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2012 Hyundai Elantra brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 101 complaints for the 2012 Hyundai Elantra, 11% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
101 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
59,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 4
Injuries and deaths
7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2012 Hyundai Elantra Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 59,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 59,000 miles
Based on 34 complaints that include mileage. 53% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 34 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles, and 53% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 4 fires, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

Driver attempting to brake but the brake system failed and hit another car, also upon impact the airbags did not deployed to protect the driver considering how severely the front area of the car were damaged. 2 days prior to the accident, car was not starting, was jumped- start and vehicle was brought to hyundai service and they did not see anything wrong.

Reported at 30,000 miles, March 2014 CrashInjury

The contact’s friend owned a 2012 Hyundai Elantra. The contact’s friend received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V651000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while the friend was leaving the store and driving out of a parking space, the friend heard a noise coming from the engine and observed black smoke coming from the front of the vehicle. The contact's friend attempted to put the vehicle in park but was unsuccessful.

Reported at 120,000 miles, July 2023 Fire

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