2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

BRAKES FAILED IN A 60 MILE DRIVE. BRAKE PETAL TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE FLUID WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER REPORTED THAT A PIECE IF ROAD DEBRIS CUT/PUNCTURED THE REAR RIGHT RUBBER- LIKE BRAKE LINE. INADEQUATE SHIELDING TO THIS VULNERABLE SAFETY ITEM. I HAVE THE ITEM FOR INSPECTION.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THE 2014 ELANTRA GT MODELS AS WELL. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOUND ONLINE. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLS ON PREVIOUS MODELS. THE 2014 SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, A LOUD ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND OBSERVED THAT THE SUN ROOF FRACTURED. THE HIGHWAY PATROL WAS NOTIFIED BECAUSE THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE TURNPIKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (JAMES HODGE HYUNDAI, 1330 N MAIN ST, MUSKOGEE, OK, 74401) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SUN ROOF FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HEARD OF THE FAILURE, BUT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED IT LOCALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000.

VEHICLE SWAYS AT MODERATE TO HIGH ACCELERATIONS AND UPON HITTING OBSTACLES, OR EVEN IN SIGNIFICANT WINDS OR DRAFTS. VEERING SLIGHTLY LEFT OR RIGHT AFTER BUMPS WAS COMMONPLACE, BUT AFTER 113,000, OVER THE COURSE OF JUST A FEW DAYS SWAY PROBLEM HAS BECOME SEVERE AT ACCELERATIONS ABOVE 45 MPH. HAVE SINCE READ ONLINE ABOUT NUMEROUS HYUNDAI OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND REPORTING TO DEALERSHIPS WITH THIS COMPLAINT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI ELENTRA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUOUSLY WENT IN A CIRCLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LAKELAND HYUNDAI (1500 W MEMORIAL BLVD, LAKELAND, FL 33815 (863) 682-1100) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINON AND CLOCKSPRING MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE COST AT THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT ONLY ONE PART, A RUBBER SEAL, WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,300.

I WAS DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC APPROXIMATELY 30 - 35 MILES PER HOUR AND I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES OF MY 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA TO AVOID COLLISION WITH A CAR THAT WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC FOR NO APPARENT REASON APPROXIMATELY 8-9 CAR LENGTHS IN FRONT OF ME AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED ME HAVE AN ACCIDENT AS I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE AND NO OTHER WAY TO STOP THE CAR EXCEPT TO REAR END THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THE CAR STOPPED. INSTEAD OF STOPPING WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES, I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL AND THE CAR SKIDDED OVER THE LENGTH OF 8-9 CARS AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN I HIT THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I INITIALLY PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES I FELT A "THUMP" THROUGH THE BRAKE PADDLE AND THEN I HAD NO BRAKES. THERE HAD BEEN RAIN EARLIER IN THE DAY, BUT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IT WAS NOT RAINING. THERE WAS SLIGHT REAR BUMPER TO THE CAR THAT I REAR ENDED, BUT WITH THE IMPACT OF THE ACCIDENT MY CAR IS BASICALLY TOTALLED - FRONT BUMPER AND SIDE LIGHTS WERE DAMAGED AND FELL OFF OF THE CAR, MY ENGINE WAS PUSHED DOWN, ONE OF THE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS WAS TOTALLY BROKEN OFF, THE HOOD AND THE RADIATOR WERE SMASHED IN, VALVES WERE DAMAGED, MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED, AC AND HEATER DAMAGED AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES AS CAN BE VERIFIED BY MY MECHANIC. FOR THE SPEED THAT I WAS GOING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC I DON'T SEE HOW I COULD HAVE HAD THIS MUCH DAMAGE. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. ALL IN ALL I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND UNINJURED. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR EVER AGAIN DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.

THE CAR SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, IT IS NOTICEABLE AT AROUND 25 MPH AND IT BECOMES AN ISSUE REACHING SPEEDS OF 70MPH AND ABOVE (AT THIS PINT THE CAR SWAYS FAR TOO MUCH AND FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE). I THOUGHT THIS COULD BE TIRES, BALANCING, OR ALIGNMENT, BUT AFTER DOING MAINTENANCE WITH THOSE THREE THINGS, THE CAR CONTINUES TO SWAY A LOT. WHEN I GO OVER A SMALL BUMP THE CAR SHIFTS TO THE SIDES. UPON FURTHER ONLINE RESEARCH, THERE ARE MANY CAR BLOGS AND COMPLAINS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR STRUTS. I BOUGHT THE CAR AT 48,000 AND I NOTICED THE ISSUE THEN, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS BEING TOO PICKY. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO REASON THE CAR SHOULD BE DOING THIS. ONLY CONCLUSION IS A POOR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. THIS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND HYUNDAI SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO IT.

SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE METAL. CAR WAS OPERATING NORMALLY ON HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY OIL PRESSURE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING ON AND OFF. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY KNOCKING WHICH GOT PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER OVER SHORT PERIOD. ROLLED INTO SERVICE STATION TO FIND ENGINE BLOWN. SERVICE STATION SUGGESTED TOWING TO HYUNDAI FOR EVALUATION. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP TORE DOWN ENGINE TO FIND "SIGNIFICANT" METAL AND BLOWN CYLINDER. HYUNDAI REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A DEFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND A CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BLACK SMOKE BEGAN TO APPEAR FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH EVENTUALLY TURNED TO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE CONTACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 10309640. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON INTERSTATE AT 65MPH WHEN THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON FOR OVER 30 SECONDS AND DRASTICALLY SLOWED THE VEHICLE TO UNDER 20MPH. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE COMPLETELY DRY AND ROAD SURFACE WAS SMOOTH. HAZARD LIGHTS WERE PUT ON TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS FROM POSSIBLE COLLISION AND I PULLED OVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON TWO OCCASIONS IN A 3 WEEK PERIOD. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID NO CODES CAME UP AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE DESCRIBED PROBLEM. A RECALL WAS ISSUED IN 2011-2012 FOR SIMILAR ISSUE ON SAME MAKE AND MODEL.