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2008 Hyundai Elantra

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…