2012 Hyundai Elantra defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2012 Hyundai Elantra. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Hyundai and Kia ABS Module Fires
  Audit Query AQ23002 · opened Nov 17, 2023 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received eight Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) and eight Kia America, Inc. (Kia) Part 573 Recall Reports between 2016 and 2023. The combined 16 safety recalls all involve the antilock braking system (ABS) modules or Hydraulic Electronic Control Units (HECU) manufactured by …

• 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…

• Headliner Bracket Detachment
  Engineering Analysis EA12008 · opened Sep 13, 2012 · closed Dec 9, 2013 · led to recall 13V115000

  In March 2013, Hyundai issued a safety recall to reinforce the attachment of the metal support brackets to the headliner assembly in approximately 186,254 model year 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra vehicles built in Korea and sold in the U.S. (see NHTSA recall 13V-115 for more information).The recall covers vehicles built up…

• Side Curtain Air Bag Improper Deployment
  Preliminary Evaluation PE12012 · opened May 10, 2012 · closed Sep 17, 2012

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is aware of one incident of an improper deployment of the driver-side curtain air bag that deployed as a result of a crash involving a model year (MY) 2012 Hyundai Elantra.An inspection of this vehicle showed that a metal bracket (stiffener) in the headliner assembly had detach…