Windshield washer fluid pump needs to be replaced. Per mechanic, this part is not available "after market" and is only available from hyundai. For this reason, the mechanic believes that this is a common problem which is why the part is only available from hyundai.
2012 Hyundai Elantra visibility complaints
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Windshield washer stopped working. Reported to dealership, they said they don't have time to fix it.
The sun visor on the passenger side is broken and will not stay up blocking visibility.
Sunroof shattered traveling down the interstate at 70 MPH in very light traffic, heard a loud noise on top of car. Soon realized by the wind noise that the sunroof had broken. Pulled off at next exit, observed shattered sunroof glass. Concerned this is a defect - as there was no traffic around to throw anything into the roof of the car, and it did not happen after passing under an overpass. There was no explanation for the damage.
Inability of hyundai manufactured wipers to clear rain, and added streaks. Driving in rainstorm became very dangerous. Am filing complaint now, however, have had wipers replaced on 2 occasions in order to address this issue.
This car has large blind spots caused by both the left and right front pillars. The positioning of the rear view mirror only makes the right blind spot larger as there is only the space from the bottom of the mirror to the right pillar to view outside of the car. As a result, I almost hit someone crossing the street from my right to my left. Thankfully, I saw them in time to apply my brakes. This happens frequently with this car. And, at intersections where there is a four-way stop or, when I am entering the lane, I can often not see a car coming from either direction. I fully anticipate that this car will be involved in numerous accidents. The elantra driver will be at fault but no one will look to this "defect" in the car as the problem.
The hyundai elantra 2012 is equipped with front and rear seat warmers. The switch for the front seats resets to off when the car is turned off. The switch for the rear seats, however, remains in the on position. The next time the car is turned on, the rear seat warmers will be activated again until they are manually deactivated. A caveat in the hyundai manual states: "with the seat warmer switch in the on position, the heating system in the seat turns off and on automatically depending on the seat temperature." this safety feature is to prevent injury to someone using the seat. My concern is the potential hazard the rear seat warmers pose when they are not being used by a passenger and the driver is unaware they are activated. On cold winter days the rear seat warmers could be heating at maximum wattage every time the car is turned on, unbeknownst to the driver. With this being a seating area often used by children, I believe there is a high likelihood that these switches could be left in the on position frequently and for lengthy periods of time. This poses both a health risk, as well as, undue wear on the electrical system and rear seat components.
I have had two windshields cracks in a 6 week period of time. The diameter of the impact on the initial impact on 11/911 was the size of a pea and left a horizontal crack that was about 12". The second impact, on another brand new windshield, left an impact the size of a pin head and a crack 18" long. I believe these are defective windshields, I did not even hear the impact on the second windshield. By the time I saw the crack and parked my car the crack was almost 6" long.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. When looking through the window shield to the left or right, the contact stated that the sides of the window block his vision. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer told the contact there were no related recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 6 and the current mileage was 1,700.
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