Parking brake warning light indicator on the dash board display: the parking brake warning light does not always display when the parking brake is engaged. This problem is intermittent and often causes a problem with driving. When the light does not display while the parking brake is indeed "on" the driver is not alerted by the warning light and expects to be able to drive the vehicle in the drive or reverse position. The causes a dangerous situation whereby pressing on the accelerator does not move the car as intended. It will not move from a stopped position, moves very slowly or lurches.
2012 Hyundai Elantra driver assistance complaints
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Car is jerking while driving. Esc light comes on. Hesitates, low power.
Takata recall for my hyundai elantra 2012. Found the recall on credit karma. Brakes
Stabilizer warning light is on. Took to dealership for diagnosis and they found that the steering angle sensor has shorted out.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. While driving 10 MPH, the contact heard an abnormal clunking noise while making a right turn and the steering wheel became difficult to turn. In addition, the electronic stability control and power steering indicators illuminated. When the vehicle was restarted, it operated normally. The vehicle was taken to hyundai of new port richey (3936 us highway 19, new port richey, fl 34652, (727) 359-0633), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The failure mileage was 118,863.
The brakes lights and front passenger lights are always going. Apparently, its happening with many hyundai customers, there forum written online about these same issues all the time. I've had to replace over 30 bulbs in 4 years.
Well I bought the car used and later found out it had a recall on it.... Sometimes when I press the breaks it seem like it flooding and be pulling to the right and making noises underneath near tires.. It also have a sensor lights on.
While in motion, car jolts as traction control light blinks as well as the engine malfunction light. Engine then shuts off. This has happened multiple times over a 2 month period, at a variety of speeds and on both highway and city streets.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. While driving approximately 35 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, the exterior brake lights failed to illuminate. The contact drove the vehicle to an auto part store, but the employee could not determine what fuse the vehicle needed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 (electronic stability control). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 114,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. When the contact started the vehicle, the ESC indicator illuminated. While driving and accelerating, the vehicle pulled to the left and right and seemed to lose power. The vehicle was taken to dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 24,000.
Occasionally while traveling on the highway - any speed from 50-70 MPH - the electronic stability control light will flash, even though there are no adverse conditions. While the light is flashing, I can feel that my left rear brake is applied, causing me to have to correct the course of the car. I do not feel safe in this car anymore. This did not start happening until after I received the recall service associated with campaign 137 for the the yaw sensor (which describes the exact scenario I am experiencing now). This has been going on for about 6 months so far (date noted below is most recent instance). In that time period I have had to have my rear rotors replaced, and the brake pads replaced twice. The second time I replaced the brake pads, they had heated up so much from dragging that they had fused onto the rotor, and the caliper was broken.
I just crashed this car yesterday, 01/09/2017 on rt. 724 between birdsboro, pa and gibraltar, pa. I was driving with a 50-55 MPH on a 55 MPH road going to work with almost no traffic. I was driving in a straight line when it happened, I was not even turning.the sky was clear and no distractions. Suddenly, the car wheels went left and right and then all the way to the left taking me to opposite side of the road and crashing the car in a ditch then flipping on the driver's side(I attached pictures). My trials to turn it back to the right all failed. Emt came and were able to get me out. I almost got killed. I don't drink or smoke. I heard of several incidents like this about the steering in elantra. The car has only 56000 miles on it. I believe the problem is with steering. I felt like there was no steering at all. Hyundai motors should be held liable for such faults in their cars and affected owners should be compensated. I don't want to drive hyundai again. (the picture showing the tire marks was taken a few hours after the crash. It shows that the road was clear and clean).
Sold a lemon law buyback car without my knowledge. From what I understand I was to sign a document stating that I new that I was purchasing a lemon law buyback car. I did not find out until I went to get the plates for my car and they showed me the title. I contacted the dealership and basically my loss their gain. May 2015 had to replace hose and have A/C recharged costing almost $300 july 2015 had to have both from wheel bearing replaced along with tires costing me $800 june 2016 had to have end links on sway bar and cv joint and shaft replaced. This was under the powertrain warranty still in place on the car check engine light come on and off at random times. When tested said it was an o2 sensor. The back drivers side door lock sticks. So I have to manually lock it for my key fob to lock all of the doors. Today was just told I need wheel bearings and tires on the front end. I believe this car has too many issues being a newer car. I have never had a car with this many issues. Especially a newer car. I cannot get out of the loan because it is a lemon law buyback and the resale on it is horrible. I cannot afford the upkeep on the problems it keeps having. Something is wrong this car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. While driving 30 MPH, the electronic stability control warning indicator illuminated. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a ditch. Prior to the crash, the vehicle accelerated independently. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to a dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the tie rod was bent and the brake pad on the front passenger wheel was missing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
On november 8th, 2016, saint paul, mn, my car would not start up. No warning signals came on and just made a "clicking" noise". I called hyundai's roadside assistance when they arrived he told me to try to start it up. The car then came on which was approx. A 45 minute wait. In october 2015- eagan, mn, I was driving on the highway, I felt dizzy, nauseous and had a panic attack. I tried pulling over to the side of the road, the car would not stop despite stepping on breaks, the car kept pulling toward the side of the grass that was surrounded with gravel. I ended up hitting and stopping at a guardrail. The driver side wheel was blown and along the drivers and passenger door was scratched, there was also some front end damage which got repaired. In approx. March 2015- west saint paul, I just got off the highway when my car lost power. I started it up, pressed on the gas and ended up rear ended the driver in front of me. In 2014, maplewood, mn,I was at a restaurant's drive-thru and my car lost all power and steering for about 5-10 minutes. I called hyundai's roadside's assistance to report the incident. In 2014, eden prairie, mn, I was driving on the highway and my car completely lost power and the steering wheel locked up. I called hyundai's roadside assistance to report the incidence. About 15 minutes later, the car started up and no longer needed roadside assistance's towing service.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. While driving various speeds, the vehicle braked independently and caused the electronic stability control warning indicator to illuminate. After the vehicle was parked, the brakes seized. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic stability control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 (electronic stability control). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
Problem : ESC light flashes while driving, some time makes rumbling noise , power loss, feel like car in neutral, steering felt lock, sudden break and creates unsafe condition. Not all symptoms come up same time but one of them while light flashing. Details : 1. First time happened in june/july 2015 contacted dealer. Since dealer cannot replicate they did test drive and felt everything normal. I drove 1 year scarred but issue didn't occurred 2. Few weeks ago this problem resurfaced dealer repeated same story but wanted to drive with me which is pending. While normal driving it happened and this time it was recorded on my cellphone to show as proof because in test drive it may or may not happen. I feel company and dealer not working closely and someone can cause serious issue of safety. I request to look into this reaching out to company and address this issue. I cannot upload video let me know if you need. Just loading a picture.
My vehicle was affected by the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000. The local hyundai dealer performed campaign # 133 on 04/14/16, at which time a y yaw rate sensor rep/hecu upd was (corrected). On that date, the odometer reading was: 53,768. Prior to having this re-calibration I had experienced no noticeable issues regarding the braking system. After the recall was performed by the dealer, on six (x6) separate occasions, one of the bakes has independently locked up upon transitioning from smooth to rough surfaces, going over a manhole and/or dissimilar road materials (such as blacktop to cement bridge, or onto a serrated metal bridge material). This has been completely random in occurrence, on the highway or typical city street, but does seem to be related to braking or slowing down in general as that is when it is noticed, except that one wheel brake locks - causing the us (the drivers) to take evasive action as the car suddenly will veer to one direction or another unexpectedly instead of the intended slow-down. Rather than rectify the problem the recall was meant to resolve (that we had not even seen symptoms of), now the "supposed repair - hyundai campaign 137," seems to have actually reproduced the symptoms in our vehicle, now making us feel unsafe and uneasy driving it as we have nearly avoided collisions on a few occasions due to the new brake lock-up that has started since recall work was performed on 04/14/16, which was meant to correct this issue, not create it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. While driving at various speeds, the engine light remained illuminated. In addition, while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle shook violently and made a loud noise each time it drove over a bump or pothole. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and was repaired from a previous recall; however, the failure recurred. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 (electronic stability control). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 61,828.
The federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 - same situation 2012 hyundai elantra - engine breaks automatically while on the interstate. Car seems to break (slow down) in bursts while trying to accelerate even on roads with speeds under 40mph. Has been a intermittent issue since january. Dealer agrees it is an ebs/ yaw system problem but will not fix it with the recall of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000, even though we have a 2012 hyundai elantra. The problem may be bigger than the original scope.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 (electronic stability control); however, the parts to do the repair were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Re: the federal safety agency 15v871000 based on the hyundai safety recall, I went to two dealerships and still have a glowing ESC dash light and an unresolved safety problem. Each did a free "calibration" of a "steering" sensor and told me a "yaw" sensor would have to be replaced at my expense for over $1200. The federal safety agency remedy said "dealers will verify the proper operation of the ESC sensors .... Free of charge". Please note "sensors" is plural. Surely it was not the federal safety agency's intention to have hyundai operate a "bait and switch" by doing a free "calibration" on one sensor and charging over $1200 to replace the other. My family and I are now driving a car with a safety issue that is known to the federal safety agency and hyundai but is apparently not covered by a safety recall - based on hyundai's interpretation of the existing recall! Your help is needed - thank you.
The ESC system did not help prevent and may have even caused my car accident. There has also been a recall on my yaw-rate sensor, which is the key component to the ESC system...updated 05-19-16 *bf on march 2, 2016, hyundai national customer care refused the consumers request to have the vehicle tested in its post accident condition. On march 26, 2016, southern states hyundai of raleigh replaced the yaw-rate sensor and acknowledged the part was defective. Hyundai sent a letter to the consumer, stating they did not believe the yaw-rate sensor contributed to the accident. Updated 06/13/16.*jb
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 (electronic stability control) however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle began to decelerate and the electronic stability control light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 54,500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. While driving 45 MPH, the steering wheel shook violently when the brake pedal was depressed. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the cause of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 (electronic stability control). The failure was persistent. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 32,389.
Takata inflators first day I got the car, I was driving slow due to poor conditions (snow) when I tried to stop brakes made a grinding noise car pulled off to one side. I came dangerously close to smashing into a snow bank. I assumed this happened because of the road conditions. This has happened repeatedly and unexpectedly, every once in awhile I apply the breaks, hear the grinding noise aand lose control of the car. Im very lucky and surprised I havent gotten into an accident because of this. Its extremely scary and I absolutely hate driving the car in fear of this happening and causing a crash.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that the brake system failed to engage while driving 50 MPH in rainy conditions. The contact crashed into an embankment. The stability control warning light illuminated. The contact suffered injuries to the back and arms that required medical attention. A police report was filed and the vehicle was towed. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 (electronic stability control), but the parts were not available for repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 101,200.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v871000 (electronic stability control) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
While driving on a major highway in normal non slick road conditions, my vehicles ESC light began to blink. Unexpectedly, and without my foot depressing the brakes, my vehicle decelerated from 55mph to 20mph. The front left tire ceased to rotate and torque was lost to the engine. The car was turned off and back on again and I immediately turned off the ESC system and drove home. That evening I received the notice recall for exactly the issue I had encountered. I brought my vehicle two days later to sansone hyundai where they agreed after reading the car's computer that the ESC issue had indeed occurred. The technician then explained to me that they "reset the computer and this probably shouldn't happen again". He went on to explain there is no current solution, and I have to be patient. I appreciate the fact a solution has not yet been found but, I am now fearful to drive this vehicle. I was unbelievable lucky that there were no driver's behind me and that I was near the shoulder when the system failed. If those lucky conditions had not been present I could have been involved in a potentially serious accident. I feel I should have been provided with a loaner vehicle in the meantime. I purchased my hyundai because I felt they were safe, reliable cars with great customer service. My car actually experienced the issue that is described in the recall which itself states that, "inappropriate brake application to one or more wheels and/or reduced engine torque can increase the risk of a crash". Knowing this, hyundai has sent me on way in a vehicle which can "increase the risk of a crash". I now have to wait and be genuinely scared of the vehicle which I rely on. I have patience to wait for a solution, but I need a solution from hyundai now. Not when someone is able to update the software in the vehicle.
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