2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

I HAVE A 5-SPEED GT HATCHBACK THAT STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN IN JULY OF 2005. THE CAR WOULD RUN ERRATICALLY AND TRY TO STALL WHILE MOVING. IT SEEMED TO DO IT WHEN THE COOLING FAN CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER 8/1/05. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY DID REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. I HAD 417 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. I HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL 3/30/06. THE FIRST WARM DAY IN PA AND THE CAR STARTED STALLING AGAIN, AND LEAKING FUEL IN THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL. WITH ONLY 6900 MILES. I HAVE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT 4/3/06. LET'S HOPE I CAN GET THIS FIXED THIS TIME BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS. IT SEEMS TO ONLY STALL WHEN WARMED UP AND THE OUTSIDE TEMP IS ABOVE 65 DEGREES. *JB

I RECEIVED A NOTICE ON 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HAVING THE RT FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG RECALLED. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WE BOUGHT FROM AND TOOK IT IN. THEY MADE AN ADJUSTMENT ON THE SENSOR ON FEB 28, 2006. THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO I TOOK THE CAR BACK AND THEY SENT THE SEAT TO CALIFORNIA TO HAVE THE SENSOR ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF. WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM AND HYUNDAI IS AWARE OF IT AND IS DRAGGING THEIR FEET DECIDING WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I WANT IT SOLVED. I TOLD THEM WE ARE GOING OUT OF TOWN ON APRIL 1, 2006 AND IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED THEY NEED TO PROVIDE US A LOANER. IT IS NOW MARCH 27, 2006 AND I STILL DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER AS TO WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE A PASSENGER WEIGHING 120-125 POUNDS IS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS INOPERATIVE AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES INDICATING A LACK OF PASSENGER AIRBAG PROTECTION. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER AND THE PROBLEM WAS DUPLICATED, THE DEALER DETERMINED THE AIRBAG SENSOR WAS WITHIN THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS.

I AM HAVING SOME WHAT THE SAME ISSUE MY HUSBAND HAD WITH HIS 2002 ELANTRA WHICH WAS REPORTED TO YOUR ORGANIZATION, AND HAD RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. IN MY 2005 ELANTRA THE MANUFACTURER EVIDENTLY KNEW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS IN THE 2002 AND HAS NOW MOVED THE BRAKE PEDAL .75 OF AN INCH TO THE LEFT. THIS UNFORTUNATELY ONLY SATISFIED HALF OF THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHEN BRAKING, STILL GOES ONE INCH BELOW THE ACCELERATOR THEREBY RESULTING IN SIMULTANEOUS BRAKING AND ACCELERATION. IF MY HUSBAND HAD NOT DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM, AND INSTALLED CORRECTIVE MEASURES, I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY CRASHED. HOWEVER, HE HAD MEASURED AND CORRECTED EVERYTHING BEFORE I WOULD TAKE MY FIRST TRIP! I FEEL SORRY FOR JOHN DOE AS PROBABLY 99% OF DRIVERS WOULD NOT REALIZE WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THEIR ACCIDENT! I ALSO CANNOT BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT TAKE ACTION AGAINST HYUNDAI TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE IN ALL OF THE ELANTRA'S SO AFFECTED. YOU HAVE TO REALIZE IN MOST CASES THIS IS A BLIND ISSUE AS THE DRIVER WILL NOT BE AWARE WHAT THE ACTUAL CAUSE WAS. RECENTLY A JOHN DOE FILED A COMPLAINT LISTED ON MYCARSTATS.COM WHEREBY HE CONTINUOUSLY HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONTAL AIRBAG SENSOR WORKS IMPROPERLY. THE AIRBAG OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE AN ADULT OF 120 LBS. WAS SETTING IN THE SEAT. THE SENSOR ILLUMINATED FOR UP TO SIX MINUTES THEN TURN OFF. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP THE SENSOR WAS RESET. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THERE WAS A RECALL, NHTSA # 05V395000, REGARDING THE AIRBAGS. THE RECALL WAS BECAUSE THE SENSORS IDENTIFIED A CHILD AS AN ADULT WERE AS IN THIS CASE THE PROBLEM IS REVERSED.

FRONT/SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR/MODULE APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE. SINCE NEW OCCUPANT SENSOR WILL NOT RELIABLY CLASSIFY AN ADULT SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND MOST OFTEN TURNS AIRBAGS OFF OR TURNS ON AND OFF DURING A TRIP. I HAVE NOTED THAT THIS OCCURS WITH A VARIETY OF ADULTS WEIGHING FROM 100-150 LBS. I HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER TWICE FOR REPROGRAMMING IN DECEMBER 2005. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *NM

I PURCHASED MY HYUNDAI ELANTRA 4 DOOR SEDAN, VIN [XXX], ON AUGUST 31, 2005. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE AT 3500 MILES THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAK DETECTED IN THE REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS. THEY WERE BOTH REPLACED AT THAT TIME UNDER WARRANTY. ON FEBRUARY 4, 2006, I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR THE 15000 MILE CHECK AND ONCE AGAIN THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAK DISCOVERED AND BOTH REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE ONCE AGAIN BOTH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IF THESE ITEMS ARE DEFECTIVE, HYUNDAI SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL RATHER THAN SIMPLY PUTTING OUT A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. THERE ARE APPARENTLY TWO (2) SUCH BULLETINS IN EXISTENCE: 1. 04-50-010 NOV 04 BRAKES - REAR DRUM BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER LEAK INSPECTION, AND 2. TNT1510205-001 FEB 05 BRAKES - DRUM BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER LEAKAGE INSPECTION (SOURCE HTTP://WWW.ALLDATA.COM/RECALLS/) I WAS NOT ADVISED OF ANY RECALLS OR CONTINUING RECALLS WHEN I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2005. I WILL CERTAINLY GIVE HYUNDAI A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO MY CONCERNS, HOWEVER THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO BE INTERESTED IN SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH PERSPECTIVE BUYERS. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THESE DEFECTS WERE ALREADY KNOWN BY HYUNDAI WELL BEFORE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF ELANTRAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED AND IF HYUNDAI PLANS ON ESCALATING THIS ISSUE TO A RECALL? *JB UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THEY TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE OCCUPANT WAS NOT SITTING IN THE SEAT PROPERLY. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY FOUND NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V395000. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE SENSOR, AND THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTERWARDS, THE GIRD WAS REPLACED AND THE LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT CURRENTLY BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. I HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTANT WILD ACCELERATION WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE AS IF I HAD FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THUS NO FIX. *NM

DT:THE CONTACT STATED CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THIS WAS NOT ARSON. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED EITHER BY THE DEALERSHIP OR INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK