2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Engine Problems

I HAD MY CAR FOR A YEAR. WHEN I FIRST GOT MY CAR , THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE ENGINE , I TOOK IT BACK TO CARMAX TO FIX AND THEY STATED THEY DID. MY CAR RAN GOOD FOR A WHILE AND AROUND AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER AFTER LEAVING FROM WORK THAT SAME NOISE STARTED AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS BAD AND I ALMOST GOT INTO A WRECK. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC THEY STATED THAT I NEEDED MY ENGINE REPLACED. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A ONGOING ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS. I ALSO SHOW THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND MY CAR IS SHOWING THOSE EXACT SIGNS. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF INFORMATION FROM THE MECHANIC AND THE COST OF THE LABOR AND NEW ENGINE

CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR STALLED. OIL FLOW IS MALFUNCTIONING IN THE ENGINE CAUSING ROD PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I AM TOLD THAT THE ENGINE RODS ARE BAD AND THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. I CONTACTED THE WARRANTY COMPANY HOWEVER THEY REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR DUE TO TIRE ROTATIONS AND SPARK PLUGS PURCHASED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS REPLACED PERSONALLY.

POSSIBLE CRANKSHAFT ANGLE SENSOR FAILURE. CAR WILL NOT START PROPERLY OR STALLS AFTER STARTING AND SHIFTING GEARS. NEW BATTERY INSTALLED 9/29/2018. NO SPARK PLUGS OR ALTERNATOR ISSUES NOTED AFTER MECHANICAL TESTING. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AS MOST MECHANICS CANNOT LOCATE THE ISSUE IN TESTING.

VEHICLE RANDOMLY DOES NOT START. WHEN KEY IS TURNED TO POSITION ONE LIGHTS, RADIO, WINDOWS, INDICATOR LIGHTS ALL WORK AS EXPECTED. WHEN KEY IS TURNED TO START THE ENGINE NOTHING HAPPENS. THE ENGINE DOES NOT TURNOVER OR EVEN ATTEMPT TO TURNOVER. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED IN APRIL 2018. AT THAT TIME I HAD THE ALTERNATOR AND STARTER CHECKED BOTH WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE IT HAS ALWAYS STARTED, EVENTUALLY; IT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 2 MINUTES TO 30+ MINUTES FOR THE ENGINE TO ENGAGE. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED OCCURRING IT HAPPENED PRETTY OFTEN. PRIOR TO LAST FRIDAY IT HAD BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS SINCE IT TOOK MORE THAN 30 MINUTES TO START. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC YESTERDAY. AGAIN STARTER, BATTERY, ALTERNATOR ARE ALL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THIS MODEL IS KNOWN TO HAVE ISSUES WITH...

THE CAR MAKES A REALLY BAD TICKING NOISE IN WHEN I CAME TO AN COMPLETE STOP THE ENGINE STALLED IN IT KINDA JUMPED LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO I'M SO AFRAID OF THE CAR JUS COMPLETELY NOT WORKING ANYMORE IN I DRIVE EVERYDAY WITH MY KIDS THIS IS REALLY A SAD THING HYUNDAI HAS TO KNOW THESE ENGINES ARE BAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. ALSO, THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. FURTHERMORE, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,866.

BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN 2014 WITH APPROX 24,000 MILES. RAN GREAT FIRST 2 YEARS BUT AT APPROX 39,000 MILES A VERY LOUD ENGINE KNOCK DEVELOPED AND HAS EFFECTED THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE. THIS ISSUE IS PRESENT AT START UP, IDLE, IN MOTION, EACH TIME THE CAR IS RUNNING. HYUNDAI SERVICE MYSTERIOUSLY COULD NOT HEAR OR DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. ENGINE KNOCK HAS CONTINUED GET WORSE AND POWER HAS DIMINISHED. THE ENGINE HAS NOT YET FAILED BUT MOST CERTAINLY WILL VERY SOON. MY FAMILY IS AT RISK EACH AND EVERY TIME WE USE THIS CAR. THE ENGINE PROBLEMS ARE SIMILAR TO THE SONATA'S AND SANTA FE'S AS WELL AS THE KIA OPTIMA MODELS FROM 2011 THRU 2014 WHICH WERE PART OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AFTER WHICH THERE WAS A ENGINE RECALL. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HYUNDAI HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY TO USED ELANTRA MODELS TO 5 YEARS AND 60,000 MILES. AT THIS...

MY CAR HAS MAKING NOISE FOR A WHILE. EMAILED HYUNDAI AND WAS TOLD IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND NO RECALL FOR ENGINE. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HA E BEEN MADE ONLINE FOR THIS CAR REGARDING THE ENGINE WHICH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT'S MY ONLY CAR AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY $5000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN THE CAR STALLED AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO GRIND THE ENGINE UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL TAPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WINNER HYUNDAI (591 S DUPONT HWY, DOVER, DE 19901) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TRADED IN; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE COMING THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AFTER NOTICING SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PIAZZA HYUNDAI OF POTTSTOWN (84 AUTOPARK BLVD, LIMERICK, PA 19468 (484) 933-4074) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE LONG ENGINE BLOCK WAS NO LONGER BEING MADE BY HYUNDAI AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABOUT HYUNDAI BUYING BACK THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, ENGINE WENT INTO A LOUD WHINE SOUND AND THE CAR LOST POWER. CAR WOULD NOT START OR EVEN TRY TO TURN OVER WHEN TRYING TO START. WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE ENGINE AND EVEN CONTACTED HYUNDAI BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE EXACT ENGINE THAT IS INVOLVED HERE, BUT HYUNDAI REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE SAME MODEL CAR INVOLVED IN THE ENGINE RECALL. BUT IT WAS THE EXACT ENGINE MODEL. ATTACHED IS A LETTER FROM MY MECHANIC

"TAKATA RECALL" ITS WAS ALRIGHT GOING TO STORE BUT GOING BACK HOME THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF AND IT WONT START

I STARTED MY CAR AND IT HAD DEVELOPED A LOUD KNOCK. MY CAR HAS JUST OVER 82K MILES. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I TOOK MY CAR TO TWO DEALERSHIPS AND BOTH SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM/DEFECT FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A COATING ON THE PISTONS COMING OFF THAT EVENTUALLY CAUSES THE KNOCK AND ENGINE FAILURE. ONE DEALERSHIP HAD 3 ELANTRAS IN THEIR SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE. MY CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AS I AM THE SECOND OWNER. THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE AS THE SONATAS WHICH WERE RECALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE BEING OPERATED AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. VISION HYUNDAI WEBSTER (755 RIDE RD, WEBSTER, NY) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,554.

WHILE DRIVING CITY OR HIGHWAY THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AND AS YOU ACCELERATE IT GETS FASTER AND LOUDER. MY CAR HAS BEEN AT HYUNDAI IN VALLEY STREAM, NY FOR 4 DAYS WITH NO CONCLUSION.

OUR CAR HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY NOT STARTING AND RATTLING. WE IT TOOK TO A HYUNDAI DEALER THREE TIMES IN 9 MONTHS AND PAID OVER $600 BUT EACH TIME THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. FINALLY THE MECHANIC DRAINED THE OIL AND TOOK A MAGNET TO IT. METAL FRAGMENTS WERE PULLED OUT. THE MECHANIC SAID THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AS THE RESULT OF A MANUFACTURER DEFECT-SAME AS THE SONATAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. WE CALLED HYUNDAI TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID SINCE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THERE IS NOTHING THEY ARE ABLE TO DO.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE CAR STALLED. THE TACH READING DROPED TO ZERO, AND ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I TRIED RESTARTING MY CAR. I COULD DRIVE SLOWLY, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON, AND THE TACH READING WAS STILL ZERO. THIS HAPPENED FOR A FEW TIMES --- WHEN I DROVE ON HIGHWAY, ON A LOCAL STREET, AND WHEN I WAITED FOR A LONG LIGHT. IF STARTING AFTER A LONG ENOUGH REST, THOSE SYMPTOMS MIGHT DISAPPEAR TEMPORARILY.

I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW IN 2011. I DON'T DRIVE MUCH AT ALL SO MY CAR HAS 33,000 MILES. SO WHEN MY CAR STARED MAKING A TICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE, THAT WAS LOUDER WHEN IDLING BUT NEVER WENT AWAY COMPLETELY. I DIDN'T THINK TO MUCH OF IT. DROPPED IT OFF TO GET LOOKED AT AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THERE WAS METAL IN MY ENGINE. THIS MEANT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, THIS WAS ABOUT 14 MONTHS AGO, SO IT WENT IN FOR 3-4 DAYS AFTER WAITING A MONTH TO GET THE PART. AFTER THE REPLACED ENGINE IT WORKED WELL AND THE NOISE WAS GONE, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END. SO WHEN THE NOISE CAME BACK JUST 11 MONTHS LATER I WASN'T HAPPY. DROPPED IT OFF AND SURE ENOUGH IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. THIS TIME IT TOOK 3 WEEKS FOR THEM TO REPLACE MY...

WHILE RUNNING IN PARK, IDLING IN DRIVE, OR DRIVING LESS THAN 30MPH THE ENGINE MAKES A TICKING/KNOCKING NOISE. THE NOISE COULD STILL BE THERE AFTER 30MPH BUT I CAN'T HEAR IT OVER THE MOTOR AND ROAD NOISE. HYUNDAI AND KIA RECENTLY RECALLED 1.4 MILLION CARS FOR THIS EXACT REASON FOR ENGINE FAILURE. BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS MODEL/YEAR IS NOT INCLUDED. RESEARCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE DESPITE BEING ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD WITH LOW MILES. MY VEHICLE IS A 2011 WITH 70,000 MILES.

TICKING SOUND COMING FROM CAR, LOUDER WHEN ACCELERATING , TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT ONLY 77,800 MILES

CITY DRIVING; THERE WAS THE USUAL AMOUNT OF "STOP AND GO". AS I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, I NOTICED SOME SMOKE/STEAM COMING FROM SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE MY CAR. I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER LOOKING AT MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE TO SEE IF IT WAS RUNNING HOT; BUT IT WAS STILL IN THE NORMAL RANGE. I ASSUMED IT WAS COMING FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE AROUND ME. THE NEXT TIME I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, I SAW THE SMOKE/STEAM AGAIN; THIS TIME I NOTICED THE DISTINCT "SWEET" SMELL ASSOCIATED TO A VEHICLE OVERHEATING. MY TEMP GAUGE WAS STILL REGISTERING AS NORMAL, BUT IT WAS CLEAR IT WAS COMING FROM MY VEHICLE. I TURNED THE HEAT ON UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO THE NEXT AVAILABLE PARKING LOT TO TURN OFF MY CAR AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES. AFTER RESTARTING IT, THE TEMP GAUGE REGISTERED AS NORMAL AGAIN, SO I DROVE...

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND WAS TAKEN IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC READING. 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA AT 56,000 MILES WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF ENGINE FAILURE. AFTER MORE RESEARCH THE MECHANIC STATED THE DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE WAY THE OIL LUBRICATE THE ENGINE APPARENTLY WAS NOT FILTERING FAST ENOUGH. MECHANIC HAPPENED TO MENTION SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR HYUNDAI AND WAS SEEING MORE AND MORE VEHICLES COME IN FOR THIS AND HAD STOP COVERING THE REPAIRS. PROBLEM IS ALSO SEEN IN THE HYUNDAI SONATAS WHICH HYUNDAI IS STARTING TO OWN TO THAT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND LOST SPEED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED 45 MPH, IT BEGAN TO JERK HARD. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

FEBRUARY 26TH, 2016 AROUND 3PM MY CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. I WAS NOT ABLE TO PRESS THE BRAKE SO I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE CAR STOPPED ON ITS OWN. AFTER THE CAR STOPPED I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THERE WAS NO NOISE FROM THE ENGINE WHEN THE CAR DIED ON THE ROAD.

THE ENGINE HAS BEEN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE BUT NO ONE COULD FIND A PROBLEM. CAR CUT OFF A FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFIC THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CODE STATED PROBLEM WITH CRANKSHAFT. WENT TO START THE CAR A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. CAR WOULD NOT START HORRIBLE KNOCKING NOISE CAME FROM ENGINE. CAR TURNED OVER BUT WOULD NOT START. MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, TIMING CHAIN, CRANKSHAFT PROBLEMS. HAVE HAD CAR BACK A LITTLE OVER A MONTH NOW THE ENGINE IS MAKING THE SAME NOISE AGAIN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME BACK ON. HAVE READ THE ENGINE RECALL FOR THE HYUNDAI SONATAS AND SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT MY CAR IS DOING. THE CAR HAS 115,000 MILES ON IT AND PROBLEMS STARTED AROUND THE 113-114,000 MARK RIGHT AFTER THE WARRENTY HAD EXPIRED. .

KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM CRANKSHAFT AND ENGINE

THE HYUNDAI ELANTRA HAS AN INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS HARD TO DUPLICATE. THE SOLUTION REQUIRES VARIOUS ATTEMPTS AT TRYING THE START SWITCH ALONG WITH THE MOVEMENT OF SHIFT LEVER. THIS BECOMES A SAFETY PROBLEM SINCE IT REQUIRES NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO MOVE SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL POSITION. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE AFTER A NUMBER OF TIMES THE POWER BRAKES TAKE EXTREME PRESSURE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. AT TIMES, THE SHIFT LEVER WILL NOT MOVE PROPERLY OUT OF THE PARK POSITION AND STILL NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE LOCAL HYUNDAI SERVICE WARNED ME IF PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND SERVICE COSTS THAT WOULD LIKELY BE $200 OR MORE. ON ONE OCCASION THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE FOR ABOUT A WEEK ALONG WITH DAILY ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO START THE CAR DID NOT START THE ENGINE....

WHEN DRIVING IT IS DIFFICULT AT TIME TO REGULATE MY SPEED. IF I STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND THEN TRY TO DRIVE ON A GREEN LIGHT MY CAR WILL JOLT FORWARD. IT IS HARD TO SPEED UP, IT FEELS LIKE MY CAR IS STUCK IN ON SPEED. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY AS IT IS SLOW TO PICK UP SPEED.

CAR WILL NOT START. HAVE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTED ALL TESTED AND ARE GOOD. EVERY SO OFTEN GO TO START THE CAR AND WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY TO FIRST POSITION EVERYTHING TURNS ON. WINDOWS WORK, RADIO WORKS, LIGHT ON DASH TURN ON. GO TO START THE CAR AND IT DOES NOTHING. DOES NOT EVEN TRY TO START THE STARTER MAKES NO NOISE. YOU JUST HERE A CLICKING NOISE. WAS TOLD BE DEALER THAT IT MIGHT BE INHIBITOR SWITCH (RANGE SWITCH), THAT WAS REPLACED AND A WEEK LATER IT AGAIN WILL NOT TRY TO START. IF YOU LET IT SIT AND COME BACK A DAY LATER MANY TIME IT WILL CRANK RIGHT OVER. THERE ARE MANY FORUMS ONLINE WITH THE SAME ISSUE FROM THIS MODEL.

MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. IT HAPPENS ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS AND I HAVE TO TRY SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE MY VEHICLE WILL START. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE CHECK AND EVERYTHING TESTED FINE. NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATED AN ERROR AND NO CODES COULD BE DETECTED. NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON BUT I HAVE A INFANT CHILD AND I CANNOT BE SOMEWHERE OR TRYING TO GO SOMEWHERE ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY WITH MY CHILD AND MY VEHICLE REFUSES TO START AND YET ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON HOWEEVER MY ENGINE WOULD NOT START UPON TURNING MY KEY WHILE IN THE IGNITION. PLEASE FIX BECAUSE I SAW ON YOUTUBE AND OTHER FORUMS OF THIS SAME COMPLAINT AND I AM SURE HYUNDAI IS AWARE OF THESE COMPLAINTS BUT ARE FAILING TO DO SOMETHING AND THIS CAN BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. PLEASE ADDRESS!!! 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA

PROBLEM STARTING CAR. USUALLY HAVE TO TRY 2 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL START. TRIED TODAY 4/29/15 AND WOULD NOT START AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON., HAD NO PROBLEM THE DAY BEFORE WITH CAR STARTING. *TR

WHEN I START THE ENGINE IT MAKES A VERY LOUD RATTLING NOISE AND WHEN I DRIVE AND I PUSH ON GAS IT IS RATTLES. IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE GRINDING LOUD NOISE TOO. MOTOR KNOCKS WHEN YOU START IT UP AND NOW FOR THE LAST WEEK WHEN I START IT THE CAR WILL SPUTTER AND THEN SHOT OFF. SOMETIMES WILL TAKE MANY TIMES FOR IT TO EVEN START. IT WILL RPM VERY HIGH EVEN WHEN I AM NOT MOVING. I HAVE HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR NOW BC OF THE ISSUES I AM USING MORE GAS. I HAVE A LITTLE UNDER 80 THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND IT WILL LEAVE ME SET. WONDERING IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY RECALLS ON THIS STUFF OR KNOW WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH IT AND IF HYUNDAI STILL DOES LIFE TIME WARRANTY... THANKS *TR

I BOUGHT MY HYUNDAI ELANTRA NEW IN 2011 SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE IT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE AND I GET VERY LITTLE IF ANY HELP FROM THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING (CAR IS SILENT WHEN I TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, CAR CRANKS BUT WON'T TURN OVER, ENGINE STARTS BUT DIES, CAR DIES WITHOUT ANY REASON). I'VE BROUGHT UP COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP BUT THEY ARE NEVER OF ANY HELP. I RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE THE STARTER REPLACED BUT IT WAS ONLY REPLACED BECAUSE MY CAR ONE DAY WOULDN'T START AT ALL. SINCE THE REPLACEMENT I AM STILL MET WITH MY CAR NOT STARTING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IF NOT MORE. YESTERDAY MY SUN ROOF WOULD NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY, IT RETRACTS A FEW INCHES FROM CLOSING, THIS IS NOT NEW TO ME, MULTIPLE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES, SUCH...

THE CAR WON'T START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING INCIDENT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED I WAS LEFT STRANDED AND I HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE IRONY IS THAT AFTER THE TOW TRUCK DELIVERS THE CAR TO THE DESTINATION THE CAR WILL START NORMALLY. THIS ISSUE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. I ALSO TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY NEVER SEEM TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES AND THEY CAN'T REPRODUCE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IN THE WEB, I SEE SEVERAL REPORTED CASES LIKE MINE AND WITH SIMILAR DIAGNOSTICS AND OUTCOME. IT SEEMS IT IS RELATED TO THE INHIBITOR SWITCH OR RANGE SWITCH AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SEVERAL HYUNDAI MODELS LIKE ELANTRA, SONATA, VELOSTER, ETC... THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND FIX IT IMMEDIATELY. I WILL...

CAR WOULD NOT START. CHECKED ALL CONNECTIONS, BATTERY WAS FINE. CONSULTED INTERNET, MANY COMPLAINTS MENTIONED A FAULTY "RANGE SWITCH". HYUNDAI SHOULD RECALL. CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING RIGHT. CAR WAS AT DEALERSHIP ON 1/9/14 AT 40,285 MILES. ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED. TOOK CAR IN AGAIN TO DEALERSHIP 3/4/2014 AT 41,775 MILES. STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED AS ONGOING CLICKING NOISE PERSISTS TO PRESENT. *TR

ALL THE DASH LIGHTS GO ON AND ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. IT HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. FIRST TIME IT FINALLY TURNED OVER ON THIRD TRY; SECOND TIME HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER AND WHEN THEY WENT TO WORK ON IT, IT STARTED. THIRD TIME IT WOULDN'T START AND IN DESPERATION I TRIED TO MOVE STEERING WHEEL AND GEAR SHIFTER AND NEXT TRY IT STARTED. *TR

ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE .. BUY 89 OCTANE GAS IN THE WINTER TIME. DRIVE SHAFT IS DEFECTIVE.....BUY A NEW BEARING AND DRIVE SHAFT FROM THE DEALER AND MAKE CERTAIN THE NEW ONE IS NOT DEFECTIVE. I REPLACED THE BEARING ONLY AND IT APPEARS TO BE FINE, FOR NOW. .......TIRES WEAR OUT EXTREMELY FAST....BUY NEW SHOCKS AND STRUTS EARLIER THAN YOU HAD TO ON THE MORE EXPENSIVE FOREIGN CARS. *TR

MY HYUNDAI ELANTRA HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES SINCE PURCHASING IT MARCH 09, 2013. CHIEF COMPLAINTS ARE MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME TO POP OFF THE SHIFT LOCK BUTTON ON GEAR SHAFT AND MY CAR STARTED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS A RELAY SWITCH, WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. PAID $260.00 TO HAVE THIS PART FIXED AND MY CAR STILL HAS PROBLEMS STARTING. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES AND UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE. SECOND COMPLAINT IS MY CAR IS NOT GETTING THE GAS MILEAGE IT IS SUPPOSED TO. SPOKE TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS WELL. THEY INFORMED ME TO ONLY USE SHELL GASOLINE. I STILL DO NOT RECEIVE THE GAS MILEAGE I WAS PROMISED UPON PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT...

FRONT OF ELANTRA TRAVELING AT 40 MPH HIT ANOTHER CAR ENTERING 4 LANE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE.(T-BONED") THE CAR WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. NONE OF THE HEAD , FRONT OR SEAT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED AND THE GEAR SECURED IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. *TR

WHEN TURNING LEFT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE CAR STALLED. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. THE AIRCONDITIONING WAS STILL RUNNING AND THE CAR WAS OTHERWISE ON BUT IT COMPLETELY STALLED. I HAD TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND THE CAR STALLED AGAIN WITH ALL THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS BEFORE. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

I WAS TURNING FROM GAS STATION ONTO ROAD, CROSSING 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC WHEN VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND I WAS NEARLY BROAD-SIDED. ALL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON, AND AC AND RADIO WERE ON, BUT ENGINE HAD STALLED. AFTER CALLING HYUNDAI USA I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, REPORTED AS STALLING AT LOW SPEED AND ROUGH IDLE. HYUNDAI USA REPRESENTATIVE SAID NO PROBLEMS LIKE THIS REPORTED. ALSO SERVICE ADVISER REPORTED NEVER HEARING OF THE PROBLEM WHEN TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP, DESPITE NUMEROUS REPORTS I HAD PRINTED OFF THE INTERNET. IN FACT SAID "WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE INTERNET REPORTS AS BEING VALID". *JS