2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

DASH DISPLAY OF ODOMETER/MPG/ET CETERA NO LONGER IS READABLE DUE TO DIM OR MISSING DIGITS. THIS WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUT HAS RECURRED. I NO LONGER CAN SEE NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAR'S EQUIPMENT OR DRIVABILITY STATUS. THIS OCCURS AT ALL TIMES, DRIVING OR STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK TIRES, TIRE LINE: WINTER IPIKE, TIRE SIZE: P215/45/17, DOT NUMBER: NOT PROVIDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING 20 MPH UP A HILL THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. THE TIRE BECAME DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. *LN*JB

FRONT COIL SPRING (DRIVERS SIDE) FAILED, RIPPING TIRING OPEN. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED SOME TIME AFTER I PARKED AT A SUPERMARKET CAUSING NO PERSONAL INJURY. I DID SEE ON-LINE THAT THE 2011 ELANTRA HAD A RECALL FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM

SO MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED MAKING A STRANGE POPPING NOISE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. EVERYTIME I WOULD TURN MY STEERING WHEEL AT A CERTAIN ANGLE THE WHEEL WOULD POP. AS I DROVE THE CAR IT WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS AWFUL NOISE UNTIL ONE DAY IM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT POPPED AND THE STEERING JERKED MY CAR OUT OF THE LANE . DRIVING HOME THE WHEEL WAS RATHER STIFF AND I WORRIED CONSTANTLY ABOUT GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT . MY REASON FOR THE STEERING ISSUE IS I WORRY SOMEONE WILL BE DRIVING THE CAR AND IT JERK THEM INTO A CAR COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH WILL RESULT IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. SECOND ISSUE IS THE ELECTRONICAL SYSTEM IN GENERAL. EVERYTIME I START MY CAR IT DOESNT START ALL THE WAY AND IT DIES OUT MID DRIVING ., I ENDED UP PULLING OUT OF AN UP HILL PARKING LOT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AT THE STOP SIGN BECAUSE THE CAR DIED OUT AFTER I HAD IT IN DRIVE. I HAD TO PULL UP AND BUMP THE CURB IN ORDER TO STOP THE CAR FROM ROLLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE LEAVING THE PARKING LOT. I AM NOT SURE IF ITS DEALING WITH THE IGNITION IN GENERAL BUT THAT WOULD DEFINATLEY BE A SAFTEY CONCERN. MY OTHER ISSUE IS THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. AFTER A CERTAIN MILAGE THE LIGHT CAME ON AND I CAN NOT GET ANY MECHANIC TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO FIX IT OVER FEAR OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND HAVING TO TOTAL THE VEHICLE UPON REPAIR. I AM SERIOUSLY TERRIFIED IF I GET INTO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS WONT GO OFF AT ALL AND IT WILL RESULT IN EITHER A REALLY SEVERE INJURY OR EVEN BE FATAL FROM AIRBAG FAILURE .

BRAKE LINES GET CORRODED BY THE HOLDING BRACKET SCREWS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF NOT WATER RESISTANT TYPE OF METAL AND START LEAKING.

CLICKING/THUMBING NOISE WHEN YOU TURN STEERING WHEEL EITHER WAY. WAS TOLD STEERING COUPLING ISSUE, COST APPROX. $600 TO REPAIR. IT LOOKS LIKE NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED. SHOULD BE RECALLED BY NOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DEALERSHIP STATES IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE!! NUMEROUS LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT, WAS TOLD IT WAS A WIRING ISSUE! AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASH ON.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON MY DASH CAME ON ABOUT A MONTH AGO FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND I HAD MY CAR INSPECTED AND NO CODES WERE SHOWN. THE REASON FOR THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS STILL UNKNOWN AND I WORRY THAT THE AIRBAG WONT DEPLOY IF I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. I'VE HEARD THIS HAPPENING TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT HYUNDAI ELANTRA OWNERS AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A SOLUTION FOR THIS COMMON PROBLEM.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND HASN'T DISAPPEARED SINCE. I STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES. I HAVE HEAR SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER HYUNDAI CUSTOMERS AS WELL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND NO ONE WILL EVEN TOUCH MY CAR FOR THIS REASON.

ONE TPMS SENSOR FAILED DECEMBER 2018, NOW THE OTHER 3 FAILED IN THE SPAN OF THE LAST 6 WEEKS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THE TIRE IS REALLY LOW WHEN DRIVING, OTHER THAN A VISUAL OR AN AIR GAUGE. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING, ON THE LAST 3, THE CODE SHOWED ON START-UP