2001 Hyundai Elantra air bags problems
125 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2001 Hyundai Elantra, which is 28% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 125 28% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 62,000 miles 86 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 54 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 52 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 18 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 86 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 54 crashes, 1 fire, 52 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
My son in law died in a two car crash [ frontal], his airbags did not deploy. Both vehicles were going about 50 MPH. Three people in other vehicle survived, their airbags did deploy. The seat belt was worn. The consumer crossed over a lane and possibly fell asleep, and hit a van. *scc the driver of the vehicle may have fallen asleep at the wheel and drove into oncoming traffic. The posted speed was 55 MPH. The drive hit the front end of a full size chevrolet van at an estimated speed of 50 MPH.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. While the contact was attempting to back out of a parking spot the passenger side airbag had suddenly deployed without warning and without anyone sitting in the seat.three days prior the driver side airbag had deployed without warning after attempting to accelerate from a stop. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the cause of the failure could not be found. The current and failure mileages were 96000.
Other problems reported for the 2001 Hyundai Elantra
- Suspension 86 complaints
- Brakes 30 complaints
- Body & structure 28 complaints
- Steering 24 complaints
- Engine 22 complaints
- Electrical system 21 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 19 complaints