2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 72 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AS THE ABS AND POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

VISOR ARM BROKE AND VISOR CANNOT BE RETURNED TO FOLDED POSITION, AFFECTING VISIBILITY.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S VISOR SUDDENLY CAME OUT OF THE STORED POSITION AND HUNG DOWN. IT WOULD NOT STAY IN PLACE IN THE STORED POSITION. THIS HAPPENED MONTHS AGO. LAST WEEK ON 10/30/15, THE DRIVER'S VISOR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT STAY IN UP POSITION AND HUNG DOWN, SWINGING BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING, OBSCURING MY VIEW. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

SUN VISORS HAVE A DEFECTIVE PART WHICH BRAKES AT THE MOUNT AND THEN FALLS DOWN INTO VISION AREA AND CREATES A HAZARD. THE PROBLEM IS WHERE THE SUN VISOR IS THE ROD THAT MOUNTS INTO THE BRACKET IS MOLDED IN PLASTIC THAT IS FLANGES SO IT WILL STAY IN THE BRACKET. THE FLANGE BREAKS ALLOWING THE SUN VISOR TO FALL AND WILL NOT HOLD INTO POSITION. THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUSES NOT ONLY A DISTRACTION BUT A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT ACTUALLY CAN TEMPORARILY BLOCK THE PATH OF VIEW.

SUNVISOR KEPT FALLING IMPAIRING VIEW OF THE DRIVER. AT FIRST I COULD PUSH IT BACK IN BUT THE HINGE IS BROKEN. I HAVE TRIED VELCRO, TAPE ETC TO KEEP IT UP. WILL FALL RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND DANGLE IN FRONT OF MY VISION. I WANT TO TAKE IT OFF BUT CANT BECAUSE OF WIRES. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT WILL WORK FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THEN FALL AGAIN AND CANNOT GET IT TO STAY UP. HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AS IT IS A DEFECT ON HYUNDAI'S END AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR ON AND OFF. THE PROBLEM IS ITS VERY RANDOM WHEN IT FALLS AGAIN AND IS SHOCKING. I AM LUCKY TO NOT HAVE GOTTEN IN AN ACCIDENT

DRIVING WEST AT SUNSET, I PULLED MY VISOR DOWN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE TO SHIELD THE SUN AND IT COMPLETELY FELL DOWN. THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT UP SOMEWHAT ARE THE VISIBLE WIRES AND THE SUPPORT CLIP ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS A HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CANNOT PULL THE VISOR COMPLETELY UP IN PLACE. IT HAS ONE POSITION WHICH DOES NOT SHIELD THE SUN AND ALSO BLOCKS LINE OF SIGHT FOR SIDE MIRROR ON DRIVERS SIDE. THIS IS A FLAW IN THE PART AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR RECALL AS IT WAS FOR THE 2007 HYNDAI SONATA.

IN FEBRUARY OF 2015 MY SON WAS DRIVING MY CAR THE ELANTRA WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP..MY HUSBAND HAD TO RESET THE COMPUTER THEN IT WORKED OTHER THAN THE KEY SOMETIMES GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHEN YOU WHERE IN PARK AND THE CAR WAS OFF.THEN IN APRIL OF 2015 HYUNDAI SENT US A RECALL NOTICE FOR A DEFECT IN THE STEERING SO I HAD IT REPAIRED .WHEN I GOT MY CAR BACK THE STEERING DID NOT LOCK UP ANYMORE AND IT SEEMED TO STEER VERY EASY THE KEY WOULD STILL GET STUCK SOMETIMES.WELL ONJULY 27 2015 I WAS DRIVING AROUND A ROUNDABOUT IN THE INSIDE LANE WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND IT SKIDDED TO A STOP IN THE OUTSIDE LANE WHEN I GOT OUT TO LOOK AT MY TIRE I NOTICED THAT MY RACK AND PINION HAD SNAPPED CLEAN IN HALF.MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 98000 MILES ON IT AND I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING .WHEN I CAME HOME I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THE 2008 ELANTRAS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM.UPON SPEAKING WITH HYUNDAI THEY SAID THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TO BUT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HAS SAID OTHERWISE.SO IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THIS IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED SO NO ONE GETS HURT.

BOTH SUN VISOR'S WOULD RANDOMLY FALL FROM ITS HINGE AND WOULD BLOCK MY VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS HAVE NEVER WORKED. ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD A BRAKE INSPECTION AND THE FRONT LEFT CALIPER WAS THE ONLY BRAKE THAT HAS BEEN FUNCTIONAL FOR THE PAST 20,000 MILES.

2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS DRIVING, HE HEARD A NOISE AND THEN THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIBRATING. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PULLED OVER, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND REMOVED THE OWNERS MANUAL FROM THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THE CONSUMER STATED NO WHERE IN THE OWNERS MANUAL WAS THERE A SECTION RELATING TO STRUTS, SPRINGS OR SHOCK ABSORBERS, WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATING STEERING WHEEL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING IN FAST LANE. TOOK ALL MY MIGHT TO WREST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. STEERING STIFFENED UP, WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES TO PARKING LOT ENTRANCE. NOTICED EPS INDICATOR LIGHT LIT, PARKED VEHICLE, TURNED OFF IGNITION. RESTARTED, AND HAD POWER STEERING. I WAS FORTUNATE IN HAVING DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES WHEN I INITIALLY LOST THE POWER STEERING, AS I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAKE WIDE TURNS IN DIRECTINBG THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE TRAFFIC FLOW. VERY DANGEROUS. WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE BUT ME TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT THIS POINT. HAS THERE EVER BEEN A RECALL ISUED FOR THIS PROBLEM?