2008 Hyundai Elantra: brake failure

Filed Feb 12, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 180,000 miles · FL · fire

After sitting for 43 hours in our driveway the 2008 hyundai elantra caught fire starting on the driver's side of the engine compartment and continued across and through the vehicle. It should be noted the vehicle had a smoking issue in the compartment a month previous and was taken to the hyundai shop and a repair estimate provided that included the master cylinder and the antilock brake system. At that time when the smoke incident happened the antilock system engaged and the brake pedal went to the floor. I observed where the smoke was coming from and pointed at the ABS block to the service manager. Vehicle went back into use and I ordered parts. Installed master cylinder but ABS parts did not arrive before vehicle immolated itself. In the 43 hour non use gap, the vehicle did not have the remote entry fob used nor any key entry. Fire department put the cause as being an electrical fire.

Filed Sep 30, 2016 · Driver assistance · NH

Vehicle rolled back when in drive, foot brake did not work, emergency break was engaged to stop vehicle movement. Esc light went on. Brought to dealer and was told the VIN was not part of the recall. The make, model, and model year are all part of the recall the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v113000 . This vehicle should be a part of the recall as the problem is exactly as described in the above nhsta campaign number.

Filed Sep 27, 2011 · Brakes · 52,570 miles · MA · crash

Brakes failed! I put the car into reverse to backup in a parking lot. I was moving slowly (2mph) and the brakes failed, going all the way to the floor. I rolled for 15 feet, pulled the emergency brake and my car stopped, slightly tapping a parked car, immediately in my rear, in the in opposite parking space. I located the owner of that car and there was only a small scratch and no damage. It was not necessary to exchange papers. The car was returned to dealership on 9/27/11 and advised of brake failure. My car has been serviced at the dealership, per factory maintenance schedule. I just received a ma state inspection sticker in august, 2011. My car passed ma state inspection at that time. My car was last serviced on 8/23/11 at 50,607 miles with new tires and rotation, oil change, state inspection sticker, cabin air filter, front wiper blades, fuel injector cleaning, the factory electrical recall for the 099 ws connector cover installed, and diagnostic charge for 'thumping noise' in front, from park to reverse, but nothing was found by technician, stating' all components in proper operating condition at this time' on my repair order. Also received the hyundai multi-point inspection report attached to my paperwork from technician #753 - "brake inspection" was marked in green "checked ok?. This has never happened in my driving experience. I followed factory required 15k, 30k and 45k maintenance schedule now brakes have failed. Why?

Filed Sep 3, 2010 · Brakes · 15,500 miles · PA · crash

I own a 2008 hyundai elantra. About 2 months ago, I went to stop at a red light, and instead of stopping, my car made a grinding sound for 4-6 seconds (like my ABS brakes were turning on, but longer) and didn?t stop until it hit the car in front of me (roads were dry & my car was only going about 10 MPH). Due to the low speed, my car only bumped the car in front and only bumpers were damaged. I immediately took the car into the dealership to have them check my brakes. They told me they couldn?t find anything. Two weeks later, I?m driving and go to stop at a red light (different light, roads were dry, going maybe 10-15 MPH) and my car again makes the same grinding sound for about 5 seconds before I tried to pump the brakes. After I pressed and released the brakes, the grinding sound stopped and the car stopped. I took it into the dealership again, explained what happened. They looked it over, saw no computer read out, and told me they didn?t think there was a problem and unless they could duplicate it, they couldn?t fix it. I was told to come back if it happens again (at which point they could take my car for 2-3 weeks to test it and see if they could find the problem. (I asked, they would not provide a loaner!) the problem has since happened twice more (once in the rain, once on dry roads, & always when I try to stop while traveling 15mph or less). I did research and found out that apparently it is likely due to a defective ABS module (quite a few other people have had a similar problem, although the years and makes differ) and all of them have had the same issue that hyundai refuses to admit there is anything wrong with the module, but they will replace it for about $1500+labor. I live by numerous schools, so I can?t risk having a car that won?t stop (too many small children that like to run in front of cars), & have no choice but to pay to fix it or get a new car, but they should really do something before someone gets killed because the brakes didn't work.

Filed Jan 19, 2009 · Brakes · 7,000 miles · NY

My car, when driven in the snow, when you brake, the car starts to brake, but the brake pedal freezes back to the original position, at the top of the pedal, leaving you with no brakes. I took it to the dealership, and they told me, they are unable to reproduce the problem. This to me, makes the car a death trap, when driving in snow. I didn't have an accident or anything, I can easily reproduce the problem by driving on a street with snow, I'm afraid to take it now onto a highway.