2009 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

DRIVER SIDE VISOR DOESN'T STAY IN POSITION AND DROPS ON ITS OWN. THUS IT BLOCK THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO SEE THE ROAD. WHEN I SEARCHED THE GOOGLE, I ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL THOUSAND OWNS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. DURING THE CRASH, THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD TRAUMA, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

NEXEN N5000 SERIES TIRES. I HAD TWO WITH SIDE BUBBLES AND TWO THAT THE TREADS ARE SEPARATING FROM THE TIRES. IT LOOKS LIKE RETREADS. ONE TIRE WAS READY TO SEPARATE AT ANY MOMENT. I HAVE PICTURES OF ALL THE TIRES AND A DOCUMENT FROM THE AUTO REPAIR PLACE. LUCKILY, WE COULD THIS IN TIME BEFORE MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED DUE TO THESE TIRES.

EPS LIGHT CAME ON, COULDN'T STEER IT. I SEE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PER MY VIN#, BUT NOTICED THERE ARE BULLETINS PERTAINING TO THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY YEAR CAR. NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON, WAS RESET, AND CAME BACK ON CONSTANTLY AND REPORTED TO LIKELY NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT'S EXPECTED TO COST ALMOST $2000 TO REPLACE. THIS BEGAN TO HAPPEN ONLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND NOW IS CONSTANT. NOW IT'S ESSENTIALLY UNSAFE FOR ANYONE TO SIT IN MY FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. IN ADDITION, MY TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING LIGHT HAS ALSO COME ON CONSTANTLY AND THE DEALER HAS REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE AND RESET AND SWITCH OUT THE MONITORS IN ALL OF THE TIRES AND THAT INDICATOR LIGHT HAS YET TO BE FIXED. THIS STARTED WHEN THE CAR WAS JUST TURNED ON, STATIONARY. I AM STARTING TO GET A CHRISTMAS TREE LOOKING DASHBOARD. IN ADDITION, THE DOOR BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAS BECOME STUCK AND WON'T OPEN, DUE TO REPORTEDLY ALLOWING WATER IN FOR THE HANDLE TO RUST. AS WELL AS ABOUT A YEAR AGO MY DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR JUST SUDDENLY FELL OUT OF THE CEILING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS IS LITERALLY THE WORST CAR I'VE EVER OWNED.

THIS CAR WAS RECALLED TWICE FOR INTERMITTENT EPS ISSUES BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL ONGOING, IT NEVER WENT AWAY. TODAY I WAS ALMOST IN A CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEEL. I WAS TURNING RIGHT TO GET ON THE ROAD AND LOSS STEERING AND WENT TOO FAR OUT INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE.

CAR ACCILERATER GETS STUCK AND WILL ACCELERATE WHEN CAR IS FIRST STARTED, WHETHER STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. GAS PEDAL WILL STICK. SEEMS TO FUNCTION NORMALLY AFTER THE CAR HAS WARMED UP. I TAPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO SEE IF IT WOULD UN-STICK AND IT ACCELERATED AT VERY HIGH SPEED AND WAS STUCK UNTIL I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. ACCELERATION DROPPED DOWN SLOWLY AFTER I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND LEFT IT IN PARK. RESUMED NORMALLY AFTER.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HE ROAD ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND MY BAKES WENT OUT I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN SLOW MOVING AREA WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC. IF I HAD BEEN IN THE FREEWAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. DEALER SHOWED ME AND EXPLAINED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HYUNDAI HAD PUT A PLASTIC COVER OVER THE BRAKE LINE. AFTER YEARS OF SALT AND WINTER WEATHER THE ENCLOSURE OF THIS BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTING AWAY UNKNOWINGLY. MOISTURE, WET AND WINTER ELIMINATES WERE TRAPPED WITHIN THIS PLASTIC COVER CAUSING THE BRAKE LINE TO RUST. THE CAR IS NOW 8 YEARS OLD SO IT TOOK 8 YEARS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I FEAR THERE ARE MANY CARS IN THIS SITUATION AND THE DRIVERS DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE BRAKE LINE BROKE AT THE RUSTED AREA AND THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT CAUSING THE LOSS OF MY BRAKES. THE DEALER PERMANENTLY REMOVED THE PLASTIC COVER AND SEALED THE BRAKE LINE. THIS COVER SHOULD NOT BE COVERING THE BRAKE LINE, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURERS INTENTIONS WERE GOOD, BUT THIS WAS NOT A GOOD WAY TO PROTECT THE BAKE LINE FOR THOSE WHO LIVE INCLEMENT WINTER WEATHER. NOT ONLY WAS I AT RISK AND THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE A FATAL SITUATION FOR OTHERS. THIS REPAIR ALSO COST ME $400.00. PLEASE DO SOMETHING THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY COST, BUT THIS WAS A TERRIFYING SITUATION. I WAS ALSO VERY FORTUNATE THAT THERE WERE NO CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND I WAS MOVING SLOWLY. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO UPLOAD THE INVOICE FROM THE DEALER, BUT WILL BE HAPPY TO MAIL THIS TO YOU.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, WHILE PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE SURGED WITH A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND INDEPENDENTLY CRASHED INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER AND THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE STICKING. THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY CONFIRMATION THAT THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE OTHER THAN REPLACING THE PARTS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.