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.
I traded in my 2005 Elantra for a newer model since the car was very good to me. Since I bought the 2013 Elantra, my front bumper has separated from the car 4 times. The first time my insurance paid $380. The next two times they fixed it for nothing. The repair shop blames it as my fault from when I pull into a space and then pull out I must be pulling out over the cement, which pulls off the bumper. Now I am a 60 year young woman who has never come across this problem with any car I'm driving, including my old Hyundai. Now for the forth time my bumper separated again and I just don't know what to do. I am beside myself? Where do I take it? Is this a defective car that they tried real hard to sell to me? I hope someone replies as I never had such an experience before. It seems to me that maybe one time I could have been at fault, but three more times? I don't think so. I am an experienced driver and I don't accept that any of it was my fault.
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I traded in my 2005 Elantra for a newer model since the car was very good to me. Since I bought the 2013 Elantra, my front bumper has separated from the car 4 times. The first time my insurance paid $380. The next two times they fixed it for nothing. The repair shop blames it as my fault from when I pull into a space and then pull out I must be pulling out over the cement, which pulls off the bumper. Now I am a 60 year young woman who has never come across this problem with any car I'm driving, including my old Hyundai. Now for the forth time my bumper separated again and I just don't know what to do. I am beside myself? Where do I take it? Is this a defective car that they tried real hard to sell to me? I hope someone replies as I never had such an experience before. It seems to me that maybe one time I could have been at fault, but three more times? I don't think so. I am an experienced driver and I don't accept that any of it was my fault.
- Thea C., oyster bay, NY, US