general problems of the 2008 Hyundai Elantra

The contact owns a  2008 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while the wife was driving at 30 mph, the contact's wife was involved in a no fault accident. The other vehicle involved (2020 yukon denali) ran a stop sign and hit the wife's vehicle on the front driver's side. The contact stated that none of the air bags deployed. The contact's wife was taken by ambulance to the hospital for medical attention. The contact stated that a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was condemned total loss by state farm. The contact stated his wife suffered bruises and a herniated fifth disk in her back. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 31,200.

While making a u-turn in a parking lot I accidentally ran over a pothole. Upon doing so the driver's airbag deployed burning a hole through my shirt and leaving burns on my stomach and arms. No other part of the vehicle was affected.

We pulled the car out of an intersection and t boned another car. Both cars were totaled in this accident, yet no airbags deployed. There was no fire. The accident happened on a flat roadway. The driver of the Hyundai was wearing his seatbelt. Please see pictures.

The vehicle was in an accident where the auto cartwheeled, hit a telephone pole, and landed upside down. Not a single airbag deployed.

Traveling down a dirt road at approximately 30mph. Both front airbags deployed.

Driver was doing about 50 mph. Car coming in opposite direction decided to do a u turn in front of driver and hit front of car. Airbags did not go off which was odd. Hyundai have been contacted and expect us to keep the car for around 2 months and not get it fixed until they get around to looking at it. This is obviously a delaying technique and they are very anxious to cancel the open ticket. Aaa want to get the car fixed (which is understandable as they are paying for rental car) and need to move on. Having done some investigation online, it looks evident that there are have been a number of 2008 Hyundai Elantra cars with airbags that have not worked in several road accidents.

Driver pulled car out of driveway, drove down block about 40-50 foot, turned car around and pulled up in front of residence, put car in park and driver's air bag deployed. There was no "crash", no potholes on street, no ruts in driveway he turned around in. Car was towed to dealer and they claim the computer showed car suffered impact. They also stated car had some marks underneath. If they are claiming the incident was the result of hitting a pothole, wouldn't the air bag have deployed at impact not 3-5 minutes later when car was put in park? also, ironically, this vehicle was brought to the dealer 5 days earlier for the recall repair for the air bag. There were no problems with this vehicle prior to the recall work and the incident. We live on a small dead end street with no potholes and there are no ruts or potholes in front of our house. Two neighbors witnessed the incident. The dealer offered up that since the computer says there was impact, they will do nothing for us. They state the recall repair had nothing to do with the air bag deploying when it did. I contacted my insurance company and they sent someone to look at the vehicle. Their report states that there are some marks underneath which my local mechanic says most cars that drive on our roads display. The insurance company found no damage to the frame, the radiator or anything else. The cost of fixing the car is estimated at $1793. 50. I have a $500. 00 deductible and I had to rent a vehicle at my own cost. My husband, thank god, suffered no major injuries. We are terrified to get back in this car. I tote around my grandchildren in this vehicle. I am hoping you can look into this. I would hate for anyone else to go through something like this and maybe not be so lucky as my husband was.

Vehicle was traveling north on fm 429 and hit a patch of loose gravel. The car began to skid and landed front first into an embankment. The vehicle then began to roll multiple times until it rested on its side. No air bags deployed during the entire accident. The only air bag that deployed was when she stepped on the door trying to exit the vehicle. The vehicle was rested on it's side and she had a hard time getting out of the vehicle.

On may 26 2008 my wife and I were involved in an accident. Another car ran the red light and hit us. My wife and I were injured and our car was totaled. None of the airbags went off on our brand new 2008 Hyundai Elantra. We were later told by Hyundai that passenger airbags don't always go off because of weight variations in some adults. My wife is 5' 4" and her weight is normal for her height. Hyundai never told us of this potential problem with airbag deployment. This company should be required to inform the potential buyer limitations involving safety features! many unsuspecting people could be severely injured without this knowledge. Also this information should be given to the potential buyer prior to purchasing the vehicle not after! we purchases a second Hyundai ( 2008 tucson) and this vehicle has had problems with its passenger airbag - in fact it was during this repair that Hyundai informed us of the weight issue involving airbags. Updated 01-26-09 updated 01/2609. Updated 07/16/10.