In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"backup camera quit working at 103000 miles. I purchased and installed a new camera and that solved the problem."
Anonymous, OH (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"intermittent failure of backup camera to come on which seems to be worse in cold weather or when the car is cold."
Thmas W., NY (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Ongoing problems with backup camera failure. 4 visits to dealer, 6 days without use of vehicle while at dealer, and 6 weeks for replacement camera installation"
Linda H., TX (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Camera gave distorted view right from the start and failed completely after about a year. Replaced under warranty May 2015"
George N., ON (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Backup camera would show no image when in reverse. Hyundai covered this under warranty by replacing the backup camera"
Chris S., NS (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Backup camera failed around 25000 K. replaced under warranty"
John S., BC (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"PDC front sensors failed"
Anonymous, IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Camera stopped working just before the 100,000 mile extended warranty. It was covered by the warranty, but newer versions of the extended warranty would not cover it."
Anonymous, MI (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Backup camera quit working. Had to be replaced."
Anonymous, IA (2013 Hyundai Elantra SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"CD player broke - was replaced under warranty"
Anonymous, MD (2013 Hyundai Elantra SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"stopped working"
James P., FL (2013 Hyundai Elantra GS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Inconsistently accepting cds"
Anonymous, NE (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Can Not See It When It Is In The Sun Light OR When The Inside Temp. Is Higher That 80 Degrees. Washes Out!"
Gregory Y., TX (2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Far inferior display to my Garmin GPS. Details are too small to be easily seen. Main route needs to be much more alient and indicated in 3D, as with my Garmin. Very difficult to see in sunlight"
George N., ON (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Not enough contrast, especially in bright daylight"
Anonymous, AR (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Same issue - Dealer replaced the backup camera and electronics in the screen"
Michael B., ON (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"After 1-2 hours driving in rain, gauges except tach stop working"
Anonymous, NB (2013 Hyundai Elantra GS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"It was really frustrating to have the display freeze, and then reboot. I was unable to use many features: streaming podcasts, phone, navigation, etc."
Anonymous, AZ (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Couldn't input or get data out of the unit."
Anonymous, AZ (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Back up camera"
Anonymous, MN (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Faulty connection."
Anonymous, TN (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"As I was driving to work, with the radio playing in the back ground, I suddenly heard a pop come from the radio. Instantly the display went black, and the unit would not turn back on. I did not have any aftermarket speakers/devices connected to it."
Matthew B., PA (2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"THE CENTER DISPLAY FOR RADIO & OUTSIDE TEMP DISPLAY STARTED TO FADE OUT WHEN INSIDE TEMPS WENT ABOVE 100* HAD DEALER REPLACE DISPLAY AT A $250.00 COST"
Anonymous, TX (2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The radio just dies. It has to be reset by pulling the fuse (to depower it) and replacing it."
Anonymous, MD (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The display screen quit working. Had to bring it to the dealer."
Anonymous, IA (2013 Hyundai Elantra SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Did not communicate from the car to the source device"
E D., MB (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Apple iPod gets stuck on the Hyundai screen and does not play. After a couple minutes, audio reverts back to radio or CD."
Anonymous, HI (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"New i Phone 8 will not play music or audia books thru car speakers."
Anonymous, CA (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Head unit stopped working and had to be replaced. Expensive and not covered by warranty."
Anonymous, NJ (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The touchscreen system is almost unusable. Pressing the screen sometimes does not have an effect, or, a neighboring key is entered making its use for navigation very difficult. We have tried to use a soft stylus for entries but this only helps a bit. Dealer attempted recalibration, no effect. It's out of warranty so we are stuck"
Anthony W., FL (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"very difficult to enter addresses, skips to other letters except one touched"
Anonymous, VT (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Nav system keyboard number pad malfunction, unable to input street address numbers correctly"
John C., CA (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Touchpad doesn't register what is entered properly"
Anonymous, KS (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Would not let me enter a new destination"
Anonymous, NY (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Would not accept input or added extra digits to addresses entered."
Anonymous, IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The most annoying problem with our GPS is that we can't get it to leave daylight savings time. We could override the time from the satellites but we prefer the minutes to be accurate if not the hours. The GPS also loses itself at times but it recovers sooner or later. That seems to happen in downtown areas most frequently where we're needing it's guidance. We have NOT ever bought new maps for the GPS because the last time I checked they cost as much as an add-on GPS which would come with automatic map & traffic updates. Our unit doesn't have traffic updates. Fortunately our Android phones help us out with most of these problems."
Glen G., MO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Gave erroneous locations, stopped working. Needed to be relpaced"
Michael M., NY (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Navigation is haywire. It doesn't know where it is and does not recognize properly when screen is touched to enter information. Cannot be repaired. Is part of sound system so $1100 minimum to replace.. That is not possible for me with my limited income."
Elaine R., SC (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The main problem is that we're not going to pay $150 for a map upgrade when we could get a good GPS device (with free map updates) for less than that. Other than that, though, this GPS seems to get confused easily like it's having problems finding a signal from one of the satellites at times, even when we're on roads that existed back in this map version. These days we almost always use our phones for navigation."
Glen G., MO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The touch screen would not allow you to put a correct address into it. It would not line up with the numbers or letters. It would give you numbers or letters next to what you actually pressed."
Anonymous, FL (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Touch screen is off and frequently enters incorrect numbers or letters. Voice commands not usually understood by car."
Anonymous, CA (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"System failed by wrong responses to pressed buttons, e.g. showed anything but "g" when "g" button pressed"
Marc C., FL (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Hard to use GPS. Keeps resetting to wrong states, etc"
Music K., IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Hard to use GPS"
Music K., IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The worst navigation system I have ever used. Gives wrong directions and doesn't have streets that have existed for at least 10 years. 2 upgrades provided no improvements. I stopped using the system due to inaccuracies and now I use my phone for nav"
Linda H., TX (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Touch pad doesn't register what is touched and it takes forever to enter addresses. When you touch a letter or number some other unrelated letter or number displays. It takes several tries to get the correct character to display"
Chelcie W., OH (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Touch screen is inaccurate. Voice commands never seem to work for me, even after a tutorial."
Anonymous, CA (2013 Hyundai Elantra Unsure 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Didn't work at all. Had to be replaced"
Anonymous, NY (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Not able to set up radio channels without much difficulty. Navigation system sporadic."
Anonymous, (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Input into the GPS does not coincide with that which displays. Example: select a number or letter and different one appears. Makes system un-usable. VERY disappointed when I was told only solution was $2200 replacement."
Anonymous, (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The system is very inconsistent and some times takes up to four tries before it recognizes what I want to do. IE Call Name, then the system says must agree to use navigator, then the system says tell us what you want to do, then you might have to tell it call name multiple times before it does what you want it to do"
Dennis B., MO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Pairing with more than one phone worked intermittently. Also frequently did not pair before we were moving"
E D., MB (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Does not let me pair my phone"
Susan S., NJ (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"After an update at the dealership for the Bluetooth, it stopped functioning properly. Attempted to fix it several times and still does not work"
Anonymous, IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Could only talk 15 minutes, then phone conversations would be dropped. Hyundai knew it was a manufacturing problem, but not recall worthy. Car was in dealer a few times, but not able to fix - ha ha! They replaced, but I had to pay partial amount even though it was admittedly a factory/design issue"
Anonymous, VA (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Looses pairing"
Stephen G., OH (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"This has been a continuing problem with this car. We have fairly new LG & Samsung phones & the car is undependable in regards to pairing with them. Sometimes it has problems when the phone is in direct line-of-sight to the unit & no more than 5 feet away from it. The unit should have a priority order in which to choose with which phone to pair but that has never worked. We've had NO problems connecting these phones to other devices, including rental cars that we've gotten for various reasons. We REALLY miss the bluetooth that was in our 2009 Elantra. Phone numbers had to be entered manually into that system but, then, we'd be better off doing that here. This system doesn't adapt to the way we say names at all so WE have to adapt to IT to get it to call the people with whom we want to talk. We've talked to a Hyundai dealer's repair department about this but they said that the unit would probably need to be replaced."
Glen G., MO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The majority of the time the car will not pair with the phone correctly for playing music. Pairing for making phone calls works fine."
Anonymous, VA (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"It turned out that all of the problems previously mentioned were due to a bad fuse which I was able to replace myself."
Anonymous, MA (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Randomly drops Bluetooth pairing"
Anonymous, TN (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Dealership updated bluetooth software and then the android phone I own would no longer pair with the blue tooth. Its an annoyance that I just haven't taken the time to fix."
Anonymous, IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Bluetooth stopped working mid-2016. My iPhone will not pair with the Hyundai radio. Was told by the Hyundai dealer that they needed to install a brand new head unit in order to resolve the problem. Otherwise, the sound system and radio work just fine."
Anonymous, CA (2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"I had to have AT&T resolve the problem by going around the back door fix"
Anonymous, FL (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The phone pairing has been horrible in this car. We wish that we could get back the Bluetooth system that we had in our 2009 Elantra. It was MUCH better than the one in this car. We tried to get it fixed over a year ago but the fix didn't help at all. The Bluetooth is VERY slow to pair with a phone and it totally ignores the Priority of devices & only tries to re-connect to the last device to which it had connected. If you want it to connect to another device then you have to do that manually and then it won't leave the new device. We've recently replaced our previous 3 smartphones with newer smartphones (and all 6 phones paired easily with other Bluetooth devices) but the new phones don't work any better with the Bluetooth system than our old phones did. This car seems to need more maintenance than our other cars ever needed (especially for needing new tires) but overall it hasn't been a bad car. But the Bluetooth problems here will make me consider other brands of cars in the future."
Glen G., MO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The bluetooth will simply drop its connection during long timed phone calls often."
Stephen H., IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"phones lost pairing with car and would not reset"
Anonymous, RI (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Phone pairing is sporadic, slow and sometime skips pairing. Two phones is useless trying to connect. Bluetooth for the tablet is not worth the effort; I just connect it with a 6mm cord"
E D., MB (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Phone keeps unpairing"
Music K., IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Phone doesn't pair well, keeps unpinning"
Music K., IL (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"this has broken 3 times and the entire head unit had to be replaced. It takes 2-4 hours of sitting at the dealership each time"
Anonymous, UT (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"It doesn't pair to car from iPhone 5. The stupid part u have buy out dated Hyundai cable 30 pin. Doesn't work with 8 pin"
Steven Y., NY (2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"I found that when I tried to make a call, the number was dialed but I could not hear or speak to the recipient of the call"
A S., ON (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Phone pairing stopped working altogether and I had to have the entire unit replaced"
Robert M., CO (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Phone just quit pairing with Bluetooth. Dealer replaced entire system, including GPS"
David B., IA (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Car will initially pair with phone but will lose connection after about 30 minutes and fail to reconnect"
Kelly Z., KY (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Phone pairing keeps going out when I update my iPhone. I presently can get calls in but need to dial to place calls them my system will work"
Anonymous, CA (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The phone pairing has never worked as described and has been undependable at best. There's supposed to be a priority order for the car connecting to devices but that's never worked as described (or as it worked in our 2009 Elantra). The car either connects to the same phone that it has last connected or it doesn't connect with any phone at all, until we manually start a connection. Some phones will work fine for awhile and then suddenly can't connect to the car for a few days but then can connect again later on. We've had at least 8 phones during the time that we've had this car and the connection problems have happened with all of them as far as I remember. None of these phones ever had problems connecting to any other devices. Sometimes even when the phone DOES connect, there are still problems. I've tried to call someone shortly after getting in the car but it will tell me that it can't call at the moment because it's still downloading the Contacts list (which isn't that large for any of these phones). After a few minutes then I'll be able to make my call. Fortunately this doesn't seem to have blocked anyone calling us. We so wish that we could have the Bluetooth system that was in our 2009 Elantra instead of this one. It didn't download contacts or anything like that but it was so much more dependable than the current system."
Anonymous, MO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Radio wouldn't turn on"
Anonymous, AZ (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Radio stopped working when the dealer fixed the backup camera and wouldn't cover the cost of repair under warranty."
Anonymous, ON (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Cuts out"
Anonymous, ON (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Sound stopped working"
Anonymous, WI (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"radio 'crashed' at 4000 miles. Took into dealer who reset it by pulling out/reinserting the fuse and said it was a normal malfunction. At approx. 42000 miles the radio 'crashed' again. I took back to dealer who said radio could not be fixed. Alth"
Anonymous, NC (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"In extreme heat in AZ the radio stops working, when cooled it again starts to work"
Anonymous, AZ (2013 Hyundai Elantra GS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"failed to function intermittantly"
Norman S., AB (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Antenae in rear window did not work, brought it back twice"
Anonymous, MA (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Radio just froze and then stopped working all together"
Darrin V., ON (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The radio stopped working altogether"
Anonymous, AR (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Very difficult set up channels. Electronic problem."
Anonymous, (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Buttons for telephone were sticking or not functioning. This has passed and they work OK now."
Laurin O., AB (2013 Hyundai Elantra GS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Using any of the steering wheel audio device controls sometimes causes the car to go into voice command mode."
Anonymous, HI (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Busted fuse on power steering"
Anonymous, FL (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The cruise controls have become intermittent in function - sometimes they work fine and sometimes they wont set the speed."
Anonymous, FL (2013 Hyundai Elantra SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"press volume control to raise volume and it lowers the volume. press volume control and it goes to the telephone"
Joe K., KY (2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Cruise Control in steering wheel doesn't seem to work for me. Haven't read the manual on how to work it but labels look pretty self-explanatory"
Anonymous, CA (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The cruise control won't "set" -- we've noticed this on long trips after turning off the engine and starting up again. It sometimes lasts for half an hour or more, but finally "sets" again. Very annoying"
Chelcie W., OH (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Radio control malfunctions, performing a radio function other than that assigned"
Anonymous, CO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Seems to be a Gremlin in the steering controls. Just sporadic issues so hard to fix"
Anonymous, CA (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"cruise control doesn't always work"
Anonymous, NV (2013 Hyundai Elantra Unsure 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"never worked and I stopped using"
Anonymous, RI (2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"does not recognize certain words or sometimes need to repeat commands 2 or more times"
Anonymous, CT (2013 Hyundai Elantra GT 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Most of the time it takes multipal times to get the system to work the way it was designed. It continually tells me it is not in a workable mode to use the blootooth phone system. Is un USble with sun roof open"
Dennis B., MO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"We really only use voice commands to make phone calls. There are more options that I guess we could use but our experiences with them haven't been consistent enough for us to continue to use them. The big problem for use is that it's not very good at understanding what we're saying. It certainly has never adapted to the way that we say things. We've learned that we have to pronounce all names the way it says them if we want it to choose any names that are even similar to what we want. It also seems to be very sensitive to background noises that are occurring as we're driving. It does the worst job when we're not driving and/or when there is very little background noise. I've had to roll down my window to increase the background noise level before I could get it to recognize my commands. And if there's too much background noise then it's undependable, too. Again, the system that was in our 2009 Elantra was much more dependable for voice commands than this one is. Granted that there were many less names in the 2009 Contacts list that it could choose from but it seemed to adapt to the way we said things better and it seemed to adjust better to background noise."
Anonymous, MO (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)
"Backup camera stopped working - Only showed a blank screen. Dealer replaced the camera and associated electronics"
Michael B., ON (2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited 1.8-L 4 Cyl)