2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

HYUNDAI ELANTRA 2007, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DURING A HEAD-ON CRASH WITH A TRUCK. THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS TOTALLY DAMAGED AND THE DRIVER SIDE REAR END WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BUT NONE OF THE SIX AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CAR WAS TOTAL. LUCKILY THE SEATBELT WORKED AND RESULTED ONLY MINOR HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES. *TR

AIR BAG SENSOR HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TODAY AND THE DEALER HAS ORDERED NEW SENSOR. AIR BAGS ON THE CAR ARE CURRENTLY NOT FUNCTIONAL. *TR

OWNER OF A 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA (<20,000 MILES). BROUGHT IT IN TO DEALERSHIP 3X FOR AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ON. NOW FOUND OUT THE DASH AND FLOOR WIRING HARNESS NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CUPHOLDER LEAKING CONDENSATION ONTO WIRING HARNESS AND SHORTING IT OUT, THUS DISABLING THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. NOT COVERED UNDER HYUNDAI WARRANTY. EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR IN 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA MODEL "HYUNDAI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MY 2001 ELANTRA VEHICLES. IF A LIQUID IS SPILLED IN THE AREA OF THE CUPHOLDER ON THE CENTER CONSOLE, IT MAY SEEP THROUGH THE CONSOLE OPENING FOR THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER AND THEN DRIP ONTO THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR. THE SPILLED LIQUID MAY CONTAMINATE THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE AND ITS ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR TO THE AIR BAG WIRING HARNESS AND CAUSE THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE." *TR

THE CAR IS A 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SEDAN. WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON SO AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE WITH THE DEALER (HAMILTON HYUNDAI, CHAMBERSBRUG, PA TO HAVE IT CHECKED. THE DEALER SAID THAT MOISTURE FROM THE CENTER MOUNTED CUP HOLDER GOT INTO A ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DIRECTLY BELOW AND CAUSED THE WIRING HARNESS TO GET HOT, MELT TOGETHER AND THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE UNDER THE DASH, ALSO MELTED. NO FUSES OR CIRCUIT BREAKERS ACTIVATED. THE AIR BAGS AT THIS POINT WERE INOPERABLE AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT THE CAR COULD POSSIBLY CATCH FIRE WHILE OPERATING. THE CAR WAS ALSO THERE FOR THE RECALL ON THE BRAKE SWITCH THAT COULD CAUSE A CRASH SINCE THE BRAKE LIGHTS COULD OR COULDN'T ILLUMINATE. THE PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE AND ALL DUE TO A POORLY ENGINEERED DESIGN. THE FACT THAT WE WERE WARNED THAT THE CAR COULD CATCH FIRE IS DISTURBING AND HYUNDAI SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP. THERE IS ANOTHER 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA AT THE DEALER THAT HAS THE SAME HARNESS MELTED DOWN. *TR

THE INCIDENT IS LIQUID THAT DRIPPED INTO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CAUSING WIRES TO MELT FOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THE CUP HOLDERS ARE LOCATED DIRECTLY BESIDE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HOUSING, CONTAINS THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NO SORT OF PROTECTIVE DEVICE TO KEEP LIQUIDS FROM GETTING ON THE WIRING. WHAT HAPPENED IN MY INSTANCE IS THAT LIQUID MUST HAVE DRIPPED OFF OF A CUP IN THE CUPHOLDER, NOT SURE HOW CONDENSATION OFF OF A CUP, COULD CAUSE INSULATED WIRES TO MELT, BUT IT DRIPPED INTO THE CONSOLE AREA AND MELTED THE AIR BAG WIRING HARNESS. IT REQUIRES A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE HARNESS. WARRANTY NOT COVERED BECAUSE IT IS NOT A PART DEFECT. SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE A FIRE IF NOT FIXED. SHOULD HAVE A PROTECTIVE COVER IN THE EVENT OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS OCCURRING. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA THAT WEARS THE FRONT TIRES UNEVENLY. THE ORIGINAL TIRES HAD ABOUT 28,000 MILES ON THEM. THE TIRES LOOKED FINE ON THE OUTSIDE BUT WERE WORN DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS ON THE INSIDE. THEY ALSO HAD A DIAGONAL WEAR WHICH MADE THE FRONT END HOP. AFTER REPLACING THE TIRES WITH SNOWS I TOOK IT TO A SERVICE AUTO CENTER FOR AN ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ADJUSTMENT FOR THE TIRE WEAR. I THEN TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS IN SPECS BUT THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE PERSON SAID I SHOULD ROTATE THE TIRES EVERY 5,000 MILES. I HAVE DONE THIS TO NO PREVAIL.THE SNOWS HAD LESS THAN 8000 MILES WHEN THE NOTICEABLE HOP RETURNED. SPRING CAME AND PUT NEW ALL SEASON TIRES ON. I JUST HOPE THE TIRES DON'T BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

1. WEARING TIRES, 2. NON ADJUSTABLE REAR SUSPENSION OUT OF SPEC. 3. DEALER STATES LOOSENED BOLTS AND ADJUSTED. REPLACED TIRES AT 34,200 MILES. *TR

TWO DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN ON MY 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. BOTH OF THEM WERE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THEY BOTH BROKE AT THE SAME PLACE, A PLASTIC PART INSIDE THE SMALL PIECE THAT THE HANDLE FITS INTO. (THIS SMALL PIECE STAYS ON THE CAR WHILE THE DOOR HANDLE LIFTS UP.) THE BACK DOOR BROKE OFF IN JULY, WHILE THE FRONT DOOR HANDLE BROKE THIS WEEKEND, IN AUGUST. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE WILL BE NEXT! *TR

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CONSISTENTLY ON IN 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPORTED THAT THE WIRING HAD BEEN SHORTED OUT BY SOFT DRINK SPILLING INTO THE CONSOLE FROM THE CUP HOLDERS AND SHORTING OUT THE WIRING HARNESS, DISABLING THE AIR BAGS. THERE ARE NO WARNING STICKERS ON THE CONSOLE WARNING OF THE RISK OF LEAKAGE FROM THE CUPHOLDER INTO THE CONSOLE AND NO WARNING TO THIS EFFECT IN THE OWNER?S MANUAL. WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED AND OWNER CAUTIONED BY TECHNICIAN AND SERVICE MANAGER ON DANGER OF LIQUID SEEPING FROM CUP HOLDER INTO CONSOLE AND RECOMMENDED NOT USING CONSOLE CUP HOLDERS BUT ONES IN BACK SEAT INSTEAD. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET RESULTED IN DISCOVERY THAT THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM HAD RESULTED IN A NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION RECALL OF THE 2001 - 2002 HYUNDAI ELANTRAS REQUIRING INSTALLATION OF A PROTECTIVE COVER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED IN THE 2007 ELANTRA AND A DESIGN FLAW STILL EXISTS SUCH THAT A MINOR SPILL FROM THE CUP HOLDER INSTALLED ON THE CONSOLE CAN SHORT OUT THE WIRING MAKING THE AIRBAG INOPERABLE AND PUTTING THE PASSENGERS AT RISK AND RESULTED IN AT LEAST ONE DEATH PRIOR TO THE EARLIER RECALL. (HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/NEWS04/2008/03/NHTSA_HYUNDAI.HTML). *TR

2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS. AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING THERE IS SOME MALFUNCTION WITH AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. I'VE HAD THIS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY LAST YEAR (MAY 2008) AND HYUNDAI REPLACED THE AIR BAG SENSOR BY THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ONCE AGAIN ON RIGHT NOW. BY SIMPLY MOVING THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK AND FORTH, APPARENTLY LEADS TO THE FAILURE/MALFUNCTION OF THE AIR BAGS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAULTY AIR BAG SENSOR THAT SO OFTEN BREAKS DOWN AT THE PLACE THAT IT HAS BEEN INSTALLED. *TR