2007 Hyundai Elantra
This year drew an ordinary 266 complaints for a Hyundai Elantra — the model's median is 260. What they were about is the unusual part: 10.5% of them mention place, against 4.1% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Hyundai Elantra was redesigned for 2007. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 266 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 260 |
| Involving a crash | 21 |
| Involving a fire | 13 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 27.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- place — 10.5% of this year's complaints, against 4.1% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: place, trying get, going over, handles.
- broken — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.5% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: broken, flaw, design flaw.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
DRIVING WEST AT SUNSET, I PULLED MY VISOR DOWN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE TO SHIELD THE SUN AND IT COMPLETELY FELL DOWN. THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT UP SOMEWHAT ARE THE VISIBLE WIRES AND THE SUPPORT CLIP ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS A HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CANNOT PULL…
WHILE CITY DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR SWIVEL BRACKET BROKE AND WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE. WORSE WHEN THE VISOR CONNECTOR BROKE IT WAS SUDDEN AND BLOCKED VISIBILITY. NOW THE VISOR WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE AND KEEPS FALLING INTO THE DRIVERS FIELD OF VISION WIT…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09V122000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 20V061000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 11V179000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 13V113000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 11V143000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 09V280000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Elantra was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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