2015 Hyundai Elantra: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Feb 19, 2025 · Acceleration, Fuel system · MN · crash

Drove my 2015 Hyundai Elantra on the coldest day of the year to an appointment. Car was fully warmed up. Pulled into a gas station to park and was going less than 3 mph, making a left hand turn into the space. Elantra suddenly accelerated hard and the car hit a cement pole, causing extensive front end damage. If car had full insurance coverage, it would have been a write off. Hood crumpled, radiator damaged, front grill broken, bent the engine bar in half. Significant damage but the air bag did not deploy. Had to have it towed home 35 miles. Damage was in the middle of the front of the car, so I was already in the parking space. No warning lights of any sort before this happened. Very dangerous and I would never buy another Hyundai. I bought this car brand new in 2015 and have had recalls taken care of (anti theft software one). Over the course of owning this car, other odd things have occurred as well, such as white smoke coming out of the engine upon acceleration, accelerated wear on the tires due to the back end, and engine will suddenly stop for no reason while driving (this happened twice) Inferior product!

Filed May 20, 2024 · Engine · 100,000 miles · OK · fire

The contact owned a 2015 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked outside his residence, it caught on fire. The contact stated the fire was emanating from the engine compartment. No one was injured during the fire. A volunteer fire department was notified and extinguished the fire. A fire department and police report were not filed. The vehicle has not yet been inspected by the insurance; however, the contact stated the vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was not repaired and remains at the contact residence. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Filed Nov 29, 2023 · Brakes · 79,000 miles · PR · fire

The contact owned a 2015 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated while driving approximately at 40 MPH, smoke was being emitted from the vents on the dashboard. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over, stopped the vehicle, exited, and saw flames emitting from under the engine compartment. The contact opened the hood and saw that the engine compartment was engulfed in flames. The contact stated that he called the fire department. The contact stated that the fire department arrived and extinguished the fire, however the front end of the vehicle had been nearly consumed by the fire. The contact stated that the vehicle was towed to an impound lot and later declared a total loss by his insurance provider. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The contact stated that he recently received a letter from the manufacturer for the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 23V651000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) and related the fire to this campaign. The failure mileage was approximately 79,000.

Filed Feb 28, 2023 · Engine · 112,000 miles · MO

The contact owns a 2015 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, she heard a knocking sound coming from the engine compartment. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that the noise was intermittent at first but had become almost constant and would occur at various speeds. The contact stated that she recently saw white smoke coming from the exhaust pipe. Additionally, the engine was revving high when started in the morning. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact researched online and related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 17V226000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 112,000.

Filed Mar 25, 2021 · Engine · 55,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai elantra. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed and there was an abnormal amount of smoke coming from the exhaust tip. The contact stated that the failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer sansone hyundai (90-100 us-1, avenel, nj 07001, (888) 566-5311) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that failure was due to oil deposits blocking the valves. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

Filed Oct 10, 2019 · 50,000 miles · GA · fire

The hyundai elantra was stationary and hooked up to jumper cables to jump a dead car. The elantra was running to allow the other car to charge. The fuse box on the elantra caught fire which spread to the jumper cables and to the other car. There was much more damage to the interior of the elantra than there was to the other car, which only had minor cosmetic burning. The fire started in the elantra and the damage has not yet been assessed.

Filed Jun 15, 2016 · 18,000 miles · GA · fire

The elantra that had 18000 miles on it burst into flames after setting overnight. The car had not been driven since the night before and it burst into flames in my driveway and completely burned up. The fire department had to come out and put the car out. They investigated the fire and found there was no foul play. It is unknown to us what caused the fire but we feel it had to be something electrical.

Filed Oct 23, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 20,000 miles · OH · fire

I began my lease on my elantra in sept of 2014. At my year anniversary I had it serviced by the dealer of the lease and was given a clean bill of car health. However, on several occasions the car had, as I called it, "a mind of its own" meaning that while I was driving, usually somewhere around 40-55 MPH without me pushing down on the gas pedal the car would accelerate on its own. It would stop as soon as I completely let off the gas pedal but it happened enough to be considered strange. I was planning to ask the dealer about it at my next oil change. Not necessary now! Sunday afternoon 10/18/15, I went to start the car and it sputtered and stalled out. I turned the key in the ignition again and it repeated. After the 3rd time and giving it some gas the car started and ran ok. I had 3 stops that I made, each time the car was turned off and back on with no issue. I returned home and not even 5 minutes after the car was parked and shut off, there were flames shooting out between the hood and windshield. I hit the fire emergency on my house alarm system to signal for the fire dept and then ran outside with my husband and 2 fire extinguishers, emptying one and having zero effect on the fire. My husband then turned the hose on and was trying to contain the fire with the hose water. In the 10 minutes it took for the fire dept to get there, the entire front end was literally a shell of remaining metal and dripping melted plastic. The entire windsheild exploded from the heat of the fire and was inside the car. Insurance inspector says the source came from behind the battery - which he said was either the electric or computer panel. Either way.. It was a scary situation. 10 minutes is not a very long time to have the entire front end disintegrate from fire