WORK EITHER. WE LEFT IT WITH THEM FOR 4 DAYS, BUT BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE FREEZING THEY COULDN'T SEE IT NOT WORKING SO THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. MY DAUGHTER GOES TO SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA(SHE DRIVES IT) SO IT WORKS LESS WHEN SHE'S HOME IN VERNON, NJ. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THERE'S COLDER STATES THEN NEW JERSEY. HYUNDAI DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A CLUE. THERE WAS NOT A SPECIFIC INCIDENT DATE, IT BEGAN NOT WORKING IN THE WINTER OF 2002 WHEN IT HAD JUST ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106679January 3, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 20 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 MPH, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101969January 3, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VISIBILITY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE BALL JOINTS CRACKED WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT LEFT TIRE TO BECOME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE ISSUE. *AK THE VEHICLE'S TCM/ECM SOFTWARE FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP/SURGE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE DUE TO AN INTERNAL FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE A/T ASSEMBLY AND FLUSHED THE A/T FLUID. THE LEFT SUNVISOR WAS COMING APART. THE VISOR CLIPS BROKE AND AS A RESULT THEY COULD NOT HOLD THE VISOR IN A STABLE POSITION. SEAT BELT BOLT COVER BROKE. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK WAS HARD FOR THE PASSENGER TO UNLOCK FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DOOR LATCH AND ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE'S HEATER TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO EFFECTIVELY WARM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE BLEND DOOR WAS LOOSE AT THE ACTUATOR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103484December 10, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THE COMPUTER CHIP WAS BURNT BY LIQUID SPILLING ON IT SINCE ITS LOCATION WAS BELOW THE CUP HOLDER. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK........CONSUMER DOES NOT SEE HOW THIS SHOULD BE HIS RESPONSIBILITY. IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, OR CONSUMER SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CUP HOLDER COULD NOT BE USED FOR ITS PURPOSE. *AK ABL.PCO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093336September 29, 2004
AIR BAGS
THERE WAS A SPONTANEOUS DEPLOYMENT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IN OUR 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT TURN AND WAS IN MOTION, PROCEEDING NORMALLY DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN THE AIRBAG WENT OFF; THERE WAS NO WRECK, NO BUMP IN THE ROAD, NO IMPACT OF ANY SORT. NO ONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AT THE TIME, SO THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR.*AK ABL.PCO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091586September 8, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE COMMENCED TO OVERHEAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSE BY A BAD THERMOSTAT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE THERMOSTAT, BUT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089892August 27, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN SIDE COLLISION AND FRONTAL CRASH THE SIDE AND FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. RECALL NUMBER 00V32000. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10087017August 17, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE HEADLIGHT CONSTANTLY WERE BLOWING OUT, IT GUZZLES GAS LIKE CRAZY! THEN NOW TWO SENSORS ARE BAD AND PER THE DEALER THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THESE SENSORS BUT WON'T REPLACE THEM? I LOVE HYUNDAI ALWAYS HAD ONE BUT THIS ONE TURNED OUT TO BE A PAIN IN THE BUTT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087019August 17, 2004
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC), TIRES
THE FRONT SUSPENSION/BRAKING/TIRES SYSTEM'S UNDER PERFORM DURING SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ON THREE SEPERATE OCCASIONS MY VEHICLE HAS SUSTAINED DAMAGE IN EXCESS OF $1,000 PER EVENT FOR THE VEHICLES' UNDER PERFORMANCE BASED ON THE "OPTIONAL" TRACTION CONTROL" PEFRORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS SUPPLIED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR TYPICAL TURNING CONDITIONS UNDER SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10082244July 19, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EQUIPMENT
INCIDENT DATE IS ESTIMATED. I HAVE PUT APPROXIMATELY 17,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE DURING THE COURSE OF EACH YEAR (NEVER MORE THAN 20K OR LESS THAN 15K) AND ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, ALL BETWEEN 9 AND 15 MONTHS APART, MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE FAILED. ON ONE OCCASION BOTH LAMPS FAILED WITHIN A TWO WEEKS AND BEFORE I COULD REPLACE THE FIRST FAILED ONE RESULTING IN A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION WHERE I WOULD HAVE HAD NO HEADLIGHTS. EACH TIME MY LOCAL HYUNDAI SERVICE CENTER HAS REPLACED THEM AND ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION, MADE COMMENTS SUGGESTING THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH MY MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE. INTERESTING TO NOTE, THE FAILURES HAVE ALWAYS OCCURRED IN THE WINTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082175July 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
2001 ELANTRA REGARDING REAR BRAKE TUBES RECALL NOTICE.*MR IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO GET THE RECALL PERFORMED ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE, HOWEVER WHEN THE CONSUMER SHOWED UP, THE DEALER WAS CLOSED, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE DEALERSHIP HAD CHANGED OWNERSHIP AND TO CALL BACK. THE CONSUMER CALLED BACK TWICE AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE STILL CLOSED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE BOOKED DESPITE HAVING AN APPOINTMENT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE MOST OF THE DAY, BUT WHEN THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE VEHICLE, THE INVOICE STATED THE PART HAD TO BE ORDERED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079983June 25, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER HAD THE AIR BAG MODULE REPLACED ONCE, AND ANOTHER ONE WAS NEEDED. CONSUMER INADVERTENTLY SPILLED FLUIDS INTO THE MODULE WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE AIR BAG WAS THERE. *AK ABL.PCO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079761June 24, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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