1994 Hyundai Elantra problems
Owners have filed 110 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Hyundai Elantra. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 30% of complaints. After that come electrical system (18%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 110 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 26 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 18 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 26 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 18 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 30th most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Hyundai Elantra with enough data (77 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Driver's side airbag did not deploy at 12:00 (frontal) collision at 35MPH. Tt consumer suffered injuries consumer was advised by dealer that air bags do not deploy under 40-45 MPH .
Owner states that she was involved in a crash while traveling at 25 MPH and the airbag had not deployed, she notes that the vehicle was struck from passenger's side and damaged hood.
Vehicle was involved in frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 35MPH, driver's side airbag did not deploy.