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.
For context: I'm a driver with thirty-plus years of driving experience and a spotless driving record. I have driven cars, pickup trucks and SUVs. I also have truck/bumper-pull trailer towing experience including above average skills moving a trailer in reverse. With years of experience navigating mid-Atlantic/east coast highways with living cargo, I have both extensive mileage and an excessive mind and eye for safety.
The window post blind spots in this car are simply horrible and managed best and only by supreme driver vigilance. After you scare the living daylights out of yourself a few times after losing an entire vehicle the size of a garbage truck or that entire family in a crosswalk does one really start to understand that it was not "just me" trying to acclimate to a new car. I'm at 58k-plus miles. five years, zero incidents, many scares and gray hairs later, and I haven't dropped my guard yet. You need to look like a bobbing weaving idiot in your cockpit before feeling safe enough to change lanes at highway speed - god forbid it's three lanes or more, or an urban haven with tons of turns in pedestrian meccas. Not a good first car for anyone who has not been driving long enough to develop sound defensive driving awareness and habits!
It has the worst blind spot of any car I have ever driven . If I could have driven this car for a week before I bought it , I would never have bought it . Worst car I have ever owned and the problems just keep growing ...
It sits in my driveway and I am afraid to drive it ... I am stuck with a $26,000 debt that is useless to me and the resale from what I have seen is less than $12,000 2 years later ...
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For context: I'm a driver with thirty-plus years of driving experience and a spotless driving record. I have driven cars, pickup trucks and SUVs. I also have truck/bumper-pull trailer towing experience including above average skills moving a trailer in reverse. With years of experience navigating mid-Atlantic/east coast highways with living cargo, I have both extensive mileage and an excessive mind and eye for safety.
The window post blind spots in this car are simply horrible and managed best and only by supreme driver vigilance. After you scare the living daylights out of yourself a few times after losing an entire vehicle the size of a garbage truck or that entire family in a crosswalk does one really start to understand that it was not "just me" trying to acclimate to a new car. I'm at 58k-plus miles. five years, zero incidents, many scares and gray hairs later, and I haven't dropped my guard yet. You need to look like a bobbing weaving idiot in your cockpit before feeling safe enough to change lanes at highway speed - god forbid it's three lanes or more, or an urban haven with tons of turns in pedestrian meccas. Not a good first car for anyone who has not been driving long enough to develop sound defensive driving awareness and habits!
- L M., Cedar Grove, US