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.

9.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
65,850 miles
Total Complaints:
4 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (4 reports)
2013 Hyundai Elantra seat belts / air bags problems

seat belts / air bags problem

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2013 Hyundai Elantra Owner Comments

problem #4

Apr 142017

Elantra ES

  • Automatic transmission
  • 71,345 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

On April 14th I got into a car accident where I ended up on my drivers side in a ditch and my side impact airbags didn't deploy. I later found out that I was pregnant at the time. My husband contacted Hyundai that day to open a claim with them and ever since we have always been the person to call or email. They have been no help to us at all. My husband took pictures of the airbags when it was at the tow truck shop waiting for someone to take it to the repair shop, he also took picture of the airbags after we picked it up from the repair shop and you can clearly see where someone has tampered with the airbags. It has gotten so bad that we reported them to the BBB and our state attorney general. It has been almost two months since anyone has driven my car because We don't feel safe now knowing if the airbags will deploy if we need them too. At this point we feel like someone did check the airbags and found something wrong and decided to make it look like no one had looked at them.

- Patricia N., Bennett, US

problem #3

Jan 082017

Elantra Limited 4 cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 105,969 miles

It was Jan 8, 2017 and it had been raining. My son was driving the vehicle and he hydroplaned on the freeway going 55-60 mph. The vehicle did a 90 degree on the freeway and hit the guard rail. Both my son and grand daughter had whiplash but no other visible signs. The air bags did not deploy.

I opened a claim with Hyundai to investigate and asked for two things, 1) why didn't the air bag deploy and 2) compensation since we bought a new car expecting everything to work properly which in my mind it didn't. The hired a private inspector and the findings came back that air bags performed as expected. Seriously, when there is a front end collision, I would expect the air bags to deploy.

- Belinda P., Antioch, US

problem #2

May 202016

Elantra GLS

  • Manual transmission
  • 45,000 miles

Reported the problem and was told in so many words that they're not responsible for the airbags not deploying because the car had to be hit a certain way. The fact that the seat belts didn't tighten up was another excuse.

I had just come across some railroad tracks and the seat belts had just tighten up. Anytime you come across tracks or hit a bump they tighten up but, after this incident they didn't and I would like to really know why. My car was totaled and there were 5 people in the car by the Grace of God we survived after being hit from the back, another car from the side being knocked off the road, then rolled over three times. After all that it landed down and hit the ditch frontwards.

Now I don't understand why they feel they shouldn't compensate me with another transportation from their pockets. They say they stand behind their cars that's bull. I have had 3 Hyundai cars and 2 trucks but have never been in an accident till 2016. The company does not want to bend and pay I feel they should.

- Marie K., Calumet City, IL, US

problem #1

Dec 302015

Elantra GLS 3

  • Automatic transmission
  • 41,000 miles

I'm calling a lawyer, could have died form airbag not going off during crash. My car was totaled and have a head injury from head hitting steering wheel. Never was told that car was recalled for airbag not deploying. Don't remember how crash happened or why was knocked out and head was bleeding.

- Tijain S., Trenton., US

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