2010 Hyundai Elantra Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 11
- 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 11 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- power steering · 4 records
- light came · 4 records
- steering column · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 4 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control
The electronic power steering (eps) electronic control unit (ecu) senses a discrepancy in the steering input signals and, as a result, disabling the steering power assist. My young daughter was driving when this happened which could have caused an accident. I see this has been recalled in certain models of the same year but not our vehicle. Vehicle was in motion and power steering assist was lost, greater effort to…
ODI 11254512
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
As i was exiting the highway onto a sharp curved off ramp, unexpectedly the steering wheel became extremely difficult to turn without warning. This unexpected loss of my power steering almost put me into the roads guard railwhile navigating the off ramp. I was able to regain control and safely pull to the side of the road. I noticed the 'eps' light was on. I shut of my vehicle and tried to trouble shoot it, which i…
ODI 11222410
Electronic Stability Control
This light came of shortly after purchasing the car and after 15 mins of driving it everytime seems to cone up ive tried pressing the off button for it but that doesnt work the car seems to steer itself at times along with occasional break problems... I tried to answer yes to it had been in a wreck but didnt know any of the required information following that because i dont know anything about the wreck since it…
ODI 11209394
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
59,600 miles in car. Parked car for night, next morning turned vehicle on and eps and esc off lights were on. Vehicle had no power steering and was hard to turn if not moving. Recall on eps software was done 11 months ago. Took to dealership where problems were diagnosed as bad sensors. That's not bad until they tell you sensors themselves cannot be replaced and you need to have a complete new steering column…
ODI 11111860
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Vehicle was took in to dealership last 4/22/2015 for eps recall nhtsa campaign number: 15v100000 and hyundai recall 127. They completed a software update. The recall does not fix the problem on 5/26/2016 was driving the 2010 elantra and eps light came on causing loss of steering capability. Called hyundai they said it was not part of recall take to dealer. Dealer on 6/1/2016 stated that the software update was done…
ODI 10871974
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Recall was performed on 4/22/15 at no charge. Bought car from dad on 5/26/15. 7 months later the (eps) light come on and i lose steering. If you shut the car off and turn on the light goes out. Its happening every other day. I think this still falls under the recall. I should be able to get fixed for no charge. Places are wanting money and have my car for a few days. Recall says 1hr . Says if not satisfied to write…
ODI 10809781
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Steering column shakes bad. ...while in motion...city street and highway
ODI 11112891
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was driving my car to a doctors appointment when i was making a turn into the parking lot the steering wheel would not move and the eps light came on. I struggled to park the car and after my dr. Appointment called my husband and he drove the car to brandon hyundai where i purchased the car they took the car in and we got a rental car. They replaced column & shaft assy-steerin 56310-2h250 and bolt-safety lock…
Crash reported
ODI 10683215
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
Purchased elantra july 12, 2012. I called my brother for financing information. He came to the dealership. Mazda of orange. When he started reading the contract the became very upset. He called out the salesman for the extra charges, taking advantage of me, by not telling me i didn't have to add these things. The manager, ask me to come to his office to close the deal. I needed a co-signer. A friend of mine said he…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10704353
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Returning from south jersey with my minor son, the eps light came on while in the process of changing lanes. The steering wheel locked up causing the vehicle to do a bit of swerving. Managed to pull off to the side of the road and call for help. Prior to all this, vehicle was taken to hyundai in paramus, nj for a recall for some other part. At this time, i complained about the eps as it was something that was…
ODI 10534902
Electronic Stability Control
I have bought a new 2010 hyundai elantra in august of 2010. One morning i was headed to work which was this year, march 2013; i cranked my car and on the dashboard in red was the esc light on. I could not turn the steering to the right or left as if it was locked. I was unable to go go to work and was really frustrated. I searched the internet about this esc problem with hyundai and there have been many reporting…
ODI 10511824