2013 Hyundai Elantra Air Bags Problems
- 90
- 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 90 stored complaint records:
- 34 indicate a crash
- 24 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- airbag light · 28 records
- light came · 13 records
- clock spring · 12 records
- police report · 11 records
- report filed · 11 records
- steering wheel · 10 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 29 |
| 1–30k mi | 23 |
| 100–150k mi | 14 |
| 30–60k mi | 9 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags · Body · Engine · Exterior Lighting
My wife was driving the car. It was a dark road in the night. Perhaps she didn't see the stop sign and crashed into a vehicle coming from right hand side, going in the same direction my wife was going. My wife crashed the other vehicle from behind. It was serious crash in which the entire front portion of the car is damaged. But the air bags did not come out. My wife had her head hit the steering wheel and had an…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10639325
Air Bags · Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
While turning into a parking spot. My car suddenly jumped and accelerated and slammed into a concrete barrier. The air bag also did not deploy. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10633607
Air Bags · Wheels
Was making a left turn at a intersection and t boned a pick up truck, extensive damage to front end of the elantra front end,[ air bags did not deploy on the elantra ] even though the whole front end was tore off. Driver door damaged,windshield cracked both front fenders damaged, plus unknown if transmission and or transaxle has been damaged until the car can be repaired. Hyundai has stop any repairs until they send…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10629528
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, another vehicle crashed into the rear end of the vehicle causing the contact to crash into the preceding vehicle. The driver and passenger air bags both failed to deploy. A police report was filed and both the contact and the passenger required medical attention. The contact sustained injuries to the back and her…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10604271
Air Bags
Vehicle 1-(jaguar 2004) traveling eastbound at 1000 north loop e. Driving towards exit lane. Vehicle 2-(hyundai elantra 2013) traveling east bound at 1000 north loop e. In lane #4. Vehicle 3 (box truck) traveling east bound at 1000 north loop e in lane #3. Vehicle 1's fd struck the fixed object (plastic barrels divider/concrete wall) and the vehicle rolled from right to left and slid across lanes of traffic and…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10578960
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owned a 2013 hyundai elantra. While driving approximately 10 mph and making a left turn, the contact accidentally crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact and the passengers in the vehicle sustained minor scrapes and bruises that required medical attention. The other vehicle's passengers also required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was…
Crash reported · 7 injuries
ODI 10626627
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 35 mph, the driver lost control and crashed into a steel bridge support. The contact stated that the front passenger's side of the vehicle impacted the steel support. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The driver sustained injuries to the left shoulder and a passenger sustained injuries to the…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10568153
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Service Brakes
During merge onto a major dallas tollway, traffic became stopped in the right lane and upon applying a hard brake of my car, the anti-lock brakes failed to engage, the seatbelt did not lock, my car felt as though it was accelerating even though i was pressing the brake pad hard. I hit the car in front of me once and then again before my car stopped, still running. My car sustained $8500 in damage to the front end,…
Crash reported
ODI 10561707
Air Bags
When i was sideswiped and then he drove down the whole left side of my car the airbags did not go off. I went up a some hill and hit cable box and still no airbags my back door was on the street afterwards. The front drivers door was pushed in about 3-5 inches and still not airbags they say he did not hit me in the right spot. Some of the front and rear bumper is missing to. I am not sure where he needed to hit me…
Crash reported
ODI 10558963
Air Bags
I was going to work on the morning of 12-3-13. While merging from rt 77 to i480 when i noticed an accident ahead. I slowed down because of the accident and was hit from behind by another car and was pushed into the car in front of me. None of my airbags deployed. I sustained the following injuries: cervical and thoracic strain and sternal contusion. The injuries resulted in medical costs exceeding $15,000. The…
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 10576682
Air Bags · Body · Engine
I rear ended a car and nearly totaled my car. For some odd reason the airbag never deployed during the time of impact. *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10543592
Air Bags
I recently lease the above vehicle from local dealer universal hyundai in orlando. After driving a short distance i realized that the passenger airbag light was lit (meaning off) even though my wife was in it. I contacted the dealership who had me speak to a service advisor (scott). He told me that i should buy a pillow since my wife was only about 103 pounds in weight, and that there were no adjustments which could…
ODI 10543313
Air Bags · Steering · Suspension
When i drove the new car off the lot it began pulling to the right, but since we bought it late on a friday afternoon i couldn't do anything until the following day. The passenger air bag light also came on (i'm referring to the light by the tachometer, not the one below the radio). Bluelink performed an inspection remotely & said to take the car to the dealership asap. The following day we took the car back to the…
ODI 10533960
Air Bags · Vehicle Speed Control
Was about 2 tenths of a mile from a stop sign. As i was beginning to make my approach, the car accelerated, lurched forward and sped across a four lane highway before i could react. The car was t-boned on the passengers side. The impact straightened my vehicles trajectory from 90 degrees to about 30 to 45 degrees. I then impacted a guardrail with a somewhat nearly head-on angle. After i went through the guardrail i…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10534274
Air Bags · Body · Suspension · Wheels
The accident happened while i was driving on the freeway with light traffic traveling around 60 mph. It first began when i felt an unbalance of the front right tire. The car suddenly veered to the right regardless of my efforts to maintain control. My car fishtailed for a moments and almost caused me to crash into another car. I had no control of the car when my car crashed into the wall that lined the right side of…
Crash reported
ODI 10492360