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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.

2recalls
36complaints
5crashes reported
1fires reported
8injuries reported

Recalls

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Most common problems

  • Unknown Or Other11 · 31%
  • Lane Departure8 · 22%
  • Engine6 · 17%
  • Forward Collision Avoidance5 · 14%
  • Power Train4 · 11%
  • Electrical System4 · 11%
  • Air Bags3 · 8%
  • Service Brakes3 · 8%
  • Seat Belts2 · 6%
  • Steering2 · 6%

What owners report

Unknown Or Other,Service BrakesCrash

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

Air Bags,Seat Belts,Forward Collision AvoidanceCrash

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

Power Train,Electrical System,Engine

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

Forward Collision Avoidance

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

Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. They are owner reports and have not been verified.

Crash-test ratings

VersionOverallFrontalSideRollover
2025 Hyundai Elantra 4 DR FWD★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Source: NHTSA recalls, complaints and NCAP APIs, covering ELANTRA, ELANTRA N, ELANTRA HYBRID. Last refreshed 2026-11-15.