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2012 Hyundai Elantra cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 27 complaints for the 2012 Hyundai Elantra, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
27 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2012 Hyundai Elantra Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 17 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 17 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 53% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was going down the bridge on settlers landing road the yellow school bus was in the right turning lane with right turning signal on .as I approached the light in the middle straight lane to keep toward the landing (hotel) on settlers landing Hampton va the bus some what merged back towards the middle lane and that when the bus crashed into the car it went under the bus it’s totaled the windshield and my sunroof collided the airbags did not deploy something needs to be done about that that was dangerous.I got…

June 2026 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. When the accelerator pedal was engaged, the vehicle hesitated and only accelerated to 20 MPH. The vehicle also stalled while at a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed, but a failure code could not be found. The mechanic cleaned all the sensors; however, the failure was not corrected. The mechanic stated that the throttle body was causing the vehicle not to accelerate. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer.

Reported at 157,607 miles, August 2019

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