2007 Hyundai Elantra: jerking or lurching

Filed May 2, 2025 · Transmission · 241,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the transmission was slipping, and the vehicle jerked. The contact stated that during warm temperatures, the transmission unexpectedly downshifted to first gear and then remained in first gear. The contact stated that the RPM fluctuated, and the engine revved. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to an independent mechanic or the local dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 241,000.

Filed Apr 28, 2014 · Steering · 66,323 miles · NY

Car lost power steering while driving on the long island expressway. Steering wheel jerked, esp light came on and power steering failed. Car sat overnight and was fine the next day. Situation recurred on or about 1/19/13 and 12/5/13. Each time the problem resolved itself overnight. It occurred again on 4/23/14. After the most recent occurrence, power steering has failed completely and has not been restored.

Filed Sep 4, 2012 · Brakes, Engine · TX

While pulling into parking space at shopping center coming to stop then car suddenly lurched over a parking stop post and curb going into a building I managed to get brakes to stop vehicle before hitting the building .. I did not know what happened. While reading problems about the 2007 model I found another person with the same problem. I was looking at problem due to a popping sound when turning the vehicle. There seem to be many of those already reported. We took to the dealer and the vehicle was out of warranty at 60,000 miles and we have 68,000 now so they wanted $65 just to look at the vehicle. I have taken the car to another dealership. While 2007 year model has no recall it sounds like it should for this problem.

Filed Jul 11, 2012 · Acceleration · 69,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

On the morning of june 23, 2012, I was parking my 2007 hyundai elantra in a shopping center parking lot. I pulled into a parking space and pressed the brake pedal to stop, as usual, and felt the car slowing down at first; but then, just as I was coming to a complete stop, the engine suddenly got really loud and the car violently lurched forward very fast. It jumped over the parking stop, then collided with a 2-foot high concrete wall that was only about 18" or so past the parking stop (it was a barrier separating that parking lot from an adjacent one). Luckily for me, the air bag deployed and so I only had a few bruises. The car was declared a total loss. Even though it's too late for my car, I really wish hyundai would do something about this problem before people get hurt. Since I was in a shopping center parking lot, if that concrete barrier had not been there to stop my car, it could have ended up much worse - I could have crashed into other vehicles or even hit a pedestrian. It really scares me when I think about what could have happened.

Filed Oct 27, 2008 · Acceleration · 32,000 miles · TX · 1 injury

I rearended someone in may despite the fact that I was completely stopped. I had my foot completely depressed on the brake and stopped at a light, but still, my car hit the car infront of me with incredible force. I thought that I was hit from behind and pushed into this car but when we pulled into the parking lot, there were no scratches or anything on the back of my car. It came down to being my fault since there was no-one else and I couldn't prove that my foot was on the brake. Then, today, as I was reaching down to put my car in park, in a parking lot where I was, again, completely stopped, my car repeated the forceful thrust forward. This time there was no car infront of me, thank goodness, but my car hit and bounced off of the concrete curb in the parking lot resulting in me getting a headache from the force. Again, I was completely stopped and my car lurched forward like I was rearended. I know that the incident in may was not because I had taken my foot off the brake but that there is something wrong with my car and now that it's happened again, I know I'm right. Once, it happened to happen when I was behind a car and then today it happened when I was in a parking lot, but I'm scared of what may happen if there is someone else infront of me. I took it to the dealership but they couldn't find anything wrong with it. I don't want anyone to get hurt because of this faulty car, so this is my last hope of getting someone to find out what the problem is. It has only happened twice in a year and a half but I don't know when the next time will be and I don't want anyone to get hurt from it.

Filed Oct 9, 2008 · Seat belts · 26,000 miles · AZ

Pass seat belt sticks. Passenger side seat belt would not unlatch so I took the vehicle to a hyundai dealer they jerked on seatbelt it and it unlatched, then stated they could do nothing else. This belt just unlatches when you pull it.