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1995 Hyundai Elantra problems

Owners have filed 179 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Hyundai Elantra. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 21% of complaints. After that come engine (13%) and electrical system (12%).

At a glance

Complaints
179 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Air bags 21% of complaints
Crashes and fires
32 and 5
Injuries and deaths
26 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: 32 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 26 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% 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 1995 ranks 21st most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Hyundai Elantra with enough data (139 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.

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.

Consumer was driving going with the flow of the curb car lost control cause consumer to have an accident was going 25 MPH. Tt

May 1995 CrashInjury

Involved in a frontal collision and the airbag did not deploy. Tt the seat belt also did not lock and the driver partialy hit the dash board and windshild during the accident.

September 1995 CrashInjury

When I pressed down on the clutch in order to shift, the clutch pedal bracket broke off. I am now unable to use the clutch.

Reported at 103,000 miles, June 2003

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