2000 Hyundai Elantra air bags problems
40 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2000 Hyundai Elantra, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 40 15% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 51,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 31 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 27 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 16 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 51,000 miles, and 69% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 31 crashes, 27 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was driving north bound on highway 99. On a saturday afternoon in rush hour, in sacramento, ca. When I was hit on the rear passenger side by a black nissan. When the cars touched we spun 3 times in the middle of traffic. We were lucky enough to not hit any other vehicle. The car stopped 8 feet away from the retaining wall, facing north bound. My infant (1 month old ) and 13 yr. Old were in the back. The infants car seat sifted about a foot towards the left of the drivers side.
In head on collision, estimated speed on impact roughly 20-25 MPH--airbag did not deploy---should it have? Not sure what speed would caue airbag to deploy- if there is a defect in my airbag system,because it did not deploy, resume with a class action, which I will check off, if there is no recourse or reason why my airbag did not deploy, I feel that it should have, but anyway, if there is reason to substanciate the air bag not going off, the I will disregard the class action. Please reply asap if possible.
Other problems reported for the 2000 Hyundai Elantra
- Engine 50 complaints
- Electrical system 35 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 29 complaints
- Seat belts 16 complaints
- Transmission 16 complaints