2006 Hyundai Elantra problems
Owners have filed 209 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Hyundai Elantra. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 29% of complaints. After that come lighting (19%) and brakes (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 209 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 37 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 33 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 68,000 miles 170 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 | 27 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 20 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 22 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 26 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 28 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 22 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 9 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 10 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Among the 170 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 68,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 61,000 miles (47 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 37 complaints mention a crash; 33 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% 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 2006 ranks 27th most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Hyundai Elantra with enough data (97 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that when parking, the brake light remained illuminated and drained the battery. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 60,000.
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.