10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
5 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
6 / 0
Average Mileage:
20,742 miles

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problem #4

Jun 012014

Elantra 4-cyl

  • 1,666 miles
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.

- Freson, TX, USA

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problem #3

May 132014

Elantra

  • miles
My low fuel indicator light had just turned on. Was going up a very slight grade and the car stopped in the middle of the road.

- Mckees Rocks, PA, USA

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problem #2

May 192014

Elantra

  • miles
I took my foot off the gas pedal to slow the car down as I was approaching another vehicle in front of me stopped at a red light. My foot was neither on the gas nor the brake and the car accelerated as if I was pressing the gas pedal.

- Mckees Rocks, PA, USA

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problem #1

Mar 222014

Elantra 4-cyl

  • 1,500 miles
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.

- New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA

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