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Hyundai Elantra Service Brakes, Electric Problems

6
Owner complaint records in our dataset
4
Years with records
1999–2008
Stored years

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 6 stored complaint records:

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

Complaints by year

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi5

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • July 12, 2010 · 15,500 miles

    Service Brakes, Electric

    I own a 2008 hyundai elantra. About 2 months ago, i went to stop at a red light, and instead of stopping, my car made a grinding sound for 4-6 seconds (like my abs brakes were turning on, but longer) and didn?t stop until it hit the car in front of me (roads were dry & my car was only going about 10 mph). Due to the low speed, my car only bumped the car in front and only bumpers were damaged. I immediately took the…

    Crash reported

    ODI 10353820

    2008 records in this system

  • July 31, 2009 · 17,325 miles

    Service Brakes, Electric

    Faulty brake light switch caused brake lights to stop functioning as well as preventing automatic transmission from shifting into reverse or drive from park, without using shift lock over-ride. No crashes occurred as helpful motorist notified me of brake light malfunction. There was a recall by nhtsa for earlier model hyundai elantras - the 2008 models should be added to the recall. The shift lock issue was a daily…

    ODI 10279002

    2008 records in this system

  • September 11, 2008 · 28,184 miles

    Power Train · Service Brakes, Electric

    Own a 2007 hyundai elantra. Last year i had to take it to the dealer after the shift gear locked on me in the drive position. I was unable to move the shift to the parked position had to use a screw driver to manually release the gear and shifted to park. I drove my car home that day the next day i used a screw driver again and shifted to drive and drove the car to the dealer. On the way to the dealer other driver…

    ODI 10241946

    2007 records in this system

  • April 11, 2008 · 170 miles

    Air Bags · Service Brakes, Electric · Steering

    While driving on i-95 north in maryland, a motorist cut me off suddenly, when i applied the brakes to slow down, the brakes locked and car swerved to the right, crossed all lanes, and rolled over twice. The air bags did not deploy on driver or passenger side. As a result, i received a fractured sternum. *tr

    2 injuries

    ODI 10226723

    2008 records in this system

  • March 3, 2008 · 20,000 miles

    Service Brakes, Electric

    I had no brake lights the cause was a broken brake light switch by the brake pedal which i had to replace myself. *tr

    ODI 10273954

    2006 records in this system

  • 12v/24v/48v Battery · Automatic Transmission · Door · Master Cylinder · Seats · Service Brakes, Electric

    BATTERY FAILED. NLM.

    ODI 558842

    1999 records in this system