2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

MY CAR HAS MAKING NOISE FOR A WHILE. EMAILED HYUNDAI AND WAS TOLD IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND NO RECALL FOR ENGINE. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HA E BEEN MADE ONLINE FOR THIS CAR REGARDING THE ENGINE WHICH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT'S MY ONLY CAR AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY $5000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN THE CAR STALLED AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO GRIND THE ENGINE UP.

ELECTRONIC IGNITION SPORADICALLY FAILS DURING VERY COLD WEATHER. VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNDER CARPORT. UNKNOWN PART OR REASON. NO PROBLEM WITH BATTERY OR ALTERNATOR. AFTER TEMP INCREASED BY 10 DEGREES IT STARTED NORMALLY. IT WAS ABOUT 40 DEGREES EACH TIME IT HAPPENED.

ON MAY 22ND I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THERE WAS A LADY IN A JEEP INFRONT OF ME. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, CARS SLOWLY BEGAN TO MOVE AND AS SOON AS I ACCELERATED GENTLY THE LADY INFRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON HER BREAKS ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET INFRONT OF ME. INSTINCTIVELY I SLAMMED ON MY BREAKS AS WELL BUT MY VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. INSTEAD IT CONTINUED FORWARD RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF HER JEEP. AT THE POINT OF IMPACT MY CAR WAS GOING ABOUT 10MPH. MY FOOT NEVER CAME OFF THE BREAKS AND I HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH SPACE TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. HAD THE BREAKS NOT FAILED ME I WOULD NOT BE DEALING WITH AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS MY FIRST AUTO COLLISION AND I WANT SOMEONE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE FAULTY BREAKS. THEY HAVE NEVER FAILED BEFORE OR FAILED AN INSPECTION. NOR WERE THERE ANY INDICATORS PRIOR TO THEM FAILING TO STOP. THE LADYS JEEP ONLY HAS MINOR SCRATCHES AND THE WHOLE HOOD OF MY ELANTRA IS DESTROYED, THE RADIATOR IS CAVED IN, GRILL IS SMASHED, HEADLIGHT IS GONE. I BELIEVE THE CAR IS TOTALLED. THE DAMAGE IS MOST LIKELY WORTH MORE THAN THE CAR. I NEVER EVEN MADE IT PAST THE STOPLIGHT.

INITIAL ISSUE WAS AUTOMATIC SPEED CONTROL (CRUISE CNTRL), WILL NOT STAY ENGAGED. CRUISE NO LONGER WORKS IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN TO TURN IT ON. THIS ISSUE BEGAN AROUND JAN 2017. NEXT ISSUE IS ESC OFF LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON AND WILL NOT RESET WITHOUT RESTART. LATEST ISSUE IS THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT IS THE ONLY BRAKE LIGHT WORKING. THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND ESC ISSUE BEGAN AROUND MARCH 2018.

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING COLLAPSED. NO RECALL NOTICE ON THIS BUT SEE PLENTY OF CHATTER ON THE WEB OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. FORTUNATE THAT IT DID NOT PUNCTURE TIRE BUT RUBBED ON INSIDE OF TIRE CAUSING CONCERN OF FUTURE BLOWOUT SO REPLACED FRONT COILS AND STRUTS AND TIRE!

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ONE OR MORE OF THE BRAKES GET ACTIVE WITHOUT USING THE BRAKES . ABS START KICKING AND THE CAR LOOSE POWER . IF I HATE THE BRAKE THE BRAKE PARKS GET REALLY SENSITIVE AND THE CAR START SHAKING . HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES AND I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FINED ANY PROBLEMS . FROM MY EXPERIENCE THIS IS A USE SENSOR PROBLEM AND I SPOKE WITH HONDA OF AMERICA AND THEY SAID MY CAR AND MY VIN # HAS NO RECALL .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL TAPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WINNER HYUNDAI (591 S DUPONT HWY, DOVER, DE 19901) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TRADED IN; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED RIGHT FRONT TIRE. VEH WAS OPERATING AT LOW SPEED IN A PARKING LOT. APPEARS THIS IS RELATED TO RECALL #15V629000.?

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN PITTSBURGH. WHILE IN MOTION, MY PASSENGER SIDE SPRING SPLIT IN HALF, SEVERING THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE SPRING BROKE INSTANTLY WITHOUT WARNING AND LEFT ME STRANDED IN HEAVY AM TRAFFIC. I AM REQUESTING FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL DAMAGES AND A FULL DAY OF WORK THA WAS MISSED BECAUSE OF THIS MAJOR MALFUNCTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE COMING THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AFTER NOTICING SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PIAZZA HYUNDAI OF POTTSTOWN (84 AUTOPARK BLVD, LIMERICK, PA 19468 (484) 933-4074) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE LONG ENGINE BLOCK WAS NO LONGER BEING MADE BY HYUNDAI AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABOUT HYUNDAI BUYING BACK THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.