2023 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID
1 recalls — 91 complaints
23V589000 Aug 18, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Defect Description
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Elantra HEV vehicles. A software error in the motor control unit may cause unintended vehicle acceleration after the brake pedal is released.
Consequence
Unintended vehicle acceleration can increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will update the motor control unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 29, 2023. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 248.
Complaint Statistics
91 total complaints
6 crashes 1 fires 2 injuries
Top Reported Components
| Component | Complaints |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 16 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 13 |
| STEERING | 10 |
| ENGINE | 7 |
| AIR BAGS | 6 |
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 5 |
| POWER TRAIN | 5 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 5 |
| STRUCTURE:BODY | 3 |
| TIRES | 3 |
STEERING
Apr 23, 2026
Incident date: Nov 19, 2025
I am reporting a serious safety issue involving my 2023 Hyundai Elantra. The vehicle experienced a sudden mechanical and/or electrical malfunction that made it unsafe to operate. While driving, the vehicle began displaying warning indicators and experienced abnormal performance consistent with a sys... Read more
SERVICE BRAKES
Apr 23, 2026
Incident date: Nov 19, 2025
I am reporting a serious safety issue involving my 2023 Hyundai Elantra. The vehicle experienced a sudden mechanical and/or electrical malfunction that made it unsafe to operate. While driving, the vehicle began displaying warning indicators and experienced abnormal performance consistent with a sys... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Apr 23, 2026
Incident date: Nov 19, 2025
I am reporting a serious safety issue involving my 2023 Hyundai Elantra. The vehicle experienced a sudden mechanical and/or electrical malfunction that made it unsafe to operate. While driving, the vehicle began displaying warning indicators and experienced abnormal performance consistent with a sys... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Apr 18, 2026
Incident date: Apr 18, 2026
Got a check hybrid system while driving on a busy road. Car couldn’t accelerate and had to come to a complete stop.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jan 2, 2026
Incident date: Dec 23, 2025
Instrument cluster panel - while driving, my cluster panel occasionally glitches before returning to normal. Ultimately, when I was on the highway, it all went black. Nothing is visible anymore. I can’t tell if I need gas, if my tires are low, if an oil change is due, or if there are any warnings ... Read more
AIR BAGS
Jan 2, 2026
Incident date: Dec 23, 2025
I was performing a low-speed maneuver to reverse-park into my driveway. After making a right turn between my driveway and the driveway of a neighboring townhouse across the street, I came to a complete stop. When I shifted the vehicle into reverse, the vehicle did not reverse as expected and instead... Read more
Crash
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 2, 2026
Incident date: Dec 23, 2025
I was performing a low-speed maneuver to reverse-park into my driveway. After making a right turn between my driveway and the driveway of a neighboring townhouse across the street, I came to a complete stop. When I shifted the vehicle into reverse, the vehicle did not reverse as expected and instead... Read more
Crash
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Sep 8, 2025
Incident date: May 21, 2025
Bought my new 2025 explorer an 2 days laterits been parked I noticed a craked on the windshield there is no rock ship nor nothing hit it but i did notice theres 2 cracks on the top black part of windshield where it just out of nowhere keeps cracking down took it to safelite an they said thats a Defe... Read more
STEERING
Jul 29, 2025
Incident date: Jul 29, 2025
Lost power steering in the middle of a corner..Almost but me into pole ..No warning..later on warning came on.Truck has 32000 miles on it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 23, 2025
Incident date: Jun 20, 2025
Audi had a recall on my 2018 A3 for a Passenger Occupant Detection System. in July 2023, Audi replaced the PODS Sensor mat. Recently, the same car has encountered the same issue. The PODS light indicates the airbag is off even if a passenger is sitting in the seat. There has been not repair work ... Read more
BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
Jun 19, 2025
Incident date: Jun 10, 2025
The vehicles MMI system out of nowhere keeps turning off and says "checking for remote access rights" and this happens constantly now for the past few months. Happened to reboot when I was backing out of a parking spot and my rear view camera turned off as well as the parking collision monitoring ... Read more
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 20, 2025
Incident date: May 11, 2025
My vehicle is having symptoms described in the recall (Safety Recall: 2018–23 Odyssey Fuel Pump Motor - RCRIT-23V858-259). Although my VIN number does not show eligible for this Recall but I am having symptoms mentioned on this recall: 1. Difficulty starting Car and its intermittent. 2. Car Sta... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
May 19, 2025
Incident date: May 2, 2025
All vehicles screens including the speedometer turned off multiple times while driving. When screen came back online a large number of warning lights popped up including that there was a shift system fault. The light showing that the vehicle was in drive was no longer lit up. Immediately stopped veh... Read more
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
May 19, 2025
Incident date: May 2, 2025
The issue involves the hybrid electric powertrain or electrical control system in my 2023 Hyundai Elantra Limited Hybrid. The vehicle has shut off multiple times while driving, with complete loss of power and propulsion. This poses a serious safety risk, as it happens without warning in the middle o... Read more
VISIBILITY/WIPER
May 19, 2025
Incident date: May 2, 2025
Drivers door mirror glass vibrates excessively at highway speed causing dizziness and complete lack of visibility from the mirror.
AIR BAGS
Apr 22, 2025
Incident date: Apr 21, 2025
the dashboard has a fitted leather coating covering the airbag... the leather and its surrounding seals has melted.. almost entirely.. and it is rippled and uneven all around... this is widespread for these models and may cause problems with the airbag in the dash...the airbag has to be able to depl... Read more
POWER TRAIN
Apr 8, 2025
Incident date: Apr 5, 2025
While driving in a parking lot. The car wouldn't accelerate. Kept pressing on the gas pedal but the car wouldn't move. After about 5 seconds the car shut down. I had to place the car on P then press the start button, pressed the brake pedal and then the start button again and the car turned back on
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
Apr 8, 2025
Incident date: Apr 5, 2025
Lost all cameras including rear view camera. Tesla diagnosed that I need to replace AP4 computer. This seems exactly like the case of 25V002000 with circuit board failure. But my VIN was not included in this recall, which seems to indicate that Tesla does not have complete understanding of the ... Read more
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Apr 8, 2025
Incident date: Apr 5, 2025
The horn stopped working less than a year after I bought the car brand new. The dealer finally agreed to repair/replace it in Feb 2024. Less than a year later it is not working again. A horn is important for alerting other drivers to impending collisions. It also leaves me without a panic button, an... Read more
ENGINE
Mar 19, 2025
Incident date: Mar 19, 2025
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the message "Engine Coolant Over-Temperature" was displayed, and the temperature gauge warning light illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the vehicle. The vehicle w... Read more
POWER TRAIN
Mar 12, 2025
Incident date: Jan 3, 2025
My vehicle has 80,000 miles. It has a popping sound when accelerating from stop. Dealership found metal chunks in the transmission and transfer case. Luckily I brought the problem to them before catastrophic failure while driving. Both are needing complete replacements.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Feb 25, 2025
Incident date: Feb 25, 2025
UNKNOWN I had the lane assist feature on and was taking the second lane from right to turn off to exit when the alarm went off, the wheel turned itself and it started braking. There was nothing where it was trying to avoid and actually almost had me run into another by turning me left back onto the ... Read more
SERVICE BRAKES
Feb 25, 2025
Incident date: Feb 25, 2025
While driving down highway, the ABS light and traction lights came on and cruise control was disabled and brakes was catching as if applying the brakes. After stopping, tried to place the truck in 4WD to no avail. Reset the light by disconnecting the battery, but the warning light for traction came ... Read more
POWER TRAIN
Feb 25, 2025
Incident date: Feb 25, 2025
Complete transmission and transfer assembly failure at 72,000. Just outside manufacturer warranty. Toyota Dealership and Corporate refused to acknowledge responsibility, stating that the transmission and transfer assembly met warranty requirements, and that they would not entertain assistance.
STEERING
Jan 21, 2025
Incident date: Jan 21, 2025
Whenever it gets cold, the car will being to experience brake systems failure, it was suddenly only go 62MPH. On this particular occasion, the car died in the middle of the street, thus blocking the street and causing a police response. Contacted Honda Support and they advised it would be up to 2 ... Read more
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Dec 25, 2024
Incident date: Dec 12, 2024
The glare off the dashboard onto the windshield in sunny conditions is truly ungood. It is well documented, with a variety of after-market solutions, including some that are unsafe and/or illegal in certain jurisdictions: [XXX] Please insist that GM fix this problem. Lack of Apple CarPlay is al... Read more
SERVICE BRAKES
Dec 2, 2024
Incident date: Nov 14, 2024
We were bringing our 2022 wagoneer to the dealership to have them investigate an issue with the battery light coming on this morning. While driving on interstate 95 north, all power cut out on the car, the power steering stopped working and the brakes failed. My husband had to navigate across 4 la... Read more
ENGINE
Dec 2, 2024
Incident date: Oct 1, 2024
43000 miles on car. original owner. new battery. car does not cold start in the morning. all electronics light up, but engine doesn't start. This is a known issue from all the posts i found online, yet Hyundai has not issued a recall. I paid 300 for a battery 2 weeks ago and the issue didn't resolve... Read more
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Sep 26, 2024
Incident date: Sep 20, 2024
The multimedia display, which shows the gps mapping being sync'd from my phone has a pop up advertisement ""experience drive connect"" for a subscription service. According to multiple dealers this can not be disabled or turned off except by subscribing to Toyota Drive Connect. So, without a subscri... Read more
SEATS
Sep 26, 2024
Incident date: Sep 20, 2024
My passenger headrest deployed while I was driving. My passenger just felt alittle hit in back of her head from the impact but nothing major. Nobody has looked at it because it just happened last night.
STEERING
Aug 23, 2024
Incident date: Oct 26, 2023
The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle became difficult to maneuver and failed to return to normal operation. The contact stated that the center information display intermittently lost electrical power. No warning light wa... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Aug 23, 2024
Incident date: Oct 26, 2023
The contact owns a 2023 Fisker Ocean. The contact stated that upon attempting to enter the vehicle, he became aware that the wireless keyfod was not functioning. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. The contact also stated that he had replaced th... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Aug 8, 2024
Incident date: Aug 8, 2024
While driving, I turned the volume on the radio a couple clicks louder using the steering wheel controls. After I stopped pushing the volume button on the steering wheel, it continued to rapidly increase volume until it maxed out. It was incredibly loud, in a panic, I verified the VOL+ button was no... Read more
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Aug 8, 2024
Incident date: Aug 8, 2024
Hello. As I come to a complete stop the car will go into auto-stop. After releasing the brake pedal the car will jerk forward . As I press the gas pedal the car Jerks and shakes . The rpm jumps way up and the mph say low.. there's been times I try to accelerate and the car with jerk and put itself i... Read more
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
Aug 8, 2024
Incident date: Aug 8, 2024
Since 2/2/24 13 episodes of all safety features failing including blind spot monitor, lane keep assist, forward collision warning, and others. Last occurrence on 8-8-24. On one occasion the car failed to accelerate in the middle of an intersection, the car did move slowly and operation returned to n... Read more
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Jul 26, 2024
Incident date: Jul 9, 2024
The contact owns a 2019 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The ... Read more
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Jul 26, 2024
Incident date: Jul 9, 2024
The contact owns a 2015 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that after parking the vehicle, it was discovered that brake fluid was leaking from the front driver’s side wheel well. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the front driver's side brake hose had ruptured, causing th... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 21, 2024
Incident date: Jun 16, 2024
Sunroof malfunction/leaking sunroof. Originally occurred in 2020 with the track not operating correctly. Manufacturer was able to fix that. However, after that it started leaking whenever it rained. Not pouring in the vehicle but dripping out of the sunroof control panel. It’s done it ever since ... Read more
AIR BAGS
Jun 21, 2024
Incident date: Jun 16, 2024
The contact owns a 2019 Volkswagen Atlas. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V215000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The de... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 21, 2024
Incident date: Jun 16, 2024
I experienced an issue where I was driving the vehicle, and then a "hybrid system fault" message appeared on the driver information display followed by the complete loss of power. This made me have to pull over to the side of the road with no ability to accelerate out of the way of traffic to come t... Read more
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
Apr 29, 2024
Incident date: Feb 16, 2024
1. What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Ans: The Forward Collision Warning didn't detect any vehicle ahead of me at the time of collision which caused the crash. 2. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? Ans: Me and ... Read more
Crash
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Apr 29, 2024
Incident date: Feb 16, 2024
Battery drain issue caused by over the air updates causing Low Battery warnings to occur. This issue has been repeatedly looked at and brought to the dealership since purchase. Alternator replaced at dealership. Battery replaced at dealership. Updates forced by dealership, multiple times. Battery mi... Read more
POWER TRAIN
Apr 29, 2024
Incident date: Feb 16, 2024
My vehicle a 2019 Honda Ridgeline has an identified issue with the torque converter from the dealership. American Honda has a Service Bulletin 23-078 (listed below) that covers the exact same issue but my VIn falls short of being included in this identified and known issue. MULTIPLE Honda Ridgeline ... Read more
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
Apr 19, 2024
Incident date: Apr 15, 2024
My ball joint separation severed the bolt holding the drive axle in place due to that the car Is damaged and I have not been able to get it back right yet
Crash
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Apr 19, 2024
Incident date: Apr 15, 2024
My ball joint separation severed the bolt holding the drive axle in place due to that the car Is damaged and I have not been able to get it back right yet
Crash
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Mar 23, 2024
Incident date: Mar 22, 2024
Currently own a 2017 Honda Accord Sport just over 100k miles, regularly maintained and serviced. All of a sudden my vehicle takes longer to start and the most shocking issue is that I was driving to work as normal and when I went to accelerate onto the interstate my vehicle suddenly started jerking ... Read more
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Mar 23, 2024
Incident date: Mar 22, 2024
Currently own a 2017 Honda Accord Sport just over 100k miles, regularly maintained and serviced. All of a sudden my vehicle takes longer to start and the most shocking issue is that I was driving to work as normal and when I went to accelerate onto the interstate my vehicle suddenly started jerking ... Read more
TIRES:SIDEWALL
Mar 11, 2024
Incident date: Mar 10, 2024
235 60r18 103h Sidewall popped like balloon at under 40mph. Instant flat. Tire hadn’t been touched since last rotation 2 months ago. No sensor indicator for low tire pressure. 23 KIA Sportage hybrid. 20k miles. Never seen tire tear like this in my 53 years.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Feb 23, 2024
Incident date: Feb 22, 2024
We purchased the car around Thanksgiving of last year (2023). A month and a half after purchase, we noticed all the warning lights coming on all at once. When we reported the incident and safety concern with the Kia dealership, they claimed it would be okay and we had nothing to worry about until ou... Read more
ENGINE
Jan 4, 2024
Incident date: Jan 4, 2024
We were driving on the interstate when suddenly the check engine light began flashing and the engine began to lose power. We were able to coast to a safe location to pull off, but had it not been Christmas day and there was more traffic, the situation would have been much more dangerous. Once pulle... Read more
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EPA Fuel Economy — 2023 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID
| Trim / Engine | City MPG | Highway MPG | Combined MPG | Fuel Type | Annual Fuel Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6L 4-cyl, Automatic (AM-S6) (Front-Wheel Drive) | 49.0 | 52.0 | 50.0 | Regular | $1,350 |
CO2 Emissions: 177.0 g/mile (Midsize Cars)
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Actual fuel economy may vary based on driving conditions.
HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID — All Years Overview
Complete safety history for the HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID across all model years (2021–2026).
12
Total Recalls
221
Total Complaints
0
Investigations
16
Reported Crashes
3
Reported Fires
2
Reported Deaths