2009 Hyundai Elantra defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2009 Hyundai Elantra. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Throttle control system vulnerabilities
  Defect Petition DP21003 · opened Nov 12, 2021 · closed Jun 20, 2023

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received a petition letter dated October 10, 2021, requesting an investigation of possible defects in the electronic throttle control (ETC) system on certain Kia vehicles resulting in the opening of DP21-003. Accordi…