2008 Hyundai Elantra: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Jun 3, 2019 · Suspension · 131,000 miles · NY

While driving I went to stop on a long downhill grade and suddenly a horrible metal on metal grinding sound occurred. The car swerved a bit and was hard to control. I was able to gain control and limped it home with the continuing extremely loud noise, especially when trying to turn, slow down or under braking. I was finally able to have my brother drive car to local mechanic very carefully and slowly and it has been diagnosed as having a broken left lower control arm. Local mechanic thought this might be an item covered under recall by hyundai as he has seen a number of these issues. On investigating further on this site I could find no recall but did find a hyundai tsb (17-01-038) that speaks to providing under body corrosion treatments for 2007-2010 elantra's, for those registered in a salt belt state like mine.(new york). Obviously hyundai realizes that they have a problem with under body components exposed to salt corrosion and is attempting to alleviate this problem after the fact. I was never notified of such a program and this defect is extremely serious as it can cause loss of control and a crash

Filed Sep 8, 2011 · Brakes · 37,300 miles · PA

The rear rotors on my 2008 hyundai elantra had grooves worn in with only a little over 37,000 miles on the car. The brake pads on the right rear were worn almost completely while the brake pads on the left rear had enough material left on them to drive another 15,000 miles. I took the car to a nationally recognized repair center for new pads because my brakes started to squeak.. The certified mechanic showed me the pads and the rotors and stated that it is odd for the pads on one side to be worn out and the pads on the other side to have about a year's worth of pad left. The side where the pads that had a year left on them the rotor had substantial groves. The rotor on the side with the worn pads had less damage. He stated the rotors were probably substandard and they were probably made in a foreign country with substandard materiel. I took the car to the hyundai dealer where I bought the car for their perusal. The supervisor stated that the rotors were worn and the cause was likely a maintenance issue and is not covered under the car's warranty. I contend the problem is defective material and or poor workmenship. I contacted hyundai customer assistance for help. They also stated this is not covered under the warranty. I believe there might be an issue with the rotors on other elantra's on the road today and this issue could cause serious injury or worse if it is not addressed.

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 Dec 29, 2009 · Engine · 20,543 miles · CT

Squeaking noise when turning off vehicle noise occurred every time vehicle was turned off. Under warranty dealer determined noise was coming from water pump due to an internal bearing failure.

Filed Nov 13, 2008 · Fuel system, Transmission · 1,291 miles · TX

I purchased my 08 elantra this summer. Delivery date 07/05/08. Complaint 1, "customer states engine wont start". The dealership replaced fuel pump to correct concern. Complaint 2, incident 1 invoice date 09/15/08. I began to have problems with my clutch. Vehicle will make grinding noises going into rev, 1st, and 2nd gear. Clutch will not engage properly. Will stall out when very cold or raining. Major problems when at stop lights railroad crossings(stalling out on the tracks) or going up an incline. After several attempts to "correct my concern" the dealership and its service shop have yet to "duplicate" the problem or any to be exact. However, my service report date 09/24/08 states "but did find hard to get into gear at times bled hydraulic system and corrected concern." again on 10/08/08 dealer stated could not duplicate problem but service invoice reads " cust stats in am trans is hard to shift into gear and RPM gage will rev high found hard shift replaced tranny gear oil to correct concern" I took the car back on 11/06/08 because it still has the same problems and a few new ones. I spoke to the owner of the dealership who verified that there was a problem with the car. Later that day he called me back and told me it was fine. Liar much?I have my car back again today 11/13/08 and it is still giving me problems. These problems create a serious safety hazard due to the fact that it stalls out in the middle of the road in stop and go traffic and at lights and gives off a weird smell like a burned circuit after I go uphill for too long, keep in mind I'm not driving my car into the ground. I took a test drive with the service manager today, the car was giving me trouble right in front of him and he claims that I was riding the clutch. I explained to him that I needed to depress the clutch pedal to keep the car from stalling out but he ignored me. I'll be going back on the 15th to speak to the owner again.

Filed Aug 31, 2008 · Body · NY

The in-dash front-panel console pieces make very irritating squeaky noises when driving over even little bumps distracting the driver from normal driving experience.