2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

THE HEADRESTS PUSH MY HEAD FORWARD INTO AN UNCOMFORTABLE & UNNATURAL POSITION. I AM A 5'4" SMALLER FRAMED DRIVER. WHEN SEATED, MY HEAD IS PUSHED SO FAR FORWARD THAT MY LINE OF SIGHT IS THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASH, NOT THE ROAD. THIS MAKES ME HAVE TO CONTINUALLY LIFT MY EYES FROM THEIR NATURAL POSITION TO VIEW THE ROAD. WHEN TRYING TO TURN MY HEAD TO SEE WHILE DRIVING, THE NATURAL TURNING MOTION OF MY NECK IS HINDERED WITH LIMITED RANGE OF MOVEMENT AND AWKWARD UNNATURAL MOVEMENT ANGLE CAUSING SLOWER HEAD ROTATION. THE ANGLE THAT MY HEAD IS FORCED INTO INTERFERES WITH COMFORTABLE NATURAL BREATHING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THESE HEADRESTS FOR SHORT DRIVERS IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, BUT THESE ASPECTS OF NEWER STYLED HEADRESTS DISTRACT & INTERFERE WITH MY SAFE DRIVING. THE BEST WAY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE IS TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT INTERFERENCE & DISTRACTION. DURING & AFTER MY DRIVING TRIP: MY EYES WERE TIRED FROM BEING FORCED TO LOOK UPWARD CONSTANTLY TO SEE THE ROAD, INSTEAD OF BEING POSITIONED IN A NATURAL FORWARD VIEW. MY NECK WAS TIRED FROM BEING FORCED DOWNWARD, HAVING LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION AND FROM THE EXTRA FRICTION & EFFORT WHEN SUBCONSCIOUSLY ATTEMPTING TO PUT MY HEAD INTO A NATURAL HEAD POSITION, BUT BEING HINDERED BY THE SEAT WHEN I HAD TO CHECK FOR OTHER VEHICLES AT INTERSECTIONS, DURING LANE CHANGES AND SIMPLY TRYING TO LOOK FORWARD NATURALLY. I WAS DISTRACTED BY MY DISCOMFORT IN BREATHING FOR MY ENTIRE TRIP BY THE STRAIN/PRESSURE IN MY NECK/THROAT AREA THAT INTERFERED WITH MY BREATHING. I WAS DISTRACTED BY MY GLASSES SLIDING & INTERFERING WITH MY VIEW BECAUSE OF THE DOWNWARD POSITIONING OF MY HEAD. *TR

I WAS ON A HIGHWAY DRIVING THE VEHICLE (A 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA) AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN IT INEXPLICABLY "STALLED" FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. I QUICKLY LOST SPEED AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE DESPITE THE FACT THAT I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AT ONE POINT. THE VEHICLE SIMPLY DID NOT RESPOND. THERE WAS PLENTY OF GAS IN THE VEHICLE, SO I HAD NOT RUN OUT OF GAS. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO HAVE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. THIS RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON A HIGHWAY WHERE I, ALONG WITH THE OTHER OCCUPANTS WITHIN THE VEHICLE, SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. NOTABLY, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED--EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE, INCLUDING BEING CRUSHED IN FROM THE REAR. *TR

I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN AS I WAS APPROACHING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. MY FOOT WAS NEITHER ON THE GAS NOR THE BRAKE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED AS IF I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

MY LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT HAD JUST TURNED ON. WAS GOING UP A VERY SLIGHT GRADE AND THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *TR

HYUNDAI VEHICLES DO NOT COME WITH A SPARE TIRE. INSTEAD YOU GET AN AIR COMPRESSOR AND FIX A FLAT. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS TIRE DAMAGE THAT CAN NOT BE SEALED WITH FIX A FLAT LEAVES THE DRIVER STRANDED, UNABLE TO PUT ON A SPARE TIRE AND GO. THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT LEAVES DRIVERS STRANDED ON THE ROAD. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA (THAT I HAD ONLY HAD FOR 3 MONTHS, HAD 1,500 MILES ON THE CAR) HOME FROM THE AIRPORT, HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET ON 55 FOR THE PREVIOUS 30 MINUTES, AND I NOTICED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WAS BRAKING. NATURALLY, I PRESSED THE BRAKE AS WELL TO SLOW DOWN, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD AS ROCK AND WOULD NOT PRESS IN AT ALL AND THEREFORE I COULD NOT SLOW DOWN AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE. I KEPT TRYING TO PRESS THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD AND WOULD NOT WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL KEPT ACCELERATING. I PRESSED THE CANCEL CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON ON MY STEERING WHEEL, BUT THAT DID NOT DISENGAGE EITHER. JUST HAS I WAS SHIFTING MY CAR TO NEUTRAL, MY CAR REAR-ENDED THE LEXUS IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER MY CAR STRUCK THE LEXUS (MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE PEDAL), I FELT THE BRAKE FINALLY PRESS IN AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE BRAKE MALFUNCTION IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT UPON MY OWN INVESTIGATION, I FOUND A RECALL OF HYUNDAI ELANTRA YEAR MODELS 2007-2011 FOR THIS VERY ISSUE THAT CAUSED MY CAR ACCIDENT. *TR