Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. The air bag warning indicator was illuminated on the instrument panel. The dealer stated that the air bag computer control module needed to be replaced, which prevented the vehicle from passing inspection. Months later, he received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 08v532000 (air bags:frontal:sensor/control module). The contact called the dealer and stated that he needed a new control module; however, the recall notice stated that a protective covering was needed on top of the air bag control module. The remedy does not correct the issue because the defect remains. The contact believes that the manufacturer should change the remedy of this recall. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000 and current mileage was 120,000.
2001 Hyundai Elantra airbags complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. The contact called the dealer regarding a recall on her vehicle and was informed that her air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash. She was further informed that a harness and clips would be attached to the air bag system to assist the air bags with deploying; however, the mechanic stated that the air bags may be damaged because the indicator was illuminated on the instrument panel. The mechanic would not repair the vehicle, even though the damage was caused by the repair shop. The contact feels that it is a safety hazard to drive in a vehicle with no air bags. The current and failure mileages were 76,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. The contact was involved in a crash on august 22, 2002 and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact was struck by another vehicle and the entire driver's side of her vehicle was crushed. The contact was injured on the left side of her body. Her head struck the window and the steering wheel. She also dislocated her jaw and had to endure therapy to regain her speech. The contact had surgery on her leg because the air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was repaired with $7,000 worth of damages. The contact has pictures and a police report was filed. The other occupant in the contact's vehicle was also injured, although both were wearing their seat belts. The air bags had not been serviced prior to the crash. The contact recently received a recall notice, which advised her to report the crash. The failure mileage was 9,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that the vehicle failed inspection because the air bag indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the air bag module failed and would cost $728 to repair. The vehicle was not repaired and has not been driven for four months. The contact then received a recall notice for the failed air bag module. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and repaired, with the exception of the SRS module, wires, and the air bag indicator that was illuminated. The indicator remained illuminated during the recall repair; however, the dealer stated that it was not included in the recall remedy. They could not repair the additional failures according to the recall for free. The manufacturer stated that they were only responsible for the recall remedy and any additional failure would have to be paid for by the contact. The federal safety agency campaign id number was unknown. The failure mileage was 47,000 and current mileage was 55,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the brake pedal extended to the floor when it was depressed. The brakes were pumped several times before the vehicle came to a complete stop. A small amount of smoke appeared underneath the hood. The air bag and engine warning lights illuminated intermittently on the instrument panel. In addition, the contact exerted more effort to turn the steering wheel as if there were no power steering. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and they replaced the power steering hose. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000 and current mileage was 98,000.
My 2001 hyundai elantra air bag light came on for no reason rendering the air bag inoperative please investigate big safety issue thank you gary azarowicz ps has there been other complaints of this issue?
I was travelling eastbound in the #1 lane on arden way. An SUV (dodge durango) was travelling in the westbound #2 lane of arden way made a u-turn manuver over the center divider and crashed into my vehicle. My vehicle was pushed into a second vehicle as a result. Police report reflects this action. My airbags failed to deploy.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. The front passenger side window air bag was replaced in 2004. The day after the replacement, the air bag light illuminated again. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and they stated that they could not determine the cause of the failure. The contact discovered an air bag safety recall online, but the dealer stated that no recall was available. In 2004, the contact also informed the dealer that the weather stripping on the back door frame was too small. The vehicle was still under warranty. The dealer pushed the weather stripping back on the door. In 2005, the contact heard a strange noise coming from the engine compartment and the vehicle stalled in hot weather. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. While at the dealer, she was informed of a brake line recall and clips were applied. The following day, the vehicle began squeaking when she applied and released the brakes. The recall numbers were unknown. The current mileage was 84,448 and failure mileage was 1,000. Abl.pco
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. While driving 50 MPH, the contact was forced off the road and crashed into a steel pipe. The air bags failed to deploy and the seat belts failed to properly restrain. The driver sustained crack ribs and bruises to the chest. As of october 1, 2007, the dealer and manufacturer had not inspected the vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 62,000. State of michigan traffic report and photos of the defect. Updated 10/22/07
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that the air bag light remained illuminated. The mechanic stated that the satellite sensor failed. As of september 25, 2007, neither the mechanic nor the dealer had repaired the vehicle. The manufacturer stated that his VIN was excluded from the federal safety agency campaign id number 00v332000 (air bags:side/window). The failure mileage was 70,000 and current mileage was 80,000. Abl.pco
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 hyundai elantra. While driving 5 MPH, another vehicle traveling 45 MPH crashed into the front driver side of the contact's vehicle. The front and side air bags failed to deploy. The road conditions were wet. The contact suffered a bruised arm and the front seat passenger suffered a concussion. The insurance company stated that the vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 50,000.
Headlights burning out frequently was the first sign of problems, replaced them as the dealer said this was inherent to the 2001 elantra. In august 2006 check engine light came on. Also, the air bag sensor light was on, headlight out again, took car to dealer, they called back and said that the alternator had been over charging and not only was the over charging burning out the headlights it also had taken out the cruise control module, and air bag module. Car had only 42000 miles on it, and was 2 weeks from being out of the 5 year bumper to bumper warranty. Well here it is 6 months later and 47000 miles and check engine light is back on, I have since purchased a diagnostic tool to read the codes. The car was running rough at idle. The codes came up as mis fire on cylinder 3, tps sensor failure and map barometer failure. I replaced the plugs and wires, engine still ran rough. Took car back to dealer they replaced the tps, still running rough, they suggested that because of the faulty tps that the excessive dumping of fuel into the jets could have caused one of them to be clogged. I had them clean the jets as well as replace the plugs and wires again (they had also found that #3 wire had been arcing.) this took care of the idle problem. I took the car home and the next day driving the car would surge between 3rd and 4th gear, engine light back on. Still have the map error. Dealer ended up replacing the map sensor. It has been about a month since this last occourence and all I can do is cross my fingers until I trade it in. *ak abl.pco
Tl*- the contact stated that her 2001 hyundai elantra gl, airbag light has been on for the past three years. She stated that she took the vehicle to dealership at that time and they informed her that her vehicle was not apart of any recall, and she needed to have the airbags checked. The contact chose not to have the airbags tested. She stated that the light stayed on and she took the vehicle back to the dealership last year and they informed her that her air bags would not deploy if she crashed, and that she should have the air bags repaired. The contact stated that on 03/12/06 she had she had a crash and the airbags didn't deploy. The contact stated that she was hit from the back by another vehicle that was driving about 7 MPH. The contact stated that the owner of the vehicles insurance company sent her a copy of the recall for her vehicle on air bags. The contact stated that the manufacturer should have replaced her airbags when she informed the dealership of the problem with the air bag light staying on. The contact was also informed that her vehicle was not apart of recall campaign# 00v332000, for airbags: side/window. The failure mileage was 80101 and the current mileage was 80,126 miles. Abl.pco
Abs system failed during braking, causing rear end collision air bags did not deploy.
2001 hyundai elantra gls -- one month ago (january 2007) the airbag light on the dashboard commenced slowly, dimly appearing then slowly fading out in one continuous cycle of several seconds. The condition repeats as long as the ignition is switched "on." I noticed hyundai's recall of the 2001 hyundai elantra for exactly that problem and took the vehicle to the local dealership for repair. Evidently, the condition is caused by one-or-more faulty airbag sensors. The result, according to the recall information, is that one or more airbags may not deploy when activated. The dealer entered my vehicle's VIN, told me that my vehicle was not covered by the recall and refused to replace the sensors without charge. Because of the exorbitant cost of replacement, please ask hyundai to include my vehicle in the recall and/or mail me a letter of credit that I can give to the dealer to have this condition repaired. Accordingly, I must continue to drive the vehicle in this condition until I hear from you and/or hyundai, here concerned. Otherwise, last june, 2006, both sun visor retaining brackets (holding the visor to the roof) cracked about a month apart, rendering the sun visors useless, in that the placement of the visor cannot be controlled. . .it simply drops and hangs when released from the retainer. My driver's side bracket broke just at the most inopportune moment, when the sun was shining directly into my eyes at a level just above the top of the steering wheel. I feel fortunate to have been on a lightly traveled road at the time, such that I pulled over onto the shoulder for a few minutes until the sun rose a bit higher in the sky. Those brackets should last longer than this; likewise, the airbag sensors should last longer than this. *jb abl.pco
10/28/05 car did not stop immediately while parking, went through fence and hit deck. Brakes did not hold in sand. Car towed to dealership who informed, nothing wrong with brakes. Advised by dealership that the recall on brakes for hyundai elantra 2001 was remedied by them. Brakes still do not hold well, advised by another mechanic that brake shoes are fine. Still do not have a good comfort level with brakes. Air bag light on, recall on file for model and year, dealer advised not for my car. Will fix at cost of approximately $700.00.
I was involved in a head on collision in my 2001 hyundai elantra, with a jeep wrangler, the front end of my car was badly damaged (have pictures), the damage was bad enough to for the insurance company to total my car. Yet! Neither one of my front air bags deployed in the crash. Everyone who has seen my crashed elantra could not believe the air bags never deployed! Luckily, I was not seriously injured, so that does say something for the elantra, but I still feel the air bags should have deployed. I'm just trying to prevent someone from getting really hurt in a crash, because of this possible defect. Will be glad to provide more details if necessary!
Air bag warning light, on dashboard, continues to remain illuminated. The paramus hyundai dealer has supposedly repaired this problem 4+ times. I was told that while this warning light is on, the airbags would not deploy in the event of an accident.*jb abl.pco
I was recently in a crash where the brakes failed to work on my elantra-my actual complaint though is the fact that I was doing 35 MPH and did not slow down on impact. My air bags failed to deploy also. There was $2600 worth of damage to my front end, including a destroyed radiator, so there was obviously some serious impact.
Failure to honor a recall 00v332000.
Dt: the contact states there is the federal safety agency recall 00v332000 concerning the air bags: side/window. This vehicle manifests the same problems as indicated in the recall, but is not included in the recall due to VIN. The vehicle is being repaired at the contact's expense. *ak update 1/11/2006 - the air bag light illuminated on the dash indicating there was a problem with the air bag.
2001 hyundai elantra 4door sedan my wife was involved in a crash, my wife's' bumper hit the vehicle in front of her approx. 35-40 MPH. The airbag did not deploy nor did the seat belt lock causing my wife to hit the windshield with her head. Her chest hit the steering wheel.
My air bag light comes on and off randomly while driving. I debated on whether or not to take it back because it wasn't on continuously. They always say we can't duplicate the problem. Well now the air bag light is on continuously and I set up an appointment. They called me and said the computer is showing 12 different codes for the air bags and that they noticed something sticky like pop on the wires. They said they weren't going to cover it under warranty. My first issue with that is they should be sealed off completely so a little pop shouldn't fry the air bag. The only reason I bought my hyundai was because of the warranty and the assurance that I wouldn't have to worry about anything for 5 years. Unfortunately that isn't the truth. After 6 months or so I realized that I had to start my car for atleast 15 seconds before I could actually put it in drive and go. But why wasn't it like that in the beginning? And after the first year I notice rust behind the passenger doors in near the wheel wells where the car is welded together. That's a real high quality car right there when you have a car that's 10 years older and it doesn't have a spot of rust,that shows quality. What does hyundai show? Not much as far as I am concerned. It shows poor quality and a company that doesn't really stand behind their warranty. Lets not forget the fact that the transmission in the car is horrible. It shifts into second gear so hard and sounds like a canon exploding. The light above the license plate burnt out 2 weeks after they replaced it the first time. And the fact that all the wires inside my doors were corroded after two years and had to be replaced. So, now I have a problem with the airbag module being destroyed and they said I spilled pop or something in the console and that's what caused it. After so many problems with wiring in the car they don't see that this could be legitimately a manufacturer defect in the module. *nm abl.pco
I am the owner of a 2001 hyundai elantra. I purchased the vehicle new. Less than one year ago, my air bag light came on. I took it back to the dealer and they had to replace it because it had "dried up"! They replaced the bag. Less than a year later, but now my warranty is just up, the light is back on. I have notified the dealer, the consumer division of hyundai, the ceo of hyundai of my concerns and all they have offered to do is split the part, only, with me at 50%. I do not feel that this is a responsible solution for a company to take on a part from the manufacturer that is less than a year old. It has to be a safety issue to have faulty airbags! I have never had an accident with the vehicle, it has never been inflated...why would it "dry out"? I have a couple of other issues, but I don't believe they could be safety related. I contacted the ceo directly by certified mail and never got a response back from him. *jb abl.pco
Dt: contact states air bag light stayed illuminated in the vehicle, the service dealer stated this was due to things being underneath the seat. Consumer stated there was nothing underneath the seats.*ak *nm abl.pco
Airbag light keeps turning on. On march 4, 2004 my car was serviced by hyundai for this problem. The service rep. Told me that the wires that run under the seat have a tendency to become disconnected. This past week, I moved the seat forward to vaccum the interior and the aribag light is back on. I moved the seat back and the light turns off. Also, the same issue seems to be causing an electrical short circuit in the radio's wiring as the radio no longer works. Abl.pco
While driving approximately 35 MPH consumer's vehicle ran into the back of a van. Upon impact, drivers side air bag did not deploy.
The air bag light stayed on. The owner has contacted the manufacturer and was informed that the bumper to bumper warranty had expired and there was nothing they could do. Provide further details. *jb abl.pco
The air bag light came on. The dealer stated that there is something is under the seat that made it come on. , however, they will inspect the vehicle to determine exactly why the light is on. *nm abl.pco
I was involved in a pretty intensive accident on 2-3-04 and I could have really hurt myself bad and the airbags did not release to save my life. I could have really been hurt, I bought my car based on its safety features and at the time when I need my car to work the most the safety was not there.
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