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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

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2001 Hyundai Elantra Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 13 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 11 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 16 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 18 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 62,000 miles
Based on 86 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles13
20k to 40k miles11
40k to 60k miles16
60k to 80k miles18
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles1

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.

Reported at 40,000 miles, August 2003 CrashDeath

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.

Reported at 96,000 miles, November 2009

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