2001 Hyundai Elantra problems
Owners have filed 445 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Hyundai Elantra. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. After that come suspension (19%) and brakes (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 445 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 100 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 78 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 289 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 44 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 35 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 35 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 59 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 37 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 20 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 17 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 14 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 12 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 10 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Among the 289 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 69,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 62,000 miles (86 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 100 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 78 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% 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 2001 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Hyundai Elantra with enough data (233 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
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.
The front suspension/braking/tires system's under perform during slippery road conditions. On three seperate occasions my vehicle has sustained damage in excess of $1,000 per event for the vehicles' under performance based on the "optional" traction control" pefrormance specifications supplied by the manufacturer for typical turning conditions under slippery road conditions.
When car is started cold and put into reverse, foot applied to the gas, there is a period of hesitation before it goes into gear. After you reach the point to put the car into drive it once again hesitates causing a "jerking" feeling. The car has been brought in twice a month for the past 6 months and the problem is still on going. I have contacted hyundai customer service and spoke with chris. He was no help either. He promised me over and over that the problem would be resolved and once again nothing was done.
Traveling less than 25 MPH I applied brakes to avoid a pedestrian running across traffic. After stopping vehicle was difficult to steer and made loud grinding noise. I was able to get out of the traffic flow. Vehicle was towed to service station. Repair was made to the left front control arm that rusted through and snapped .service mechanic stated that it was fortunate that the failure had happened a slower speed and that a failure at highway speeds would have possibly resulted in loss of control of the vehicle…