Hyundai Elantra Change Vehicle

"ball joint needed replacing at about 12000 miles"

"The suspension system is horrible. You feel every bump in the road - even minor ones."

"The ride is rough even on the slightest bumps."

"There was a recall on a brake part"

"Front disc / rear drum setup is DANGEROUS! While the front calipers are doing their anti lock thing, the rear drums lock. This makes for treacherous white-knuckled driving in the wet or snow. Stopping short in the wet or snow would require an anchor. Since all the braking force is born by the front discs, the rotors showed signs of warping at 15000mi. Good car, buy one with 4 wheel discs. Also buy one assembled in Korea. This is my 4th (and last) Elantra, it was assembled in Alabama, the build quality is vastly inferior to those assembled in Ulsan Korea."

"Warning light saying ABS was not functioning - thought car was dangerous to drive"

"Same comment as before all the lighting on my car is part of this issue"

"Brake lights and for that matter, all lighting on this car are somewhat difficult to replace on your own. Dealership wanted 490 dollars to replace a brake light."

"High beams didn't come on. A factory defect. Hyundai did not notify me of the recall. Was, however, repaired for free upon request for service."

"Rear package shelf rattle, repaired, no other noises or rattles, satisfied with quietness"

"Headliner rattles. Two different occasions in the same area. Very annoying"

"Engine rubber support block passenger side. In cold weather makes scrunching sound on right turns only. An application of lubricant silences the problem."

"Dual system - Driver side is good -warms fast, has to be dialed back soon. Passenger side warms very slowly - does not give a heat output"

"Outside door handle is plastic and is attached with a plastic clip. the mechanism that holds it on the car broke."

"Plastic piece around Lock came off and you couldn't open the door from the outside."

"Also was a recall problem"

"It was mostly a major hesitation when starting up or accelerating that almost caused several accidents when starting from a light. Unless we gave it major gas, the car would almost stall when starting. Took it in for service 6 or 7 times and they just said that it was how the engine was. I have had many cars over the 60+ years I have been driving and never had a car perform that way unless something was wrong."

"There was a bad sensor in the fuel tank that prevented refilling. The first dealership (Woodbridge, VA) said it was operator problem by "not knowing how to correctly pump gas" Brought it to another Hyundai dealer and they diagnosed it correctly.. There was a recall and we had the work done to fix it... No problems since then."

"Issue started in early 2020. The car acted like it wanted to stall although it never actually did stall. It seemed to have much less power going up small incline. I took it to dealer and they installed one new coil which was under warranty. They also put in all new spark plugs and a battery. I never had to buy spark plugs for a car with only 50,000 miles on it before. Sorry if this doesn't actually fall under fuel issues. This is my 3 rd Hyundai and I have not had any issues with any of them."

"It was a sensor in the fuel pump system that was intermittently failing which caused the check engine light to appear. Hyundai diagnosed it, ordered the part and replaced it under warranty. Car was drivable throughout the issue."

"Car threw cooling system MIL last April; dealer replaced thermostat and housing (existing TSB on this issue) under warranty"

"Caused an erratic temperature guage reading"

"The switch cluster that controls, among other functions, the Blind Spot Monitor system was not working when I purchased the car. I was assured by the seller that this could be remedied under warranty, which it was. The local Hyundai dealer replaced the switch panel under warranty in a timely manner and everything, including BSM works now."

"Paid for security features but they were not operational"

"Same comment as previous as several things failed at the same time. One part seemed to control several features"

"The CVT transmission is weird bird anyway (not a lot of power starting off going up an incline (out of a garage) for instance. The specific issue here is the automatic transmission "falling out of gear" between shifts. So, from 1st gear to 2nd, it has just never engaged 2nd and fell into neutral (no power to accelerate). This has happened 2-3 times in the last 12 months but the vehicle fairly quickly went back into gear by shifting into park and then back into drive (very low speed on surface streets obviously). The Hyundai dealership thoroughly inspected the vehicle and could not replicate the issue. I believe this because it has been extremely infrequent in occurrence. They didn't recommend any further action except to let them know if it happens again."

"The thermostat went bad which caused the coolant hose to burst and leak coolant. My car overheated and the engine started steaming while I was in a drive thru line. I immediately pulled into a parking space and had the car towed to a Hyundai dealership as it was still under warranty. The dealership identified the problem and replaced the thermostat and hose."

"Threw a rod/sucked a valve at less than 2500 miles. Took two months to get a new engine. Had to replace the engine TWICE; the first replacement engine had low compression, so we had to wait for a second replacement engine. Rare, but, it happened. No other problems"