Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 12/03/2012 | 37000 | 1 | |
| I was driving home from work on sun night prior to my accident went around a curve and car started loosing control was able to regain control and headed home. next morning was driving vehicle noticed esc light was on and would not reset even after shutting car off.driving down another road at approx. 40-45 mph went to negotiate a slight turn to the left when car started sliding out from under me tapped brakes trying to get them to grad and car under control but had no response car did a 180 and slammed in a telephone pole on passenger side vehicle seemed to hit with more force than 40 miles an hour. thankfully i had no passenger because they may not have made it. *tr | |||
| 12/03/2012 | 37000 | ||
| I was driving home from work on sun night prior to my accident went around a curve and car started loosing control was able to regain control and headed home.next morning was driving vehicle noticed esc light was on and would not reset even after shutting car off.driving down another road at approx. 40-45 mph went to negotiate a slight turn to the left when car started slinding out from under me tapped brakes trying to get them to grad and car under control but had no response car did a 180 and slammed in a telephone pole on passenger side vehicle seemed to hit with more force than 40 miles an hour.thankfully i had no passenger because they may not have made it. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 12/27/2010 | 37000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 hyundai elantra. the contact noticed that when the brakes were depressed in the snow or icy weather conditions, the vehicle would shake excessively. the vehicle was taken dealer, who was unable to duplicate a failure. the contact did not inform the manufacturer nor was the vehicle repaired. the current mileages were 38,416. the failure mileages were approximately 37,000. bw | |||
| 12/16/2010 | 33000 | ||
| Winter of 2009 i noticed that brakes on my 2009 hyundai elantra would lock up and not work whenever driving on loose wet snow. the car would just slide as if on ice and there would be no feeling as of pads on steel from the brake pedal. took car into fairfax hyundai in fairfax, va. they inspected brakes and deemed that nothing was broken. however they weren't able to test drive the vehicle under the same snow conditions. vehicle's brakes work fine when snow is plowed and compacted. on 16 december 2010 we had similar snowfall and vehicle behaved the same dangerous way. this time however i was able to clear the brakes of snow by rapidly stomping on the brake pedal until i could feel pad on steel and stop the vehicle from sliding. haven't bothered to take vehicle in to fairfax hyundai since they found nothing last year. have sent notification, however, to hyundai usa and to consumer reports. i don't want anyone to be hurt by this brake failure in snowy conditions. at the least drivers should be alerted that they can stop the vehicle by rapidly stomping on the brakes to clear the snow that seems to build up between the pads and the rotors. | |||
| 12/29/2009 | 2900 | 1 | |
| When there is snowfall and brakes are applied,there is a horrendous grinding sound-brakes lock up,will not work and i have gone through several intersections,and almost into parked cars,oncoming traffic and street poles. thankfully no pedestrians. *tr | |||