1. Hyundai Elantra
  2. Problems
  3. 2004
  4. Suspension

2004 Hyundai Elantra Suspension Problems

5
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 5 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
100–150k mi2
60–100k mi1
1–30k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • February 1, 2016 · 17,102 miles

    Air Bags · Seat Belts · Suspension

    Takata recall well i never really thought about vehicle recalls until the death of a young girl and a few others. My car has problems with it when i'm driving to work at 4am in the morning about 5 miles there and back and one of the problems is my air bag light is on has been on for about 2 weeks, my suspension is dangerous and my seat belt is not safe because it some what works. I really want to be safe and i want…

    ODI 10854348

  • March 28, 2014 · 99,597 miles

    Air Bags · 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 reported

    ODI 10575486

  • January 25, 2013 · 110,000 miles

    Suspension

    Tl* the contact owns a 2004 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that while having maintenance done on his vehicle, he was notified that all four struts were defective. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included on any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was…

    ODI 10496315

  • April 15, 2011 · 114,000 miles

    Power Train · Suspension

    Knocking sound started in right front when turning right. Not much but progressively louder & longer on all turns. The front transaxle shaft basically went out and had to be replaced along w the ball joints in front end.5 speed *tr

    ODI 10398375

  • September 5, 2005

    Suspension · Tires

    Strong steering wheel vibration on 2004 hyundai elantra at speeds over 60 mph. Have taken car to dealer 5 times, in which they have rotated wheels, balanced tires, road force balanced tires, with no improvement. Numerous other elantras from 2001-2005 suffer from this problem as a simple google search will yield many. Hyundai will not acknowledge problem even though there is a tsb for this issue. Will file for lemon…

    ODI 10135974