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Left rear door will not open using either the inside or outside handle. Door is unlocked and the child safety lock is off but the door will not open using either handle. Happens every time you try to open the door after stopping. All the doors unlock but only the left rear one will not open. If you hit the side of the car by the handle with your palm the door will unlock after a few tries, very strange. Would be a safety issue during an accident or emergency with a car seat or passengers in the back seat and you are unable to get them out.
Four days ago, after the car was parked, a passenger couldn't get out of the back seat on the driver's side since the door would not open (he finally had to slide over to get out the other side). It seems it would not open from the inside or outside. This is a safety issue that seems to happen to many other owners as well, as seen on the internet while looking for a solution. It is still a problem now, whether the door is locked or not.
Rear passenger door will not open from the inside or outside despite the child locks not being on or the lock engaged. It clicks as if the door has been unlocked but will not open at all. Car is in park. This could potentially be a huge safety issue as you wouldn't be able to get someone in the backseat out of the car.
- Wichita, KS, USA
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3 out of 4 of my doors do not open on my Elantra which is a safety hazard if an accident were to occur, thinly door that opens is the driver side door!
Back door on drivers side will not open. You will not be able to get out of car in an emergency. I have seen on the internet several other people have had the same thing happen. I think Hyundai should have to cover the cost of getting this fixed even if it is out of warranty for mileage.
Driver door when it is unlocking we cannot open it from the outside. The rear passenger door does not open at all. It hasn't opened in a few months. I don't use the back of the car being as it's just me and my husband. Today we took my in-laws to the store and my father in law couldn't buckle because the thing that holds the seat belt was locked downward and would not latch.
My 2017 Hyundai Elantra is having some type of manufacture defect in the paint job. It started out as one spot on the driver side on the hood of the car where the paint lifted just from wind resistant and hard rain. The paint began to chip around the area and puckle up. A couple days later on passenger side another area popped up with the same thing happening. About a week later two different areas were spotted on the roof on the car. The clear coat and paint has completely lifted and it's down to the frame of the car. Over the weeks of still having to drive the car and having inclement weather these areas have grown bigger. I'm afraid if not fixed soon the areas will began to rust as well as will this also happen on other areas of the car. Definitely not good for a brand new car.
I keep on having problems with my 2017 Hyundai and due to my warranty being over I do not know what to do other than submit a complaint, I bought vehicle new and this is my first Hyundai and my last. I have a 4 door Elantra and the only door that opens without a problem is the driver door. The front passenger door opens only from the inside the the back seat of driver door you have to push the door from the outside then open and just today the backseat passenger does not open from inside or outside. I did google and noticed that their have been others with same problems. Is it possible to issue a recall thie doors not opening is a serious safety issue, especially in a life or death situation
I bought a used Hyundai Elantra from garden grove Hyundai it has been raining and as I crossed thru a flooded intersection suddenly there was S terrible sound then my front wheels were making this grinding noise I pulled into the gas station and upon inspecting notice that some part of the car was dislodge under my car and under the passenger front wheel, , I had it towed to the dealer where I bought it and was told an inspection cover had come off and it would be a few days before the part would be in, garden grove Hyundai service department call and said the car was ready upon waiting in the service area they finally brought the car I received a bill in the amount of $1380 I ask shouldn't it be cover under the manufactures warranty he said no then explains what happen he said that I caused it, I caused it " let's see was it when I put my new born in the car or when I put gas in it, he said no you crash it ! there is not one mark in that car, he then explains that the inspection cover inspection cover mounts inside the front bumper and that it came out when you crash the front bumper, my dad check an Elantra that had just been service and the inspection cover was installed under the bumper I have a photo of this we look at mine and it was mounted inside the front bumper it wasn't till later my dad & I were talking and exchanged information that we now had a clear picture of what really happen, , garden grove Hyundai service department had installed the inspection cover under the bumper it made trike a snow plow so when I drove thru the flooded intersection it work as a plow the force of the water rip it off blaming me for this repair, and charging $1380 and billing me fir the repair "
Most of the Hyundai Elantra white cars paint is coming off. The paint started chipping and coming off with my car. My car is a 2017 and I had it less than 2 yrs. I took it back to the dealership and they did admit they are having problems with most of the white cars paint coming off. They paid 90% of the repair to my car but I had to still come out of pocket of $565 and they didn't put me in a rental while my car was gettinf repaired. I felt like everything was unfair and this problem with Hyundai white car need to be address as a recall.
I was driving a safe distance behind a car that came to a sudden stop in front on me. The car that stopped in front on her was an older model Explorer 4 dr. There was also a at that suddenly stopped in front of the Explorer. As I applied my brakes it was as if the car wouldn't stop. I'm not sue if the car in front of me brake lights were working because I can't see how I hit the car from behind ! my car was totaled and my insurance company dropped me for the accident ! I was on a city street.
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- Raleigh, NC, USA