Hyundai Elantra Complaints

8,883 consumer complaints on file.

#10578200April 8, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING MY 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA (THAT I HAD ONLY HAD FOR 3 MONTHS, HAD 1,500 MILES ON THE CAR) HOME FROM THE AIRPORT, HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET ON 55 FOR THE PREVIOUS 30 MINUTES, AND I NOTICED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WAS BRAKING. NATURALLY, I PRESSED THE BRAKE AS WELL TO SLOW DOWN, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD AS ROCK AND WOULD NOT PRESS IN AT ALL AND THEREFORE I COULD NOT SLOW DOWN AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE. I KEPT TRYING TO PRESS THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD AND WOULD NOT WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL KEPT ACCELERATING. I PRESSED THE CANCEL CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON ON MY STEERING WHEEL, BUT THAT DID NOT DISENGAGE EITHER. JUST HAS I WAS SHIFTING MY CAR TO NEUTRAL, MY CAR REAR-ENDED THE LEXUS IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER MY CAR STRUCK THE LEXUS (MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE PEDAL), I FELT THE BRAKE FINALLY PRESS IN AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE BRAKE MALFUNCTION IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT UPON MY OWN INVESTIGATION, I FOUND A RECALL OF HYUNDAI ELANTRA YEAR MODELS 2007-2011 FOR THIS VERY ISSUE THAT CAUSED MY CAR ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577944April 7, 2014
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 30 MPH THE EPS LIGHT WENT ON AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OFF. I DROVE THE CAR ABOUT A MILE TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY RE-CALIBRATED THE SENSOR. THE CAR OPERATED FINE FOR TWO DAYS AND THEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN,( ALTHOUGH IT DOES RESET WHEN THE CAR IS RESTARTED). I THEN TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER, WHERE I WAS TOLD THE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND IS RATHER COSTLY TO FIX. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577976April 7, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND REMAINED ON. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THEY STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WIRING FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,789.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10578076April 7, 2014
TIRES, WHEELS
HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH TIRE WEAR ON THE 17 INCH TIRE PROVIDED WITH THE 2011 ELANTRA LIMITED. EVERY OTHER TIRE SET I HAVE PURCHASED FOR OTHER VEHICLES WOULD LAST 40-50K MILES OR MORE, BUT WITH THIS CAR, I WAS ONLY GETTING ~25K MILES PER SET. I WAS ON MY THIRD SET OF TIRES(NOT DISCOUNT TIRES, THREE DIFFERENT BRANDS AS WELL) WITH ONLY ~78K MILES WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAD A SIDEWALL BLOWOUT. I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE PURCHASED A SPARE (THE DEALER LIED AND TOLD ME IT HAD A SPARE WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR). HOWEVER, I WAS TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN WITH FAMILY AND THIS CAUSED SEVERAL HOURS OF DELAY AS I HAD TO FIND ANOTHER TIRE PLACE TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE FOR THE LONG TRIP. I WAS ALSO FORTUNATE THAT THE BLOWOUT OCCURRED WHILE GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, SO MY VEHICLE SPEED WAS NOT HIGH AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577517April 4, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FILLING GAS, THE CAR WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO PUT MORE THAN 3/4 OF A GALLON IN AT A TIME AND MORE OFTEN LESS THAN THAT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577031April 3, 2014
TIRES, WHEELS
THE CAR CAME WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES AND BOTH THE FRONT TIRES SIDEWALL HAVE BUBBLES. SEEMS TO BE TIRE DEFECT. HYUNDAI - BRAD BENSON HYUNDAI - NJ REFUSED TO COVER THE TIRES. HUYNDAI REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRES. CONTINENTAL TIRES PAID 50 % OF THE COST TO REPLACE BOTH THE FRONT TIRES. I STILL PAID 160/- FOR 2 FRONT TIRES. THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE TIRES OR THE ELANTRA 2013 4 DR LTD DESIGN. I WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW. MAYBE ALL 4 TIRES NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576656April 2, 2014
SUSPENSION
ON APRIL 1ST 2014 THE FRONT RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE OFF WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING A CANADIAN GOOSE THAT WAS SAUNTERING MAJESTICALLY ACROSS THE ROAD (THE GOOSE WAS UNHURT). THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WAS ROTATED ABOUT 60 DEGREES TO THE HORIZONTAL AND WAS MOVED BACKWARDS ENOUGH TO DAMAGE THE RIGHT FENDER. SOME TWO YEARS AGO, HYUNDAI RECALLED THIS MODEL TO INSPECT FOR POSSIBLE CORROSION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. AT THAT TIME THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO CORROSION DETECTED IN THIS VEHICLE. WHILE IT IS EASY TO BLAME THIS BREAK ON POTHOLES, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I AM METICULOUS ABOUT AVOIDING THEM AND I WONDER IF THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS WERE NOT WEAKENED BY POOR QUALITY CORROSION PROTECTION AND GAVE WAY WHEN I BRAKED. [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
#10576682April 2, 2014
AIR BAGS
I WAS GOING TO WORK ON THE MORNING OF 12-3-13. WHILE MERGING FROM RT 77 TO I480 WHEN I NOTICED AN ACCIDENT AHEAD. I SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR AND WAS PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I SUSTAINED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: CERVICAL AND THORACIC STRAIN AND STERNAL CONTUSION. THE INJURIES RESULTED IN MEDICAL COSTS EXCEEDING $15,000. THE REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE COST $10,500. ..UPDATED 08-28-14 *BF *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10576774April 2, 2014
SUSPENSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, IF YOU HIT A BUMP, THE REAR END SWAYS. SOMETIMES IT SWAYS SO MUCH IT FEELS AS IF I AM NOT IN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH. THE CAR DOESN'T FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576826April 2, 2014
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS, WHEELS
TMPS LAMP ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY, HAD TIRE PRESSURES CHECKED AND THEY ARE/WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH MANUFACTURERS STANDARDS, THE TMPS CONTINUES TO COME ON AND OFF RANDOMLY SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW FOR SURE IF THEIR IS A PROBLEM WITH A TIRE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576885April 2, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR FALL OFF DURING DRIVING AND FEW MONTHS LATER PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR ALSO FELL OFF DURING THE DRIVING.THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE DRIVING AGAINST THE SUN OR BRIGHT LIGHT. THERE IS NO SECURED FIT TO ATTACHED SUN VISOR, ATTACHED ONLY WITH THE ELECTRIC WIRE GOING INSIDE THRU VISOR.MANUFACTURING/DESIGN DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577001April 2, 2014
SUSPENSION, STEERING
FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR HOME SEEMED ALITTLE FUNNY HOW THE BACK OF THE CAR SHIFTS AROUND. THOUGHT MAYBE AFTER A FEW MILES IT WOULD GO AWAY. THE NEXT DAY MY DAD TOOK THE CAR OUT FOR A DRIVE AND NOTICED THE SAME THING. NOW TODAY ON THE HIGHWAY WAS DRIVING BACK FROM WORK AND HIT A LITTLE BUMP WITH A VERY SMALL CURVE AND I THOUGHT I WOULD CRASH INTO THE DIVIDERS. THE BACK OF THE CAR SHIFTED AROUND ALOT. ALMOST LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF THE CAR FOR A GOOD FEW SECONDS. SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. WONDERING WHY HYUNDAI HAS NOT MADE A RECALL ON THIS SITUATION. BY THE WAY IT IS NOT MY FIRST TIME I NOTICED THE CAR DOING THIS. WAS SEARCHING AROUND SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM ON THE ELANTRA'S. IS HYUNDAI JUST WAITING FOR A BIG LAWSUIT TO HAPPEN? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576156April 1, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 2 TIMES, UPON DRIVING THE CAR IT RANDOMLY ACCELERATES ALL ON ITS OWN. ITS AS IF SOMEONE IS PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE METAL AND TRYING TO BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME.. SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES ONLY SLOWS IT DOWN BUT NOT ENOUGH THEN I PROCEED TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ALL THE WAY WHICH ONLY ASSITS A LITTLE.. SO AT THIS POINT I AM AT THE COMPLETE MERCY OF A VECHICLE WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN.. IM STUCK DRIVING A CAR THAT WONT STOP FOR 3 EXITS IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE AND 2 SECONDS AWAY FROM CALLING THE STATE POLICE FOR ASSISTANCE... PUTTING IT INTO NEUTRAL DIDNT STOP IT EITHER IT KEPT GOING!!! TOOK IT IMMEDIATLY TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND AFTER PUTTING 100 MILES ON IT TO TRY AND RECREATE THE ISSUE ( WHICH THATS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE TO RECREATE ) IT DIDNT OCCOR FOR THEM SO I WAS HANDED MY KEYS AND TOLD TO DRIVE OFF IN A POSSIBLE DEATH MACHINE WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN. I TAKE MY CAR FOR THE SCHEDULED MAITINECE AND DO MY PART SO HYUNDAI SHOULD NOT WANT THIER LOYAL CONSUMERS DRIVING SUCH HAZARDS.... IVE READ SEVERAL SIMAILAR STORIES AND PEOPLE HAVE HAD NO LUCK IN GETTING THIS MATTER RESOLVED THIER SOULUTION WAS TO GET A NEW CAR ... IF ONLY IT WAS THAT EASY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576562April 1, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
APRIL 1ST 2014 AT APROX. 9:15AM WHILE PERFORMING AN EMERGENCY ACCELERATION IN A 2010 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SE WITH APROX.103000 MILES CAR BECAME STUCK ACCELERATING AND CONTINUED TO DO ONCE FOOT WAS LIFTED FROM BOTH PEDALS. BRAKES WERE EFFECTIVE AT SLOWING VEHICLE BUT ENGINE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT FULL THROTTLE. TAPPING ACCELERATOR WAS TRIED AND WAS INEFFECTIVE. CAR WAS SHIFTED BY OPERATOR INTO NEUTRAL AND RED-LINED ON RPM. OPERATOR SLAMMED ACCELERATOR PEDDLE TO FLOOR AGAIN AND UNINTENDED ACCELERATION STOPPED AND CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTION. NO CRUISE CONTROL WAS BEING USED, NO HAZARD WARNING SYMBOLS CAME ON. CAR WAS SHIFTED BACK TO DRIVE AND NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY OCCURRED. CAR ACCELERATED TO APROX 70MPH UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A HYUNDAI DEALER FOR SERVICE A FEW HRS LATER WHO NOTED AND SHOWED CUSTOMER HOW OEM FLOOR MATS WHEN PROPERLY INSTALLED CAN POP UP AND TRAP ACCELERATOR PEDDLE DOWN IF ACCELERATOR PEDDLE IS FORCED TO FLOOR RAPIDLY. DEALER WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE ISSUE AND REMOVED FLOOR MAT FROM MOUNTING ON FLOOR AND LEFT LOOSE IN DRIVER'S FOOT AREA. CUSTOMER PUT FLOOR MAT IN BACK SEAT TO AVOID ISSUES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576137April 1, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVER SIDE VISOR KEPT FLOPPING DOWN UNTIL IT CAME LOOSE FROM THE BRACKET WHICH HELD IT. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER WANTS $175.00 TO REPLACE THE VISOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575957March 31, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT ABRUPTLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKES HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO THE LEG OF A PEDESTRIAN. THE CONTACT QUICKLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE, AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AGAIN AND CRASHING INTO THE PEDESTRIAN A SECOND TIME. THE PEDESTRIAN SUSTAINED A BRUISED LEG AND SWELLING OF THE LEG AND ANKLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 07/16/14 MA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10576034March 31, 2014
STEERING
DROVE THE NEW ELANTRA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SNOW AND IT WAS HARD TO CONTROL. TRIED NOT TO DRIVE IT THAT WINTER AND THOUGHT WOULD BUY SNOW TIRES THE NEXT WINTER. THAT SUMMER DURING RAINSTORM THE ELANTRA HANDLED POORLY. DISCOVERED PASSENGER REAR TIRE WAS BALD. DEALER CHECKED AND ALIGNMENT WAS WITHIN FACTORY SPECS.???? HELPFUL HYUNDAI MECHANIC AGREED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND SHIMMIED REAREND FOR BETTER ALIGNMENT. COMPANY PAID FOR TWO TIRES. NOW IT HANDLES GREAT. WONDER HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAPPENED IN CARS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM. COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW HARD IT WAS TO CONTROL ON A ROAD WITH SLIGHT SNOW COVERAGE. DEALER SAW OTHER CARS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. 2 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575486March 29, 2014
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, ENGINE, SUSPENSION
FROM STOP SIGN PROCEEDED TO CROSS INTERSECTION, WAS STRUCK ON FRONT END OF DRIVERS SIDE PANEL AND BUMPER, SPUN AROUND AND HIT AGAIN ON DRIVER BACK SIDE PANEL AND REAR WHEEL, RIPPED HALF OF THE FRONT BUMPER AND CRUSHED DRIVERS FRONT SIDE AGAINST ENGINE , NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575641March 29, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES
THE GAS PEDAL GOT "STUCK" IN THE DOWN POSITION WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN A PROBLEM BEING ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH, PASSING/MERGING/ACCELERATING IN ORDER TO GET ONTO AN ONRAMP WHICH CURVED SLIGHTLY TO GO INTO ANOTHER MAIN HIGHWAY. WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN A BIT FOR THE RAMP, NOTHING HAPPENED. MY CAR CONTINUED TO GO AT THE SAME SPEED. I CONTINUED TO BRAKE, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. I SLID MY FOOT OVER THE GAS PEDAL AND COULD TELL IT WAS STILL COMPLETELY "DOWN" AND MAKING THE CAR ACCELERATE AT FULL CAPACITY. I THEN GLANCED DOWN TO CONFIRM THAT THE PEDAL WAS STUCK IN THE DOWNWARD POSITION. THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THE PEDAL, THE FLOOR MAT WAS NOT STUCK UNDERNEATH, NOR WAS IT ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE THE PEDAL WAS PRESSED DOWN. I CLICKED MY HAZARDS ON DURING THE PROCESS BECAUSE SINCE IT WAS AN ONRAMP, THERE WAS NOWHERE TO PULL OVER. AS I CONTINUOUSLY PRESSED ON THE BRAKES, THE CAR ONLY SLOWED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3-5 MPH TOTAL, BECAUSE THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK ALL THE WAY DOWN, THEREFORE THE BRAKES WERE TRYING TO WORK AGAINST THE FULL POWER OF THE ACCELERATION. ONCE THE PASSENGER REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HE HELPED BY PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. THIS HELPED SLOW THE CAR, AND I THEN PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CAR CAME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAIN HIGHWAY ONRAMP. THE CARS BEHIND ME WERE ABLE TO REACT QUICK ENOUGH TO GO AROUND AND NOT HIT THE CAR. I TRIED TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO HELP DIAGNOSE THIS ISSUE AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO TELL HYUNDAI. ONCE ON A STRAIGHTAWAY WITHOUT OTHER CARS NEARBY, I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND SURE ENOUGH I WAS ABLE TO RECREATE THE ISSUE AND THE PEDAL GOT STUCK AGAIN. UPON TRYING TO RECREATE IT A 3RD TIME, IT DID NOT GET STUCK AND SEEMED TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. BUT IT DID GET STUCK 2 OUT OF THE 3 TIMES. IT WAS TERRIFYING TO NOT BE ABLE TO STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575453March 28, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT A PASSENGER IS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE 'AIR BAG' LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD GOES OFF - PROBLEM BEGAN UPON INITIALLY STARTING CAR, AND IS NOT LINKED TO ANY ACCIDENT EVER OCCURRED. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS RIDING IN THESE VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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