10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 14 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 10 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 16,322 miles
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I was driving down the street, and the air bags deployed in their own. I was injured.
- Centereach, NY, USA
For more than two years, at irregular intervals, the passenger air bag light on the front panel blinks and the associated chime sounds for about two minutes, then stops. This happens with no passenger in the seat. I have asked the dealer (Fitzgerald Hyundai in Rockville, MD) several times to look into this. My concern is that if the air bag alarm cannot be trusted when there is no passenger, how can it be trusted to work when it needs to? This seems to me to be an unsafe condition. The dealership stated that since the problem occurs intermittently, they cannot determine a cause, and advised me to contact Hyundai Motor America and would likely meet with a representative. I contacted the company in July, and was designated Case No. [XXX]. Over the next two months, in several email communications with "[XXX]," I was informed that I should take the car to another dealer. I noted that given the intermittent nature of the problem, there was no reason to believe another dealer would have better luck replicating and resolving the issue. That was the total of Hyundai Motor America's help. I terminated the case last month. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
- Potomac, MD, USA
The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated upon coming to a complete stop, the vehicle accelerated unintendedly over a concrete bar and drove up a hill. The contact depressed the brake pedal but to no avail. The contact steered the vehicle to the right direction to avoid entering a pool. She then crashed into multiple objects including trees, concrete parking bars, and multiple vehicles before coming to a stop. The air bags did not deploy upon impact. The contact was taken to the hospital by ambulance and was treated for injuries to her neck and back. A police report was filed. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to an independent tow yard where it was destroyed. Parking barriers and trees were damaged as a result of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000.
- Tamarac, FL, USA
The cars breaks are difficult to stop, it does not slow down. The steering wheel is very stiff to turn. And my car was stolen due to Hyundai not equiping it with an immobilizer. It was recovered smashed in the front, no airbags were deploited. I have photos for proof.
- Belleville, IL, USA
The passenger side door will not open from the outside also the passenger airbag light comes on and off by itself also the steering wheel is jerky and movement
- Springfield, TN, USA
I hit a bus and totaled my car and none of my airbags deployed which seems suspicious.
- Lancaster, PA, USA
activated airbag warning light on dashboard
- Toa Alta, PR, USA
My airbags system malfunctioned and I have a airbag light on and it will put my life and other's at risk.
- Tampa, FL, USA
The contact owned a 2017 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the steering wheel seized. There was an abnormal popping noise detected and the air bags deployed. The contact stated the steering was stuck in a trucker's position. A police report was filed. There was no reported crash or fire. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The driver sustained injuries to her hands, arm, thighs, brain, and neck and medical attention was provided. The local dealer was notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was deemed a total loss by the insurance company. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.
- Citra, FL, USA
Air bag light malfunction sensor on no accidents
- Gilbert, AZ, USA
I got into a car accident on August 29, 2021. My driver side aid bag never deployed and I found out there was a recall 2 years before I bought the car from the dealership in 2019. I ended up getting stitches on my eyebrow, and my nose needed some but it was to late by the time I received medical attention so they gave me strips and my lip was split open. I have pictures of my car and my face and the side airbags went off but not the steering wheel
- West Valley City , UT, USA
While driving the passenger seatbelt alarm goes off and nobody is in the seat. This happens randomly for no reason.continues to ding until buckled. Air bag engages. Other times it lets me know that the passenger airbag off when empty.
- Missouri City, TX, USA
The vehicle was being adjusted while parking along side a curb on a hill. The driver pulled forward, then attempted to stop in order to put the car in reverse to get closer to the curb, but the brake pedal would not depress. The car began to roll down the hill and hit the back of a parked SUV and ended up wedged under the back of the SUV. The entire front end of the vehicle was smashed, but the airbag never deployed.
- Toms River, NJ, USA
Car was involved in a left frontal/undercarriage accident after being run off the interstate by an inattentive driver. Vehicle was travelling at approximately 40mph upon impact with a large drain grate in a pothole. Impact should have been sufficient enough to deploy the frontal airbags. Side curtain airbags deployed, front airbags did not. Vehicle was deemed a total loss. No major injuries occurred, only minor bruising and burns as a result of side curtain air bag deployment. Driver and two children were inside the vehicle upon impact, all properly restrained by seat belts. Police report was filed. Emergency medical and fire were dispatched as well. Accident occurred on interstate 95 S, in savannah, ga.
- Moncks Corner, SC, USA
I had before a car hyunday Elantra 2013, and that car has recall because have some problems with the breaks, and after that carr I buyed a hyunday Elantra 2017, its was the same think with the breaks when the road was wet the breaks do not work and they make a noise, I had accident when was raining my car hit with the concrete fence, the crash was so bad but itns very rare, the car is total lost and the airbags never was deployed please can you investigate that issue, because I think the airbag never works. I dont know what kinda or make air bags are..I am ok but that why a lot O people die.my car was in motion in a highway
- Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Airbag light keeps coming on and off at random times. When the vehicle is moving no specific way of driving just driving
- Prince George, VA, USA
Three different independent problems. Passenger airbag dashboard keeps flashing. Weird wheels sound while turning either side. Passenger's seat belt is not functioning.
- Albuquerque, NM, USA
I was driving and was T-boned on the driver's side. The driver's side curtain airbag deployed late, hitting me in the head and trapping me against the window. I have a resultant shoulder injury that may not have happened with appropriate deployment.
- Lenexa, KS, USA
"takata recal" the air bag light keeps turning on. Feel loss of power when driving speed limit under fourty-five also suddendley looses power when going the speedof seventy-seventy-five speed in the highway speed drops to fifty-five feels like it wants to stop. Afraid of getting hit from behind also hesitates when driving the speed limit under fourty-five feels like it wants to stop. Also the front wheel aligment light keeps turning on when ithecar is in motion and the airbag light also turns on when the car is in motion. These thing have been happening since April 2018 my car has only 41, ooo miles on
- Temple, TX, USA
- Belleville, IL, USA