23V651000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA
4 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (1 open), 918 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations41 open
Owner complaints918
Complaints citing a crash74
Complaints citing a fire15
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
20V393000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
An overheated accessory outlet increases the risk of fire.
15V871000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
If the one or more of the brakes are inappropriately applied, control of the vehicle may be lost, increasing the risk of a crash.
13V115000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
If the headliner support bracket makes contact with an occupant during a crash, it may cause a laceration injury.
What owners report most
- 138ENGINE
- 123AIR BAGS
- 123ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 88STEERING
- 66UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 59SERVICE BRAKES
- 44ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 43SUSPENSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.