2006 Hyundai Elantra air bags problems
60 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2006 Hyundai Elantra, which is 29% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 60 29% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 47 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 23 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 47 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 61,000 miles, and 49% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 21 crashes, 23 injuries.
What owners wrote
All bags in the car failed to open upon impact, don't buy "hyundai"s and hyundai said that since 2002 they knew about this problem. With elantras and other models. But did nothing to fix them.
Air bag light on / emmisions air bag all senors were swapped and now I'm being told the cushion should be replaced since the sensor swap didn't solve the problem. $1500 emissions/ pumping gas fuel pump was replaced. Gas pump kicks out after 2-3 seconds when putting in gas. Now I'm told I need to replace charcoal canister, canister close valve, purge control valve, and vent valve. If I don't I eventually won't be able to put gas in the tank.
Other problems reported for the 2006 Hyundai Elantra
- Lighting 39 complaints
- Brakes 32 complaints
- Electrical system 16 complaints