Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-12-29 | 08V694000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | 347 | — | Details |
| 2008-08-25 | 08V429000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | 65,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that a week after the dealer performed the recall repair un… |
| 2025-11-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The car was being driven nomore than 1hr. It began to smoke under the hood. The ABS EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE… |
| 2025-08-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The engine bay of my car caught fire due to the abs pump and module not turning off. I bought a part but never opened t… |
| 2025-07-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Has not yet been officially diagnosed by a dealer or independent service center, but while turning into a neighborhood … |
| 2024-11-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle started jerking and stall… |
| 2024-06-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | I want to go start my car just now to go to the store and when I turned it on and started it up the ABS lights emergenc… |
| 2023-10-13 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owned a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while the wife was driving at 30 MPH, the contact's… |
| 2023-09-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | We received a citation for brake lights not functioning. I realized that there had been a safety recall on the brake li… |
| 2023-07-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | While making a U-turn in a parking lot I accidentally ran over a pothole. Upon doing so the driver's airbag deployed bu… |
| 2023-07-07 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The sway bar was received in July 2023 and the sway bar was manufactured too short to fit the suspension of the 2008 Hy… |
| 2023-07-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | This unit was purchased from RockAuto in July 2023; they sent another defective product. When the rear engine mount was… |
| 2023-06-28 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The company, RockAuto, knowingly has many content quality errors describing automobile parts. This is a general safety … |
| 2023-03-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | When removing the key from the ignition, the cars engine was still running, as I was unable to turn the vehicle off. Af… |
| 2023-01-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while idling at a stop sign, the RPMs dropped extremel… |
| 2023-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The entire undercarriage of the vehicle is rusted, allowed for 3 sections is not sufficient as it does not accurately a… |
| 2022-12-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 2008 Elantra should be added to the crankshaft Theta II recall. 2098 Elantra has the 2.0L engine unlike its prior years… |
| 2022-10-23 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | 2 brake lines rusted through causing me to loose my brakes. Had the car towed to my local garage. I just got a call t… |
| 2022-09-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the ABS system … |
| 2022-08-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V061000 (Servic… |
| 2022-08-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The EPS sensor trips when making a turn rendering the vehicle completely inoperable. I have to put the vehicle in park,… |
| 2022-03-30 | TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | No | 0 | We were taking the tire off to fix a problem so we used the Jack that was provided with the car. While my arm was under… |
| 2022-02-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that after latching the front driver’s side seat belt, the … |
| 2022-01-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V061000 (Service… |
| 2021-11-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated while driving and at undisclosed speed, the vehicle was jer… |
| 2021-09-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving when a person waved the driver down that… |
| 2021-08-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact's husband owned a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while asleep, she heard a loud, popping sou… |
| 2021-08-29 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Our car was sitting under our carport and got know on door that our car was on fire! We call 911 the cam and put fire o… |
| 2021-08-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | brakes locked up and engine was knocking and car stopped running , it won’t turn over anymore and when it does it just … |
| 2021-07-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I own a ‘08 Hyundai Elantra. On July 21 my boyfriend and I were driving home when the rear sub-frame assembly failed, i… |
| 2021-05-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the steering wheel… |
| 2021-04-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | When I am driving the vehicle all of a sudden it will jump back really fast And the check engine will go on and If I c… |
| 2021-04-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I WAS LAYING ON THE COUCH ASLEEP AND WOKE UP TO A SOUND ALMOST LIKE FIREWORK GOING OFF LOOKED OUT MY WINDOW AND SAW THE… |
| 2021-03-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE EPS LIGHT WILL FLASH REPEATEDLY ON AND OFF WHILE STATIONARY AND DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. RESTARTING … |
| 2020-11-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR WOULDN'T START AND HISSED WHEN IT DID KING HYUNDAI SAID "HISSING WAS THE CONDENSATION BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN DRI… |
| 2020-09-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES WHILE PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY. IT HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR AT LEAST 4 HOURS. IT COULD HAVE CAUG… |
| 2020-09-22 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED UP THE CAR ONE MORNING IN EARLY MAY; ENDED UP GETTING A NEW GAS CAP. 24 H… |
| 2020-08-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | LEAVING WORK I HEARD A NOISE COME FROM THE CAR AS I WAS LEAVING PARKING LOT OF THE HOSPITAL WHICH HAS A TEN MPH SPEED L… |
| 2020-07-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | A EL VEHICULO SE LE ENCENDIO LA LUZ DEL ABS, EL VEHICULO ESTABA DETENIDO Y POSTERIORMENTE COMENZO A SALIR GRAN CANTIDAD… |
| 2020-06-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | EPS LIGHT IS ON. KNOCKING NOISE WHEN MOVING STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. DIAGNOSED PROBLEM THAT WOULD C… |
| 2020-05-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HAS A KNOW ISSUE REGARDING THE SUBFRAME 'CAMPAIGN TT1'. MY ELANTRA'S SUBFRAME IS ROTTING AND HA… |
| 2020-04-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE ABS PUMP CAUGHT FIRE IT WAS PUT OUT I CONTACTED THE NTSA ABOUT IT TO SEE IF IT HAD A RECALL I WAS … |
| 2020-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE THAT THE ABS MODULE IS CONTINUALLY POWERED, AN ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD DEVELOP EVEN WHILE TH… |
| 2020-04-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | UPON RECEIPT OF AN IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL NOTICE OF ANTI ABS MODULE TRIGGER SHORT CIRCUIT AND ENGINE FIRE WHILE ENGINE… |
| 2020-04-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WHILE DEPRESSING … |
| 2020-04-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V061000 (SER… |
| 2020-03-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V061000 (SER… |
| 2020-03-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V061000 (SER… |
| 2020-02-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2008 HYUNDAI CAUGHT FIRE IN MY GARAGE ON FEBRUARY 18, 2020. THE FIRE DESTROYED MY CAR AND MY GARAGE. MY NEIGHBOR HAP… |
| 2020-02-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. AT 4:40 AM MY NEIGHBOR WOKE ME UP TO TELL ME MY GARAGE WAS ON FIRE. FIREFIGHTERS CAME AND… |
| 2020-02-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER A RAINY DAY, THE ABS LIGHT AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON. I CHECKED THE PARK… |