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.
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really awful
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Average Mileage:
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I started noticing when I come out of my apartment complex in the morning to go to work that my trunk was open. At first I thought it was me. Then one day I was sitting in my car and my neighbor drove up in another Hyundai and my trunk opened with me sitting in it! I took my car to lee Hyundai twice for them to change the code but they admitted that this is a problem that they can not fix! now my trunk opens when "random" people press their key alarms. Last week I was walking to my car and the lights flashed and the doors unlocked! the man next to me was unlocking his car! this is not safe! [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
- Fayetteville, NC, USA
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- Fayetteville, NC, USA