Hyundai Elantra Side/Window Problems
- 38
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 10
- Years with records
- 2000–2009
- 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 38 stored complaint records:
- 25 indicate a crash
- 23 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- passenger side · 15 records
- side airbag · 6 records
- side airbags · 5 records
- side door · 5 records
- airbag light · 5 records
- upon impact · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 14 |
| 60–100k mi | 9 |
| 30–60k mi | 5 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Frontal · Side/Window
Airbags did not deploy, 2005 hyundai elantra gls, going east on hwy 11, raining and swerved to avoid oncoming vehicle, lost control of the vehicle. The car went airborne over the backside of the culvert and landed on the nose of the vehicle and flipped several times, 5 times is the est given to me. The front and side airbags did not deploy. Many injuries including head injury, cervical strain, muscle spasms, severe…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10341995
Frontal · Side/Window
Hyundai elantra 2007, none of the air bags deployed during a head-on crash with a truck. The front of the car was totally damaged and the driver side rear end was seriously damaged but none of the six air bags deployed. The car was total. Luckily the seatbelt worked and resulted only minor head, neck and shoulder injuries. *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10315296
Frontal · Side/Window
My daughter was on the freeway in her 2004 hyundai elantra. Her car pulled to the left as she overcorrected, the cart went across the freeway, spun out, up the embankment, landed on the (driver's) side and slid about 50-100 feet before it landed back upright. None of the air bags deployed. The side air bags should of deployed from the impact of the car landing on the side. Her car has been declared a "total loss".…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10312515
Side/Window
I was driving a new hyundai elantra and the front end of the vehicle started to veer back and forth. I was waiting for the abs to do what it was designed to do , it then pulled sharply to the right over an embankment and rolled over twice. My head hit the roof twice my neck and back were twisted, my left arm and shoulder were twisted and knees hit the dash i believe. When the car came to a stop there was glass…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10299954
Side/Window
On tuesday , jan. 5th 2010 i was involved in an automobile accident. I suffered neck and lower back injuries. The impact was on the drivers side door by a minivan going ~35mph and my side airbags did not deploy. I feel they should have and were possibly defective. Vehicle is supposed to be equipped with side airbags. *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10299071
Frontal · Side/Window
2001 hyundai elantra side airbag failed to deploy when t-boned by a van. Driver received whiplash, concussion, seven months later still in physical therapy, not returned to work, and suffering post concussive. *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10342561
Frontal · Side/Window
There was an airbag recall on my 2001 hyundai elantra. I got the recalled repaired by arrow hyundai in milwaukee, wi. On january 5th, 2009. At the end of september, 2009 both of the side passenger airbags deployed within a week of each other. The first side air bag deployed while i was driving roughly 25mph. (week of september 18th.) the second side airbag deployed overnight while no one was even in the car. (the…
ODI 10296297
Side/Window
No known problems with air bags. I was in a t-bone collision with a large suv (suburban) totaling my car. The hit was on the driver's side and none of the airbags deployed. The police officer stated suburban was traveling 35-40 mph. *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10280192