2025 Hyundai Elantra: recalls and problems
2 recalls and 36 owner complaints on file with NHTSA. The most-reported problem area is unknown or other.
Most common problems
What owners report
I was turning into a driveway and i had slowed down to do so. when i took my foot off the brake the car lunged forward at a high rate of speed. i didn't have my foot on the gas pedal. it happened too fast for me to respond. the car crashed into the side of the garage and continued accelerating and it drove through the garage door. no airbag deployed. i was the only person involved and i am uninjured. the car h
My 2026 hyundai elantra at 3,300 miles experienced a severe frontal impact with 6g logitudinal deceleration due to uncommanded acceleration and complete brake blindness. depiste this severe impact, neither airbags nor seatbelt pretensioners deployed. at -2.5 sec. prior to impact, the forward collision avoidance assist data drops off and goes completely silent. there were no warnings or alerts on the vehicle instrumen
The control panel /radio panel has had a glitch or blacked out screen where it wouldn't come back on for a few hours and i could smell electrical or plastic burning after it did come back on after that the radio started changing channel on its own while screen glitched on and of with saturated static wrench on my dash comes on periodically. the tires pressure unit never has the same amount of air in it according to t
A warning about hyundai: i have learned that hyundai recalled almost half of а million vehicles for phantom braking. this is exactly what i have being complaining about for a year and a half, starting one month after purchase, concerning my 2025 hybrid elantra. it would suddenly drop the speed to 20mph, creating extremely dangerous situations. i have been bumped off by the dealership, hyundai america, and hyundai wo
Crash-test ratings
| Version | Overall | Frontal | Side | Rollover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Hyundai Elantra 4 DR FWD |
Source: NHTSA recalls, complaints and NCAP APIs, covering ELANTRA, ELANTRA N, ELANTRA HYBRID. Last refreshed 2026-11-15.