CarComplaints.com Notes: We're not used to seeing any major problems with Hyundai, which makes the early signs of trouble with the 2013 Elantra very surprising, in a bad way.
Early trends show problems with the steering wandering / pulling to one side along with premature tire wear. Elantra owners have tried sensor adjustments, wheel alignments, even replacing axles, most with no luck. Hyundai has made vehicle buybacks through arbitration, but that rarely works out well financially for owners in the end.
Also there is a pattern of complaints about the 2013 Elantra brakes grinding at very low mileage. It seems there was a bad batch of OEM pads & rotors, but so far Hyundai is not doing a recall. Instead Hyundai issued a TSB & dealers have been replacing pads & rotors on a per-complaint basis.
The final straw is that for several years in a row, Elantra owners report significantly lower gas mileage than the EPA estimates, & there's a small trend of engine problems.
8.0
pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$0
Average Mileage:
46,900 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
clean out corrosion that causes premature failure (1 reports)
Backup camera just stopped working all of a sudden, typical of what you see on the sonata forums. Replacement cost is 810$ in Canada from the dealer. Other complaints on the forum stated excessive corrosion, so I took mine apart (nothing to lose for 800$..) excessive corrosion was definitely the cause, two of the screws holding the assembly together just broke off. Inside there was plenty of rust "dust" from the aluminum housing. Potentially causing a short on the CCA. Two rounds of generic contact cleaner, and one round of WD-40 got it working again. Not sure how long it will last but it is working again. Gaskets which hold the assembly together were lackluster. Permatex black RTV (in excess) not seals the unit.
Update from Nov 26, 2018: now* seals the unit (typo above)
118000kms - backup camera still going strong after this fix. No instances of failure.
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Backup camera just stopped working all of a sudden, typical of what you see on the sonata forums. Replacement cost is 810$ in Canada from the dealer. Other complaints on the forum stated excessive corrosion, so I took mine apart (nothing to lose for 800$..) excessive corrosion was definitely the cause, two of the screws holding the assembly together just broke off. Inside there was plenty of rust "dust" from the aluminum housing. Potentially causing a short on the CCA. Two rounds of generic contact cleaner, and one round of WD-40 got it working again. Not sure how long it will last but it is working again. Gaskets which hold the assembly together were lackluster. Permatex black RTV (in excess) not seals the unit.
Update from Nov 26, 2018: now* seals the unit (typo above)
118000kms - backup camera still going strong after this fix. No instances of failure.
- Ryan T., Pickering, ON, Canada