This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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NHTSA Recall Number20V061000 Recall has not been fixed by the local dealer in Ocala Florida. I scheduled to come in and have this addressed and sat in the lobby for hours before being told I would receive a call to come back when the parts were in stock. It has been since September 9, 2021 that I made my appointment to address open recalls.
The contact owned a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that she parked her vehicle at home for about an hour and a neighbor informed her of a fire in the front endunder the hood. The vehicle was parked in the contact's driveway and the fire department was contacted to put out the flames. The vehicle was completely engulfed in flames and destroyed. The contact recently received a recall letter NHTSA number: 20V061000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The insurance company determined that the fire was most likely electrical since the vehicle had been for over an hour. The dealer and manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure mileage was 120,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. While parked the vehicle caught fire. No injuries were reported. The cause of the failure was not determined the contact stated that after parking the vehicle approximately 2 hours later the vehicle caught fire and flames were present coming from under the engine compartment. The fire department was called to the scene and extinguished the flames. The vehicle was destroyed and towed away. A fire department report was taken at the scene. No injuries were reported. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The contact later received a recall notice for NHTSA recall campaign number: 20V06100 (service brakes) regarding an electrical short that may cause a fire. The failure mileage was 190,000.
I received a safety recall notice that my ABS module could develop a short circuit resulting in an engine compartment fire. This fire could occur even when the car is turned off, which increases the risk of injury. I received this notice today, April 7, 2020. I have called the Hyundai dealerships in my pittsburgh area. The wexford site cannot serve me until May 18 because they have only received 5 recall parts from Hyundai. The South hills site does not have any parts at all. Hyundai is failing to equip locations with necessary parts to address this recall. Therefore I and hundreds of other Hyundai car owners are at risk of a fire that could develop and no way to prevent, as the fire could occur even when the car is off.
The ignition is no good and, the car would not turn off. I had to take it to a dealer and, he took fuses out before they could get the car to shut off. They replaced the ignition but the flasher light keep coming on and the the spotter and the dealer did not give me the automatic part of the key. Unable to start car.
- Muncie, IN, USA
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My car spontaneously catch fire on its own. The car parked on my front yard for at least 3 hours. It went aflame, the whole engine was destroyed. Every thing caught on home security camera.
For a few months I had a rattling noise coming from the rear of the car when my car was idling on a city street facing downhill (at a stop sign). Then it got suddenly worse for 2 days, so that it rattled all the time when idling in drive or park (stopped at lights or signs or in a parking space). Then it completely stopped rattling - and the next day another driver on the highway, on the 4th of July, notified me that my brake lights were not working. I don't know if it is a coincidence or not.
Passenger side sun visor became disconnected and its weight pulled its wire out 2 inches so that it would not go back in and would not stay up anymore. Now it is completely off and too expensive to fix. Many people have reported this problem and it should be a recall. We may have to have it fixed without having the electrical hooked up to run the mirror light, which is really annoying.
While I drive down the road, weather it be at 10mph or 55mph, my eps light and emergency brake light will turn on and my car will stop. It will not turn off until my car is stopped, turned off. And turned back on again. Since the power steering is lost I can not just turn to the side of the road. I have to pray that no one will be coming up behind me and hit me causing an accident. Before that will happen for two weeks my alarm will go off at all hours of the day and night. Over and over and over again until my cars eps and E brake lights turn on while I am driving, but then the cycle will start all over again. The most frequent tiem this happened was while I was driving down highway 99W in dundee Oregon, I was going about 45mph and my cars eps and E break.light turned on and I had to turn it off and then restart it. I have taken it many times to a dealership to fix but they just charge me money and say its fixed, but then it happens again. I will sue, I am so over my car threatening my life and the lives of my loved ones.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. While driving 60 mph after receiving a recall repair, the driver side air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 178,000. Updated 05/03/16
The air bag light came on in my 2007 Hyundai Elantra. When I took it to the dealership, they said that there was some kind of electrical failure in the driver's side buckle assembly. I have heard of similar issues in 2006-2008 sonatas. I am concerned that this may be a factory defect.
My airbag lights came on and I took it to the dealer. It took them over two hours to find the problem: The entire floor harness is corroded from some sort of "meltdown" and needs to be replaced. Cost = $4800. I feel this is a major design flaw in the vehicle and Hyundai should replace the floor harness as a goodwill warranty issue. There is no way a 6 year old car with only 35,000 miles on it should be experiencing this kind of problem! this is a major safety issue as right now I am forced to drive the vehicle with air bags non-functional.
Brake lights are not functioning. This model was subject to a recall for a faulty brake light switch but the Hyundai informs me mine is not included. I suspect it may be the same issue.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that the vehicle became engulfed in flames. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. A fire report was not filed however, the fire department did conclude that the fire originated from electrical wires and cables. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic but had not been inspected or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the fire. The approximate failure mileage was 81,000.
My 2007 Hyundai Elantra was supposedly previously a part of Hyundai recall number 092 for brake light switch failure. According to Hyundai customer service this problem was repaired on March 09, 2010. I understand now there is a new recall out there for the same issue. I did not receive any notification of this recall that was issued in April of 2013. So I am assuming that according to Hyundai my vehicle is not a part of this recall. This will be verified with another phone call to Hyundai customer service.. my brake light switch has failed again and I am without brake lights. I find it hard to believe that something as critical and safety oriented as a switch that controls the brake light function of your vehicle could fail twice within a 6 year period. Unless both parts are defective. In fact in my past ownership of many vehicles and also of the vehicles of friends and family members I have never heard of this switch failing once let alone twice! Hyundai is telling me that since the recall was already performed on this car in 2010 (before I purchased the car) that they are not liable for this repair or recall. The campaign id# for the latest recall is 13V113000. It was issued by Hyundai-Kia America technical center Inc. How am I to be sure that when the car was repaired (if it was repaired properly or at all) in 2010 it was not repaired with the part from the current recall? the vehicle has yet to be repaired and I will be in contact with Hyundai customer service once again. In researching this issue I also learned of problems with the air bag warning light illuminating on the dashboard. Also with the sun visors cracking at their plastic connecting point. Causing the sun visor to fall off and the wiring to be exposed. I have also recently experienced both of these issues.
Vent fan (which is required for proper functioning of the defroster during winter) stopped working. Consumers will be out of pocket to fix this or will be left forcing to drive in unsafe conditions with foggy windows. If there is a pattern here, please have Hyundai issue a recall. Thanks.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the steering wheel seized and caused the vehicle to independently veer into the right lane. In addition, the eps warning indicator was illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the roadway and towed for diagnosis. The contact was awaiting diagnosis of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 61,000.
We have a 2007 Hyundai Elantra that is continuously burning up headlight bulbs. There are numerous complaints in regards to this, but Hyundai has yet to recall any vehicles. My husband is replacing at least 1 bulb month. Please investigate this. It is very dangerous when you're driving at night and the headlights go out. There is no moisture of any kind in the headlight nor has there even been.
Own a 2007 Hyundai Elantra sedan. Have been having issues with the air bag light staying on at all times, for about the past week. Yesterday when I parked the car, I put in neutral pulled up the emergency brake and car filled with smoke had small fire, fire dept was called out to my house no injuries. I was sure to get out of car quickly in case turned out to be huge fire. Not sure what happened getting looked at tomorrow, need it towed car fills up with smoke and you can peek in at the wiring and was a small flame this time. If I turn the key on this happens. Unoperatable, as of now. This really needs to be investigated as people could be getting hurt.
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- Ocala, FL, USA