10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
76,363 miles

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problem #6

Aug 172020

Elantra

  • 120,000 miles
Leaving work I heard a noise come from the car as I was leaving parking lot of the hospital which has a ten mph speed limit after being parked for 9 hours. I realized I felt like I was siting loopsided. So I turned off into my employers front lot to inspect the car. I walked around noticed the drivers side rear was lower. Tires looked ok so I looked underneath and say this rusty dragging strut/cross member piece.. had to have car towed as I knew it was unsafe to drive as didn't know what else it damage tires, shocks etc. The car visually appeared to be dragging in the rear on drivers side due to this. This part was recalled by Hyundai in 2014 due to corrosion..

- Sussex, NJ, USA

problem #5

May 102020

Elantra 4-cyl

  • miles
2008 Hyundai Elantra has a know issue regarding the subframe 'campaign TT1'. my Elantra's subframe is rotting and has holes rotted through in a few areas. It's a 12 year old car that is otherwise in good condition. Hyundai won't help since I had this recall 'fixed' originally in 2014. They reissued the campaign in 2017. I bought this car new. It's been a reliable car and it still runs and looks good. But since my frame is rotting away, I won't be able to pass another inspection and the car will be unsafe to drive.

- Merrimac, MA, USA

problem #4

Oct 012019

Elantra

  • 180 miles
Door handles keep falling off, even after being repaired at shop. Driver door handle is one of those that fell off and can't get inside car now.

- Manchester, NH, USA

problem #3

Feb 162020

Elantra

  • 168,000 miles
While driving home on the highway after a rainy day, the ABS light and parking brake lights came on. I checked the parking brake; it was not engaged. The car seemed to be braking on its own as I continued to drive. Upon arriving home, there was some smoke coming from the left front wheel which, after it dissipated, I assumed to be hot, locked up brakes. About an hour later my housemate called to me from the living room telling me my car was on fire and to call 9-1-1. the car was parked in front of my house, under a magnolia tree. The flames engulfed the entire front end of the car, and were about 4-5ft high. The fire department came and hosed the car down, taking about an hour to put out the blaze. The front tires were flat, had melted, and the entire front end was decimated. The drivers side of the windshield had shattered from the fire, and the drivers side floorboard had burned through to the cabin. The entire cabin is damaged from the smoke, the drivers side visor melted through. While there is damage to the entire front end, the drivers side is worse, and the drivers side of the engine compartment appears to have the most damage. There is no visible fuse box or battery after the fire.

- Durham, NC, USA

problem #2

Nov 272017

Elantra

  • 40,000 miles
Takata recall. Driver lost control of the car and over corrected and hit a tree which pushed her into another tree. The front end of the car was wrecked and the air bags did not deploy. We were never contacted about the recall on the car so we had no knowledge that the air bags were defective.

- Holly Springs, NC, USA

problem #1

Nov 012017

Elantra

  • 130,000 miles
Recall for undercoating done Jan. 2016 (TT1). On 11/1/17, while driving on a town road, the rear right trailing arm fell off causing the car to swerve abruptly off the road due to extreme rust on the sub frame. This also happened with my 2002 Santa Fe and was covered under the salt belt corrosion class action settlement. Hyundai is aware there is still a problem, but the undercoating recall does not work and this is still a safety hazard. My car was towed to a repair facility on Nov. 1, and I am still waiting to hear back from Hyundai as to my next steps to get this repaired.

- Litchfield, CT, USA