The air bag light came on in my 2007 hyundai elantra. When I took it to the dealership, they said that there was some kind of electrical failure in the driver's side buckle assembly. I have heard of similar issues in 2006-2008 sonatas. I am concerned that this may be a factory defect.
2007 Hyundai Elantra electrical complaints
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My airbag lights came on and I took it to the dealer. It took them over two hours to find the problem: the entire floor harness is corroded from some sort of "meltdown" and needs to be replaced. Cost = $4800. I feel this is a major design flaw in the vehicle and hyundai should replace the floor harness as a goodwill warranty issue. There is no way a 6 year old car with only 35,000 miles on it should be experiencing this kind of problem! This is a major safety issue as right now I am forced to drive the vehicle with air bags non-functional.
Brake lights are not functioning. This model was subject to a recall for a faulty brake light switch but the hyundai informs me mine is not included. I suspect it may be the same issue.
No brake lights, stop lamp switch was faulty.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that the vehicle became engulfed in flames. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. A fire report was not filed however, the fire department did conclude that the fire originated from electrical wires and cables. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic but had not been inspected or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the fire. The approximate failure mileage was 81,000.
My 2007 hyundai elantra was supposedly previously a part of hyundai recall number 092 for brake light switch failure. According to hyundai customer service this problem was repaired on march 09, 2010. I understand now there is a new recall out there for the same issue. I did not receive any notification of this recall that was issued in april of 2013. So I am assuming that according to hyundai my vehicle is not a part of this recall. This will be verified with another phone call to hyundai customer service.. My brake light switch has failed again and I am without brake lights. I find it hard to believe that something as critical and safety oriented as a switch that controls the brake light function of your vehicle could fail twice within a 6 year period. Unless both parts are defective. In fact in my past ownership of many vehicles and also of the vehicles of friends and family members I have never heard of this switch failing once let alone twice! Hyundai is telling me that since the recall was already performed on this car in 2010 (before I purchased the car) that they are not liable for this repair or recall. The campaign id# for the latest recall is 13v113000. It was issued by hyundai-kia america technical center inc. How am I to be sure that when the car was repaired (if it was repaired properly or at all) in 2010 it was not repaired with the part from the current recall? The vehicle has yet to be repaired and I will be in contact with hyundai customer service once again. In researching this issue I also learned of problems with the air bag warning light illuminating on the dashboard. Also with the sun visors cracking at their plastic connecting point. Causing the sun visor to fall off and the wiring to be exposed. I have also recently experienced both of these issues.
Vent fan (which is required for proper functioning of the defroster during winter) stopped working. Consumers will be out of pocket to fix this or will be left forcing to drive in unsafe conditions with foggy windows. If there is a pattern here, please have hyundai issue a recall. Thanks.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the steering wheel seized and caused the vehicle to independently veer into the right lane. In addition, the eps warning indicator was illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the roadway and towed for diagnosis. The contact was awaiting diagnosis of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 61,000.
We have a 2007 hyundai elantra that is continuously burning up headlight bulbs. There are numerous complaints in regards to this, but hyundai has yet to recall any vehicles. My husband is replacing at least 1 bulb month. Please investigate this. It is very dangerous when you're driving at night and the headlights go out. There is no moisture of any kind in the headlight nor has there even been.
Own a 2007 hyundai elantra sedan. Have been having issues with the air bag light staying on at all times, for about the past week. Yesterday when I parked the car, I put in neutral pulled up the emergency brake and car filled with smoke had small fire, fire dept was called out to my house no injuries. I was sure to get out of car quickly in case turned out to be huge fire. Not sure what happened getting looked at tomorrow, need it towed car fills up with smoke and you can peek in at the wiring and was a small flame this time. If I turn the key on this happens. Unoperatable, as of now. This really needs to be investigated as people could be getting hurt.
The car is a 2007 hyundai elantra sedan. While driving the air bag light came on so an appointment was made with the dealer (hamilton hyundai, chambersbrug, pa to have it checked. The dealer said that moisture from the center mounted cup holder got into a electrical connection directly below and caused the wiring harness to get hot, melt together and the wiring harness on the passenger side under the dash, also melted. No fuses or circuit breakers activated. The air bags at this point were inoperable and the service manager said that the car could possibly catch fire while operating. The car was also there for the recall on the brake switch that could cause a crash since the brake lights could or couldn't illuminate. The parts and labor to replace the wiring harness are quite expensive and all due to a poorly engineered design. The fact that we were warned that the car could catch fire is disturbing and hyundai said that there was nothing they could do to help. There is another 2007 hyundai elantra at the dealer that has the same harness melted down.
The incident is liquid that dripped into the emergency brake causing wires to melt for the airbag system. The cup holders are located directly beside the emergency brake. The emergency brake housing, contains the wiring harness for the vehicle. There is no sort of protective device to keep liquids from getting on the wiring. What happened in my instance is that liquid must have dripped off of a cup in the cupholder, not sure how condensation off of a cup, could cause insulated wires to melt, but it dripped into the console area and melted the air bag wiring harness. It requires a complete replacement of the harness. Warranty not covered because it is not a part defect. Safety hazard because it can cause a fire if not fixed. Should have a protective cover in the event of something like this occurring.
Air bag sensor light consistently on in 2007 hyundai elantra. Taken to dealership and they reported that the wiring had been shorted out by soft drink spilling into the console from the cup holders and shorting out the wiring harness, disabling the air bags. There are no warning stickers on the console warning of the risk of leakage from the cupholder into the console and no warning to this effect in the owner?s manual. Wiring harness was replaced and owner cautioned by technician and service manager on danger of liquid seeping from cup holder into console and recommended not using console cup holders but ones in back seat instead. Research on the internet resulted in discovery that this exact same problem had resulted in a the federal safety agency recall of the 2001 - 2002 hyundai elantras requiring installation of a protective cover to correct the problem. Apparently the problem has not been resolved in the 2007 elantra and a design flaw still exists such that a minor spill from the cup holder installed on the console can short out the wiring making the airbag inoperable and putting the passengers at risk and resulted in at least one death prior to the earlier recall. (http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/03/agency_hyundai.html).
When driving my 2007 hyundai elantra se in 3rd gear (auto transmission), the 3rd gear indicator light intermittently flickers, causing the transmission to momentarily shift into 4th gear. Took car to dealer 3 times and hma had an engineer look at the car; replaced a gearshift pin switch and instrument cluster and vehicle still has the same problem. Hma claims that there is no problem with the car. Car can abruptly shift between 3rd to 4th and back to 3rd gear as light flickers due to the electrical problem.
Key gets stuck in 2007 hyundai elantra. It will turn off the engine and power to dashboard but it cannot be released from the ignition. It is constantly stuck in the ignition releasing sporadically or when the battery is completely drained because the key is always in. I have taken it in to the dealer who says they have replaced the cylinder and switch. Problem still occurs and is draining my battery. The dealer says they won't do anything more because it costs them too much and hyundai in s. Korea won't reimburse them.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 hyundai elantra. The contact took his vehicle to the dealer because the speedometer displayed inaccurate readings. The failure was noticed while driving 40 MPH. The dealer reset the computer system, but the failure continued. The dealer and manufacturer stated that the speedometer was working properly. The powertrain was unknown. The current mileage was 11,000 and failure mileage was 8,654. Updated 05/19/08 *bf updated 05/20/08
Shortly after delivery of the vehicle, I noticed a speedometer error of 5-7 MPH. I tested this with two different radar guns and brought it to the dealers attention. Dealer verified error and contacted tech line. Tech line said this was normal. This is not normal and no parts were replaced per hyundai tech line's findings. Problem is ongoing and continuous.
Alarm system goes off under all weather conditions, times of day or night, under any circumstances.
I purchased a 2007 hundai elantra in january 2007. My daughter also purchased the same vehicle. We both noticed that when driving the speed limit everything on the road would pass us. I timed myself on a measured mile at 60 MPH and discovered I was doing 55 MPH. I started researching the internet and discovered it is a common problem. Hundai has replaced some speedometers but apparently it does not correct the problem. It has occurred to me that this would also give you a better mpg indication than you are actually getting. Have you received any other complaints about this and what is thoughts. My dealer had not heard about this problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 hyundai elantra. The dealer tested the vehicle and confirmed that the speedometer is inaccurate by 5 miles. The test was performed while driving 60 MPH. The contact must continuously monitor the speedometer and subtract the mileage accordingly. The contact is aware of the safety risk involved while driving. The manufacturer disagrees with the dealer and stated that the vehicle should not be repaired, even though it is still under warranty. The contact filed case # 272638 with the local manufacturer and case # 1062516 with the corporate office. The VIN was unknown. The current mileage is 2,575 and failure mileage was 5.
Tl-conatct owns 2007 hyundai elantra. Current mileage is 1400. Failure mileage 200. While driving,his GPS showed his speedometer was off. Dealer said they are aware of problem but are unaware to fix it. They do not know when they will be able to fix it-was told to checkk with them preiodically. Weather was probably rainy. Engine/cylinder information unavailable. Ktf
Speedometer/odometer read higher by 5-8% than actual testing. Hyundai replaced instrument cluster. Vehicle still reads high. Hyundai will not do anymore citing that reading is within specifications.
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