Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 12/27/2003 | 24200 | ||
| The driver's side seat belt would not retract. the defect was repaired under the factory warranty on 1/14/04. | |||
| 06/18/2011 | 91000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2002 hyundai elantra. the contact stated the front driver's side seat belt webbing failed to retract. the dealer and manufacturer were notified of the malfunction; however they provided no further assistance. the contact expressed concern of the safety issue involved. the approximate failure mileage was 91,000. js | |||
| 03/30/2010 | 185000 | ||
| 2002 hyundai elantra. srs airbag light came on instrument console. the passanger seatbelt tensioner detonated about a month later. about two months after that the driver side seat airbag deployed on its own while i was driving..no impact whatsoever. car now in dealer for module replacement and aribag replacement. | |||
| 09/01/2006 | 34000 | 1 | 04/26/2002 |
| Dt*: the contact stated the driver's side front seat belt would not retract or hold correctly. if the vehicle were in an accident it would not protect the occupant properly. the service dealer stated the spring would not catch and the seat belt needed to be replaced. | |||
| 02/22/2006 | 40888 | 2 | 07/15/2005 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving down a hill at 60mph in icy conditions, the brake pedal was depressed. however, the vehicle did not slow down and as a result, the vehicle struck a guard rail with minor damage sustained. the police were notified and a written report was provided. the vehicle was towed to an impound yard to await inspection from the insurance company. additionally, while attempting to use the latch system, the seat belt covered the latch bracket. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT | |||
| 04/13/2005 | 38096 | 1 | 05/20/2002 |
| Accident on 4/13/05 drivers side seat belt did not restrain driver causing driver to slam into steering wheel hitting head first and then chest area. the results were severe bruising to the chest area. the seat belt has not been repaired because hyundai says that there is nothing wrong with it. | |||
| 07/27/2004 | 50000 | 2 | 02/27/2002 |
| Mva 7/27/04 passenger side impact to my car driver seat belt did not lock i hit the steering wheel passenger side airbag did not deploy. *ak | |||
| 03/03/2004 | 1 | 11/02/2003 | |
| Seat belt failure. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 11/12/2002 | 2 | 07/06/2002 | |
| There is a terrible howling noise coming from the front end of the vehicle while driving on the highway. the rim's on the car are so flimsy that i have had to rims bent in the last 3 months. they can not handle non paved roads. th front seat belt does not retract properly causing the seal on the door to be torn when the door is shut. the gas mileage is terrible. supposed to be upwards of 35+ mpg on the highway and i only get approximately 24 - 26 mpg. the insurance on this vehicle is ridiculous!! you think that i had an audi. the cost of the insurance is the same. i have brought up my concerns with the dealer that i purchased the car from and they don't seem to think that there is a problem with the howling since they couldn't get it to do it while they were driving the car. the gas mileage they said would improve when the engine was broke in at about 20,000 miles. well i am past the 20,000 and the mileage has not improved. i am not at all happy with this car. i would get rid of it in a minute if i could get out from under the payments. | |||
| 07/12/2002 | |||
| While driving seatbelt locked up and would not release until unlocking the seatbelt. dealer has been notified, repaired and replaced it. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 02/01/2008 | 87000 | 1 | 06/01/2002 |
| Driver's seat belt does not retract 2002 hyundai elantra gls. *tr | |||
| 03/01/2002 | 1 | ||
| Several weeks ago, i filed a complaint on this site 10049365. i have seen no responses of any type. now to take that complaint a step further. many of the problems that i have encountered with this hyundai death trap,and the unwillingness of hma to look into the problems ,or the dealers to rectify the problems is well documented on this web site. as i mentioned in my previous complaint, i went through the lemon law process in my state. they require arbitration with the bbb autoline. the arbitration was a joke and the hma representative accused my wife of driving the vehicle as a commercial vehicle and put all of the car woes on her. she drives the car for work, mostly highway. also, the arbitrator accused us of having a tow hitch on the car, which is legal, but not recommended. well, we have no trailer or hitch. the bbb autoline is rigged against the consumer and they should not associated with any state or federal laws whatsoever. hyundais of this model are certain death traps and i feel that the federal government should order hma to repair everyone of them now. the consumer is stuck between a global conglomerate and local dealers who will not repair these vehicles. *la | |||
| 05/12/2002 | 40 | 5 | 05/12/2002 |
| From day of purchase, i noticed a vibration in the steering, starting about 42 mph. took the vehicle to dealer, who rotated and balanced tires. vibration then started about 50 mph, back to the dealer rotated and balanced tires again along with alignment. vibration about 58 mph back to dealer again, rotation, forced balancing, rotor turned down, still had vibration. filed under lemon law, final attempt by service department involved hma regional chief mechanic trouble shooter. he claimed they loosened motor mounts and let engine center itself, changed tires, balanced and aligned again. after a week i picked up car which he said was fine. vibration still noticeable. gave up on hma and drove car about 20,000 more miles till vibration got so bad i had to go to a brake shop because it was almost impossible to stop. they changed pads, adjusted brakes and rebuilt right front caliper. no more vibration. hyundai won't pay for the repair, so following thru with lemon law and hoping to get out of this death trap. air bag light comes on some days, and stays on all day, some days it's not on. do the air bags work. also having problems with paint finish, door seals and seat belt retractors. real piece of junk and i would never recommend this car to any one. also had to have brake dust removed from rear brakes at about 7000 miles and the dealer charged me 60.00$ excessive dust accumulation is a design defect and at the least should have been covered by hyundai. *la abl.pco | |||
| 10/16/2003 | 22329 | 2 | 08/10/2002 |
| On board computer failed to deploy airbag and seat belt did not hold during an accident which resulted in injury to my neck and back. *la | |||
| 03/08/2003 | 26000 | 1 | |
| The front driver side seat belt does not retract properly once extended.*jb | |||
| SEAT BELTS - REAR | |||
| 03/31/2003 | 4000 | 2 | 10/31/2002 |
| My daughter was driving our 2002 hyundai elantra when she hit someone from behind. all of the injuries from this accident were minor, but the rear seatbelt became a major concern. our grandson, who is almost 2 years old, was in his carseat in the back seat on the passengers side. his seatbelt did not hold his seat. he and the carseat were thrown forward against the back of the front seat. he had some bruising on his knee and struggled to walk for a day or two and this seems to be the extent of his inbjuries. however, i am concerned about what would happen if this had been a more serious crash. i spoke with the local dealer, hunters chevrolet, and they gave me some crap about sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. it all depended on the amount of enertia the car seat generated when it flew forward. this doesn't sound right or safe to me. also, i am interested in finding out why the driver's airbag did not deploy.*ak | |||