2014 Hyundai Elantra: brake failure

Filed May 28, 2025 · Brakes · 77,300 miles · PA · crash

The contact owns a 2014 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that her daughter was driving the vehicle when the failure occurred. While driving on a city road at 25 MPH, a tractor-trailer crossed in front of the contact's lane. The contact stated that her daughter immediately reacted by taking a sharp left turn in order to avoid a collision. However, upon attempting to depress the brake pedal, the brakes failed to engage, therefore causing the contact to crash into a utility pole. The front passenger side of the contact's vehicle was crashed upon impact with the utility pole, and the vehicle came to a stop upon impact. No property damage was reported. The airbags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to a local body shop. The Traction Control Warning light was illuminated. A police report was filed. No injuries were reported. No one outside of the vehicle was injured. The local dealer was contacted; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 77,300.

Filed Mar 5, 2023 · Brakes · GA · crash

Access noise in car very distracting...A Bluetooth connection caused a scent of a Bursted battery The causing a gas like affect almost resorting in a car accident. I heard a internal air bag burst and could visually see the gas like connection with the Bluetooth and smart ph. And the brakes went out in mid traffic. And came with no spare tire.

Filed May 26, 2021 · Engine · OH

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Yes. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? Some, but we were not on a highway. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? Reproduced as heard before yes, 7 plus times. No independent service or dependent. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? Not yet as in the process of trying via our Hyundai Crestmont Service. Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? No warning of lights or lamps. The rest described briefly below. Our vehicle is a Hyundai; Vin # [XXX], year 2014, purchased 3/22/15, mileage 16,000 or so On April 1, 2021, snow of 5-7 inches and a cold snap of 41 degrees happened in Cleveland Ohio where we were uncostumarily were out and about, we audibly witnessed the noise under the hood and felt the right side brakes failure. I have experienced these noises at least 7 previous times. And the noises seem to come from the drivers side to midland to lower area of car. We carry an Extended Power Train Warranty, that by definition implies it kicks in when the Factory Power Train has expired. Good until 2024 or so? Willing to follow the advice on what is needed. It can only be driven on the back roads at slower pace with less public endangering. Please bear in mind that driving to Hyundai Crestmont in Brunswick is unattainable, due to safety issues betting there. We feel uncomfortable driving on highways and freeways, that places our lives in danger but also that of the public with the engine ceasing potential. The car is in danger of seising itself which will render it destroyed and not repairable. Documentation of reporting dating back to 2018, 2019 and April 1, 2021, and further. Later disc INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION A

Filed Jun 18, 2019 · 37,000 miles · RI

I bought this car in 2017. The dealer passed it for state inspection,after. A day noticed a rumble in front end. Brought to dealer, was told brake rotors were warped. They replaced rotors. Problem solved. Two years later went for state inspection and rotors and brake pads are worn out. This would indicate an over heating of brakes. Hot breaks will cause loss of brakes or take longer to stop. This would also explain other complaints about brakes,and why it can't be duplicated when tested by mechanics they don't drive it long enough.

Filed Mar 26, 2019 · Brakes · 35,000 miles · VA · crash

My wife was in stop and go traffic on the highway and the brakes failed to work, and she rear-ended the vehicle in front of her. We went to the hyundai dealership nearby and they tested it for two days and could not replicate the issue. On one of their tests the engine died and the brake system failed but they had not yet hooked up the diagnostic equipment so they never captured the source of that failure. All other times the breaks and the engine worked fine. The result was that they cannot diagnose the problem.

Filed Nov 7, 2017 · Brakes · 60 miles · NY

Brakes failed in a 60 mile drive. Brake petal to the floor and brake fluid warning light came on. Dealer reported that a piece if road debris cut/punctured the rear right rubber- like brake line. Inadequate shielding to this vulnerable safety item. I have the item for inspection.

Filed Sep 21, 2017 · Brakes · 51,189 miles · MD · crash

I was driving in stop and go traffic approximately 30 - 35 miles per hour and I had to slam on the brakes of my 2014 hyundai elantra to avoid collision with a car that was stopped in traffic for no apparent reason approximately 8-9 car lengths in front of me and the brakes failed. The brake failure caused me have an accident as I had no other choice and no other way to stop the car except to rear end the car in front of me. That's the only way the car stopped. Instead of stopping when I put my foot on the brakes, I had no brakes at all and the car skidded over the length of 8-9 cars and only stopped when I hit the rear end of the car in front of me. When I initially put my foot on the brakes I felt a "thump" through the brake paddle and then I had no brakes. There had been rain earlier in the day, but at the time of the accident it was not raining. There was slight rear bumper to the car that I rear ended, but with the impact of the accident my car is basically totalled - front bumper and side lights were damaged and fell off of the car, my engine was pushed down, one of the motor mount bolts was totally broken off, the hood and the radiator were smashed in, valves were damaged, manifold was cracked, AC and heater damaged and I do not have any brakes as can be verified by my mechanic. For the speed that I was going in stop and go traffic I don't see how I could have had this much damage. It's unbelievable. All in all I am lucky to be alive and uninjured. I'm afraid to drive this car ever again due to brake failure.

Filed Sep 26, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · 27,000 miles · NJ · crash · 1 injury

08-26-16 while pulling into a parking space at a public park while doing less than 5 miles per hour, I experienced rapid unintended acceleration, plowed through a fence, sideswiped a tree, went off a grassy median back up onto a grassy median and then bounced off of that before the car finally came to rest. My brakes did not work and I had no control over the vehicle. It is a miracle that I am not dead as the park is on a very busy 4 lane road and is usually full of children.

Filed Aug 22, 2016 · Brakes · 50,000 miles · KS

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 hyundai elantra. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the brakes failed without warning. The contact stated that the failure occurred at least twenty times during the past year. The vehicle was taken to the dealer once for diagnostic testing, but was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000. ...updated 07/10/17 *bf updated 09/22/2017

Filed Apr 8, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 1,500 miles · FL · crash

I was driving my 2014 hyundai elantra (that I had only had for 3 months, had 1,500 miles on the car) home from the airport, had my cruise control set on 55 for the previous 30 minutes, and I noticed the car in front of me was braking. Naturally, I pressed the brake as well to slow down, but the brakes did not work. The brake pedal was hard as rock and would not press in at all and therefore I could not slow down and cruise control did not disengage. I kept trying to press the brake as hard as I could, but the brake pedal was hard and would not work and cruise control kept accelerating. I pressed the cancel cruise control button on my steering wheel, but that did not disengage either. Just has I was shifting my car to neutral, my car rear-ended the lexus in front of me. After my car struck the lexus (my foot still on the brake pedal), I felt the brake finally press in and I was able to slow down and pull off the side of the road. The brake malfunction is still under investigation, but upon my own investigation, I found a recall of hyundai elantra year models 2007-2011 for this very issue that caused my car accident.