Brake switch bad, no brake lights. Occasionally, it would keep the car from starting. Had to replace at my expense as hyundai said my car was not one of the recalls for the bad brake switch.
2006 Hyundai Elantra brakes complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respond. The contact mentioned that a crash was prevented due to the failure. In addition, the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle failed to switch gears. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the spark plugs and the wires needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.
Upon application of brake pedal there was a loud grinding sound from the right rear. I took the car to a reputable brake service provider who informed me that the right rear brake drum could not be removed due the fact that the shoes were extended to far. There was no way to manually adjust them in as there was no access hole on the backside of the drum. They informed me that to attempt to remove them under the conditions created there would be damage or destruction of parts involved. Provider was able to visibly inspect the brake shoes and determined that there was plenty of material remaining. Why would there be no access to adjust?
On this date I experienced the 4th of 5 incidences of unintended acceleration in the 8 years I have owned this car. I was driving in daytona beach approaching a red traffic signal. There was a car stopped in front of me. When I applied the brakes, the car lurched forward and the acceleration revved the engine. I had to turn off the key to stop the car in heavy traffic. I pulled off the road and removed the floor mat as had been suggested by the service technician the last time I had taken it in for this issue. I drove it home safely, but the next morning in a grocery store parking lot when I applied brakes to stop, again the car lurched forward almost hitting a bmw. I again drove it home safely, parked it and called the dealership. I made arrangement to take it in on july 7th to have it looked at again. Out of fear for the safety of myself and others I had the car towed to the dealer. They kept it for 2 days, drove it 240 miles and once again could find no issue. The car is parked in my driveway out of fear of killing someone or damaging property. When I told them I had found multiple instances of this happening with hyundais online, they claimed to have no knowledge of such a thing. One article stated that the manufacturer fixed this problem in 2012. While I cannot afford to purchase a new car, I am afraid to drive this one, and would not want to sell it to anyone else because of the safety issues I have experienced.
While driving when I go to brake my brakes don't turn on. All three of them stay turned off. I was pulled over for this twice in the past year. The first time my insurance company told me that there was a recall on my car, but when I called the dealer they told me that my VIN wasn't affected in the recall. They started working again when I replaced my battery but who knows for how long. I was just pulled over again on monday for the same thing.
Brake lamps failed to work on my 2006 hyundai elantra. Dealer technicians identified an internal failure of the brake lamp switch which they replaced at a cost of $145. I later noticed that there was a limited recall in july 2009 at the federal safety agency campaign #09v280000 for 2005-2007 elantras in puerto rico, and then in april 2013, an announcement of a pending recall of model years 2007-2013. It appears that hyundai has determined that they no longer need to take care of the 2006 model year even though it was originally identified as early as july 2009.
Hyundai recently had a recall on brake light switches. Unfortunately this applies to the 2007 elantra and I have the 2006. My brake lights were completely out. After checking the fuses and the bulbs I realized it was the recently recalled faulty brake like switch to blame. $155 later it's repaired. They really need to include other years and models on this recall, and should be paying for this repair. I have seen numerous other complaints online from other consumers with similar issues. Someone could have rear ended me and I could have died had someone not told me my brake lights were out.
While applying the brakes, the cruise control does not disengage. I experienced this as the car "lurching" forward when braking, as the engine is trying to bring the car back up to the pre-set speed. This happened, most recently, while on the freeway in rush hour traffic. The sudden lurch was frightening since it was unexpected. The lurch almost caused me to make contact with car ahead of me. Luckily there was no accident. Even with multiple presses of the brake the cruise control did not disengage. It was only by using the hand controls was I able to turn off the cruise control. This has happened at least 2 times, but unfortunately, I cannot recreate the problem systematically.
Brake lights are not illuminating all the time when brake pedal is depressed, for the past week they only work for a minute or not work at all.went 2 times to the dealer before, twice they were working when I arrived, since last week they are not working except for a minute. I have 2 months with the problem I work 7 days a week and cannot keep taking time off. I was told that my specific model year elantra 2006 is not cover by the recall, just to inspect them cost $ 120, if a problem is found parts and labor. Hyundai doesn't accept any responsibility. The car has 50'000 miles.
Brake light switch malfunction resulted in brake light failure. Part number 93810-3k000. This part has been recalled in puerto rico only, but failure of this part may indicate a more geographically widespread problem. This vehicle was purchased in hawaii.
Cruise control failed to disengage when brake was applied. The cause was a defective stop lamp switch. Vehicle was not covered by tsb 09-01-018.
Brake light switch failed and while traveling on vacation had car on cruise control and brake pedal did not deactivate the cruise control. Have not used cruise control since but brake lights still don't work and it is affecting cars remote start that the dealer installed. Car will not shut off buy depressing brake pedal. And after turning key to on position and then off and removing the key the car is still running.
My wife noticed her brake lights were not working. I looked into and found that there is a recall for the stop light switch for her make, model, and year. The recall is the federal safety agency campaign 09v122000. We contacted hyundai customer service and gave them her VIN, and they said her vehicle had no recalls. We took her car to the local mechanic to get repaired. It turns out that it was the stop light switch that was defective and it was replaced. It cost us $70 to have fixed. The mechanic stated that he could not believe our vehicle wasn't covered under the recall because he has had alot of vehicles with that same issue. I would like this to be reviewed further and I would like hyundai to cover our repair cost for this defective part.
Brake light switch malfunction no brake lights noticed by relative...
While backing up in reverse, the brake did not work. Instead the car accelerated and the engine reved up to what seem to be a very high speed. The car stopped when it smashed into our other car, which was about 4 feet behind it. It was about 5 pm on a dry road. My husband was wearing work boots at the time. There was only a few scratches on the rear bumper. The hood of the other car was pushed in. Our mechanic could not find computer codes or any other problems. The hyundai dealer also said there were no issues he knew of. Other acceleration problems with elantras we read about make us think the brake and accelerator design on these cars are too close together. They seem to be only about 3- 4" apart, where other makes are at least 6" apart. We believe his boot may have gotten stuck on the gas when switching to the brake. This also happened last winter when our 2000 hyundai elantra was backing up and would not stop. It was stopped by a snowbank. My husband was also wearing snow boots at the time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 hyundai elantra. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the brakes were applied but the vehicle would not stop. The vehicle rolled to a stop and was pulled over. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the master cylinder failed. The vehicle was then taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the master cylinder failed due to a manufacturing defect. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 67,800 and the current mileage was 68,000. The VIN was unavailable.
First time I was parking the car and it just accelerated making the car jump. The next time I was stopping at a stop sign and the car accelerated on its own and I almost ended up in the intersection. This has happen at least 6 or 7 times when I was parking or stopping at a stop sign. I never know when I stop or park the car if it will accelerate on its own. I have come so very close to hitting a vehicle in front of me, sliding into the intersection and/or jumping a parking bumper. I have also had a problem with the windshield wiper washer. I've had it corrected at the dealership a couple of times only to have it stop working within a few days. This problem has existed since I bought the car in february 2006 and needless to say is still not working. The speed on the car is wrong. It shows me going faster than I'm actually going. For example, it shows I'm going 57 MPH when I'm actually going 54 MPH.
I had an accident when I first purchase the car which I have always felt the car should have stop sooner. The brake did not stop right away and it only stop when I hit the truck which very little damage was done to the truck but my hold front was damaged. The car has been repair but right now today the brakes do not stop sometime like it is suppose too. I can put on the brakes and get that same thump that I felt when I had the accident and it will take a while for the car to stop. I sometimes pull closer to the curb in case it don't stop so I can hit the curb instead of another car. Also the car does not heat up after warming up it takes almost a half an hour before the heat kicks in when you put in on heat but it will heat up when it warms up if you turn the dial to the air conditioning sign.
I had no brake lights the cause was a broken brake light switch by the brake pedal which I had to replace myself.
Dealership had to repair my rear brakes on my 2006 hyundai elantra at 14000 mi.. They said this was a common problem with elantras. If this is true maybe this is a problem that hyundai should need to address. Maybe this could cause a braking problem down the road.
Tl*- on 01/05/07 the contact took the vehicle to dealer in danville, virginia because the brake pedal was getting stuck on the floor , and the dealer replaced the master cylinder. The contact stated that on 01/06/07 while driving 35-40 MPH h applied the brakes, but the vehicle continued to accelerate, causing the vehicle to crash into a tree. The contact could provide pictures of the vehicle , as well as an accident report.
When my wife was trying to apply the brake on a 2006 hyundai elantra her foot contacted both gas and brake pedals, which resulted in crashing into building in front of a parking space. Personally I had experienced this a couple of times prior to the accident. The gas pedal is slightly higher and close to brake pedal and it appears to be very easy to push both down. I almost drove into the side of an oncoming car entering the road. On my toyota highlander the brake pedal is higher than the gas pedal , maybe the transition to this other pedal arrangement is part of the issue.
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