2005 Hyundai Elantra
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TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH OR HIGHER, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED AND THE DOOR FRACTURED ON THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES, ARM PAINS, BRUISING TO THE HIPS, AND A PULLED MUSCLE IN THE RIGHT LEG. THE REAR PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISING TO THE LEFT EYE, HIP, AND HEAD. THE CHILD PASSENGER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND ABRASIONS TO THE ARM. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND PARKED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V395000 (AIR BAGS), BUT DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF THE RECALL REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. UPDATED 07/27/16*LJ
I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WITH MY 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. MY FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. IDENTICAL TO THE OTHER VEHICLE. MY AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AND MY SEATBELT DIDN'T LATCH. I SLID UNDER THE BELT UP TO MY RIBS, SMASHING MY KNEE, FEET AND FIST INTO THE DASH. MY AIRBAG LIGHT LIT UP AS IF MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED. MY REPAIR MAN WAS APPALLED THAT THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. HE SAID I HAD VERY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND IT SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. I DON'T BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED TO THE DEGREE THAT I WAS IN THE ACCIDENT. I AM SUPPOSED TO GET MY CAR BACK TOMORROW (REPAIRED!?) NOTHING WAS DONE TO ADDRESS THE AIRBAG SITUATION EXCEPT RESETTING THE LIGHT ON THE DASH. HYUNDAI REPLACED THE SEATBELT, THEY TOLD MY REPAIR MAN THAT THE PRE-TENSOR WENT OFF AS IT SHOULD...THAT IS A LIE. OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE SLID UNDER THE SEATBELT. I THINK THIS IS A HUGE COVERUP. I KNOW OF ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE HYUNDAI 5 STAR CRASH RATING....I WILL HAVE HER CONTACT YOU AS WELL. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND FILED A REPORT. BOTH PARTIES WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CONTACT'S NOSE WAS FRACTURED IN THREE PLACES. SHE ALSO SUSTAINED THREE BROKEN RIBS, A PUNCTURED LUNG, A BROKEN HIP AND PELVIS, AND A FRACTURED ANKLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 36,000.
AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE VEHICLE WAS HIT SO HARD THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURY TO THEIR CHEST AREA FROM THE FORCE OF THE SEAT BELT STRAP HOLDING THEM BACK RATHER THAN THE AIRBAGS ASSISTING IN THE IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS A DETERMINED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *NM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A VEHICLE IN FRONT STALLED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO REAR END THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,500.
TOOK SHARP TURN RIGHT TO MISS A CAR THAT WAS HEADED FOR ME HIT A TELEPHONE POLE, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. INJURIES INCLUDED CONCUSSION, WHIP LASH, BROKEN HAND, BRUISED RIBS, GLASS AND CUTS IN HEAD FROM WINDSHIELD, LIP WAS TORN IN HALF AND BRUISED, TWO DAY HOSPITAL STAY AND A TOTALED CAR. *TR
ON DECEMBER 10, 2011, I WAS TURNING FROM NORTHBOUND GARY AV. ONTO EASTBOUND LAWRENCE AVE. AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. WHILE I WAS TURNING MY ACCELERATOR STUCK THE ENGINE SPED OUT OF CONTROL TO AT LEAST 40 MPH. I SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A TRUCK TURNING ONTO GARY AND MY CAR WENT OVER THE SOUTH CURB.. AND MY ATTEMPTS TO BREAK WERE FAILING ALL THIS TIME... I CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE INTO SOMEBODY'S BACK YARD WENT DOWN HILL ABOUT 50 FEET AND RAN INTO A TREE. I THEN TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE INVESTIGATING BLOOMINGDALE POLICE OFFICER STARTED THE CAR AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS STILL STUCK IN THE WIDE OPEN POSITION. THE BODY SHOP PERSONNEL ALSO CONFIRMED THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WA TRAVELING 55 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. AS A RESULT, A MULTIPLE CAR CRASH ENSUED AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A BUS. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD, NECK AND BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 09/21/11*LJ UPDATED 10/31/11*LJ UPDATED 2/23/12 *CN
AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS, GOING EAST ON HWY 11, RAINING AND SWERVED TO AVOID ONCOMING VEHICLE, LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WENT AIRBORNE OVER THE BACKSIDE OF THE CULVERT AND LANDED ON THE NOSE OF THE VEHICLE AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES, 5 TIMES IS THE EST GIVEN TO ME. THE FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANY INJURIES INCLUDING HEAD INJURY, CERVICAL STRAIN, MUSCLE SPASMS, SEVERE CONTUSIONS TO CHEST, HIP, PELVIS, ARM, KNEE, NECK. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 5 MPH INTO A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT INTENT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE TOWN BUILDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGES AND COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE CRASH SITE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, AND THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES TO THE SHOULDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THE ACCUSATION OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION FURTHER. NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 33,419.
TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA . ON APRIL 24, 2009 WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE PRECEDING VEHICLE BRAKED UNEXPECTEDLY. WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED HER BRAKE THEY FAILED TO WORK AND SHE CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. SHE EXPERIENCED MINOR INJURIES, BUT HER CHILDREN WHO WERE PASSENGERS WERE UNHARMED. SHE HAS NOT HAD PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. SHE DID HOWEVER MENTION HEARING A SQUEAKING NOISE ABOUT TWICE PRIOR TO THE CRASH, BUT WAS NOT SURE IF IT WAS RELATED TO THE BRAKE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47000. UPDATED 05/18/09. *LJ UPDATED 05/19/09.*B
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALED.
SON WAS OPERATING A 2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GL AND SIDE SWIPED A 10 WHEEL DUMP TRUCK. DRIVERS SIDE OUTSIDE DOOR MIRROR DETACHED AND WENT THROUGH PASSENGER COMPARTMENT SHATTERING DRIVERS WINDOW AND PASSENGER WINDOW. GLASS CAUSED PHYSICAL INJURY. IF OPERATOR WAS SITTING CLOSER TO STEERING WHEEL OR THERE WAS A PASSENGER, SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH COULD HAVE OCCURRED. REPAIR FACILITY STATED IT WAS ONE OF MULTIPLE CASES THEY HAD SEEN OF THIS SAME OCCURRENCE. *JB
ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2005 A YOUNG MAN WAS RACING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 75 IN SHERMAN. HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER SOUTHBOUND CAR AND KNOCKED ACROSS A GRASSY MEDIAN, INTO MY CAR HEAD ON. MY AIRBAG ON THE DRIVER SIDE DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY, HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER BAG DID NOT DEPLOY RIGHT AWAY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY TO ONE OF MY PASSENGERS, TONI FOLSOM. ON INITIAL IMPACT, TONI FLEW FORWARD AND HER HEAD IMPACTED THE WINDSHIELD, THE SEAT BELT THEN YANKED HER BACK AND SHE FLEW FORWARD AGAIN AND ONLY THEN DID THE AIRBAG DEPLOY. TONI HAD A BROKEN NOSE, CONCUSSION, 30 STITCHES IN HER FACE, AND A PERFORATED COLON FROM THE SEAT BELT. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. MY CONCERN IS THE FACT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED LATE. I KNOW OF ANOTHER MAN WHOSE SENSOR IN HIS 2004 HYUNDAI ELANTRA IS NOT WORKING FOR HIS PASSENGER BAG AND THE DEALERSHIP KEEPS TELLING HIM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU, CHERIE ODOM . *NM
Filed by owners of this model year and unverified by NHTSA — one person’s account, not an established fact.
HYUNDAI IS RECALLING 3,011 MODEL YEAR 2005-2007 ELANTRA, TUCSON, SONATA, AZERA AND ACCENT VEHICLES. A MALFUNCTIONING STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. A DEFECTIVE STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY ALSO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE-TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK FEATURE SO THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFT OUT OF THE "PARK" POSITION. IT MAY ALSO CAUSE THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) MALFUNCTION LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, AND IT MAY NOT DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STOP LAMP SWITCH FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI OF PUERTO RICO CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-787-999-4310.
CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ADVANCED AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT OF THE VEHICLE MAY MISCLASSIFY A CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT (CRS) AS AN ADULT. THIS MAY OCCUR IF THE CRS IS INSTALLED AFTER AN ADULT HAS BEEN SEATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT. IF THERE HAS NOT BEEN A 'KEY ON' ' KEY OFF' CYCLE WITH THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT EMPTY PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF THE CRS.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE VEHICLE'S OCS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) TO REMOVE THE FEATURE THAT MAY CAUSE THE CRS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN ADULT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 15, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI OF PUERTO RICO AT 1-800-981-0188.
CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ADVANCED AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT OF THE VEHICLE MAY MISCLASSIFY A CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT (CRS) AS AN ADULT. THIS MAY OCCUR IF THE CRS IS INSTALLED AFTER AN ADULT HAS BEEN SEATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT. IF THERE HAS NOT BEEN A 'KEY ON' ' KEY OFF' CYCLE WITH THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT EMPTY PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF THE CRS.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE VEHICLE'S OCS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) TO REMOVE THE FEATURE THAT MAY CAUSE THE CRS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN ADULT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 31, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-633-5151.
CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH THREADED PORTIONS OF THE STEERING GEARBOX ASSEMBLY'S LEFT AND RIGHT INNER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLIES THAT CONTAIN INTERNAL CRACKS IN THE MATERIAL STRUCTURE.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STEERING GEARBOX ASSEMBLIES ON THESE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS WERE CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE BEGINNING ON APRIL 8, 2005, AND INSTRUCTED NOT TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES. HYUNDAI WILL ARRANGE TO PICK UP AND RETURN THEIR VEHICLES AFTER REPAIR. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-633-5151.
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