2009 Hyundai Elantra Body Problems
- 7
- 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 7 stored complaint records:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Body · Electrical System · Engine
Started the car and motor/engine caught fire. It was the morning of 12/18/18. It was parked in front of my moms house (on the street).
Fire reported
ODI 11162908
Body · Electrical System · Engine
On 09/17/2018 i woke up around 5 am to find the elantra fully engulfed in flames in the front end. It wasn't running, nothing left on, it had not been run for 4 hours so the engine should have been cold. No drivability problems before. Police and fire department responded, put the fire out and stated that they saw nothing suspicious about the fire and that i should check on problems with hyundai. This car only had…
Fire reported
ODI 11140848
Body
Passenger side exterior handle fell off when passenger attempted to open door to my car on august 10, 2018. I occasionally drive my 92 year old cousin to church or doctor visits and seldom have anyone else in the car with me. I need to help buckle in as well as unbuckle my elder cousin. I see this broken handle as a serious safety concern as i am 80 years old and not able to crawl around the inside of the car to…
ODI 11119897
Air Bags · Body
In january 2017 i was involved in a accident. I hit another car in the rear at 65 mph. The air bag failed to deploy i have been trying to get information from hyundia for over two years and they will not give any information they finally looked at my vehicle and said that the air bag failed to deploy because it was not designed to deploy in that type of accident .i assume there is a manufacture design problem. I was…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11155603
Air Bags · Body · Wheels
Airbag warning light on the dash came on, was reset, and came back on constantly and reported to likely not work properly. It's expected to cost almost $2000 to replace. This began to happen only when i was driving and now is constant. Now it's essentially unsafe for anyone to sit in my front passenger seat. In addition, my tire pressure monitoring light has also come on constantly and the dealer has reportedly…
ODI 10990695
Air Bags · Body · Engine
I hit a deer on highway 890 in rotterdam ny, spun out of control and hit the guardrail, car had damage all around, the most damage was in the front resulting in a totaled vehicle, my whole front end is gone, and no airbags deployed, we were traveling doing about 60 miles per hour
Crash reported
ODI 10820497
Air Bags · Body · Engine
My vehicle the elantra ( aprox sp 40mph) rear ended a chevy tahoe( aprx sp 30mph) my elantra was a total loss and my lower back was injured as well as my right hand. I had to be taken from the vehicle from ems and transported to the hospital. The occupant of the tahoe didn't receive any injury. This is the second accident in this vehicle that the air bags did not deploy . In 2011 my vehicle moving aprox 55mph struck…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10592926