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.
2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA
4 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (1 open), 1,861 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations41 open
Owner complaints1,861
Complaints citing a crash159
Complaints citing a fire56
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
17V769000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
If the brake light switch plunger does not retract as it should when the brake pedal is not being pressed, the brake lights may stay illuminated preventing accurate communication to following vehicles that the vehicle is slowing or stopping. Additionally, if the brake switch plunger is not retracted, then the transmission can be shifted out of PARK without depressing the brake pedal. Either condition increases the risk of a crash.
16V574000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
If the brake light switch plunger does not retract as it should when the brake pedal is not being pressed, the brake lights may stay illuminated preventing accurate communication to following vehicles that the vehicle is slowing or stopping. Additionally, if the brake switch plunger is not retracted, then the transmission can be shifted out of PARK without depressing the brake pedal. Either condition increases 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
- 269STEERING
- 233ENGINE
- 167AIR BAGS
- 164SERVICE BRAKES
- 152ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 122UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 112SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 95SUSPENSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 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.