2003 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER ONCE. PRIOR TO ROLL OVER, DRIVER AND PASSENGER WORE SEAT BELTS. . HOWEVER, THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DISCONNECTED AND FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANTS. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES, AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED FROM HEAD AND NECK PAIN. BOTH WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. BOTH OCCUPANTS SURVIVED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATED AND SLOWED DOWN, THEN IT STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE LOCATION OF THE CUP HOLDER POSED A PROBLEM. LIQUID FROM A DRINK LEAKED INTO AIR BAG HARNESS, AND RENDERED THE AIR BAGS INOPERATIVE.*AK ABL.PCO

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE PASSENGER, NO WARNING LIGHT APPEARED PRIOR TO THE CRASH. *AK *SC *JB

THE ENTIRE STEERING ASSEMBLY LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO FILE A CLAIM WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE FLOOR MAT BEING UNDER THE BRAKE/CLUTCH. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF GEAR OR REVERSE BECAUSE A BOLT HAD LOOSENED AND TRAVELED UP THROUGHOUT THE GEARS AND WAS REMOVED BY THE DEALER. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATE PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER MADE A SUDDEN STOP. THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN EITHER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEAT A BELT, BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AT 45 MPH BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. . THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, BUT IDLING. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY . AS A RESULT, PASSENGER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDOW, AND HIS SIDE HIT THE CONSOLE. ALSO, DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES AND BRUISES.*AK

AT 36,000 MILES THE VALVES STARTED TAPPING. CHECKED OIL LEVEL, WHICH WAS AT THE "LOW" LINE, AND THEN ADDED OIL. TAPPING STOPPED, THEN RESUMED ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A CRANK IN THE CAM HAD BROKEN, THROWING METAL CHARDS THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE. ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDES REPLACEMENT. *AK

CAR WAS COMING UP TO SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE TRAFFIC STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WITH THE VEHICLE SPEED AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND THEN THERE WAS A SENSATION OF SUDDENLY BEING PUSHED FORWARD. THE CAR SPEED SEEMED TO INCREASE EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKES WERE BEING FORCEFULLY APPLIED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TIRES LEAVING SKID MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT. THE CAR DID NOT COME TO A STOP BEFORE REAR-ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT, WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER OF OUR CAR BEING CAUSED BY THE OTHER VEHICLES TOW HITCH MOUNT. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE DID NOT COMPLAIN OF ANY INJURIES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BY THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.*AK