2009 Hyundai Elantra air bags problems
42 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2009 Hyundai Elantra, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 42 13% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 83,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 28 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 82,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 13 crashes, 16 injuries.
What owners wrote
Couldn't stop in time to avoid rearend collision my hyundai elantra 09 airbag did not deploy ,the front clip was totaled. Hyundi should be held liable for my injuries which is severe neck and back pain. I need some advice on how to proceed.
In january 2017 I was involved in a accident. I hit another car in the rear at 65 MPH. The air bag failed to deploy I have been trying to get information from hyundia for over two years and they will not give any information they finally looked at my vehicle and said that the air bag failed to deploy because it was not designed to deploy in that type of accident .I assume there is a manufacture design problem.
Other problems reported for the 2009 Hyundai Elantra
- Steering 135 complaints
- Brakes 27 complaints
- Electrical system 24 complaints
- Cruise control 18 complaints