2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

A COUPLER BETWEEN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND STEERING ROAR IS TORNED OUT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKE MAY STEERING VIBRATE AND NOICE EVERYTIME I TURN FROM CENTER TO RIGHT OR CENTER TO LEFT..IT'S $ 8 COUPLER BUT TO FIX YOU HAVE TO PAY LABOUR OF $ 300 AND OF DON'T THAN WE MIGHT END UP HAVING LOCKED STEERING ON THE ROAD OR LOOSE STEERING

THERE WAS NO MAJOR OR MINOR INCIDENT THAT WOULD INDICATE AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAGS. AT ABOUT 07/10/20 I BEGAN TO NOTICE MY AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT WOULD LIGHT UP AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES OF DRIVING INDICATING THE DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG WOULD BE INOPERABLE; HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT THAT TYPICALLY IS LIT "OFF" WOULD NOT BE LIT INDICATING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD BE CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL. IN ADDITION I NOTICED THAT WHEN I HAD A PASSENGER THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT ("OFF") WOULD NOT BE LIT AS DESIGNED AND MY DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD NEVER TURN ON (INDICATING IT BEING NOT OPERATIONAL.) MOST RECENTLY, ON 07/25/20 I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THE DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG WOULD BE LIT FROM THE MOMENT I TURN ON THE ENGINE. IT REMAINS LIT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE DRIVE AND NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SEAT WILL TURN ON OR OFF SPONTANEOUSLY AND HAVING A PASSENGER NO LONGER HAS AN EFFECT ON THE DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG LIGHT.

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AT WONT TURN OFF. SHOP SAID THE CLOCK SPRING HAS TO BE REPLACED OR THE AIRBAG WON'T DEPLOY IN A CRASH.

ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, RUST ON MY COIL SPRING CAUSED IT TO FRACTURE WHILE DRIVING AND PUNCTURE MY TIRE. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS "CRAZY" BECAUSE THERE WAS A FRESH FRACTURE FROM IT "SNAPPING". I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE HYUNDAI RECALL #133. THIS RECALL INVOLVED RUSTING OF THE COIL SPRING TO 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRAS IN STATES THAT USE SALT FOR SNOW REMOVAL, SUCH AS MINNESOTA. I LIVE IN MN, SO I CALLED HYUNDAI TO SEE IF MY CAR WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT. I AM WONDERING IF IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING THERE WERE KNOWN AND SIMILAR ISSUES WITH OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL IN MINNESOTA. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, MY VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED IN ANOTHER STATE (I THINK LOUISIANA OR MISSISSIPPI) AND WAS NOT BROUGHT UP TO MINNESOTA UNTIL 2013. AFTER WHICH I PURCHASED IT.

THE LIGHT APPEARED WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE. WHEN IT INITIALLY CAME ON, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD. IT TURNS ON THEN WILL GO AWAY, ONLY TO TURN ON AGAIN. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REQUESTED I COME IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AT $140, AND I WAS ASKED TO DROP THE VEHICLE OFF. ALSO, THIS WOULD ONLY BE FOR THE TEST AND I WOULD BE CHARGED TO FIX THE PROBLEM ONCE DISCOVERED. THIS IS INCONVENIENT AS I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND ONLY ONE VEHICLE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I AM BEING CHARGED FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE NO ACCIDENTS.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING 55 MPH AND MY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I DIDN'T HIT ANY LARGE BUMPS. IT COMES ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN TURNS OFF. *TR

I DIDN'T NOTICE EXACTLY WHEN HAPPENED, BUT BASICALLY THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND IT HASN'T LEFT. MOST LIKELY THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A NON-HIGHWAY STREET MY AIRBAG LIGHT TURNED ON. I WAS NOT TURNING, I DID NOT HIT ANY BUMPS, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED IT. THE LIGHT WILL STAY ON FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN IT WILL SHUT OFF AND REPEAT. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK NOW. *TR

MY BRAKES LIGHT STAY ON AND IT THE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT IT JUST STARTED TWO DAYS AGO. *TR

MY STEERING WHEEL IS SCRUBBING AND HAS FREE PLAY IN IT. IT STARTED WITH FREE PLAY IN IT NOW IT IS SCRUBBING SOMEWHERE. AND MY ODOMETER READING, HORN DOES NOT WORK. *BF