general problems of the 2017 Hyundai Elantra - part 2

Paint peeling on hood.

The paint on the hood and fenders are peeling off. If it’s washed off with a hose, the paint comes off.

The back passenger door will not open from the outside when it's unlocked and sometimes it will randomly not open from the insides (both doors). It's like I have the child lock on the doors but it's not on.

My Hyundai was stolen. After talking with the police and conducting research, kia and Hyundai are extremely easy to steal. Not to mention the whole tiktok challenge which is going around teaching people how to steal these vehicles.

Rear door isn't open able. While there's not inherent risk a faulty door could lead to a significant safety risk is a hazardous situation.

Car is easy to steal because you only need a usb to start the ignition and someone recently attempted to steal mine, but was caught in the act.

This is a very unsafe vehicle. There should be a recall!!!! this is a well known problem, yet huyndai and nthsa does nothing. How many people will be involved in an accident or killed before you do something? this vehicle has been having check engine light come on multiple times in past month. When it does the whole car shudders/shakes , and won't accelerate. There is also a knocking. This is an accident waiting to happen! first time I took it in was to a firestone shop as huyndai had no opening for weeks. I drive 60 miles 1 way for my job, so couldn't wait for huyndai. Firestone said it was misfiring, and that it was very low on oil. They couldn't get it to duplicate the incident, so couldn't figure out the problem. An oil change was done. Multiple times in next 2 weeks the light would come on, then sometimes go off with no other issues, but sometimes the same knocking sounds and shaking. I took it back to firestone and they determined a coil needed to be replaced and a spark plug. And in that short of time the oil was seriously low again. These fixes were done. The next day after picking it up, same issues!!!! firestone won't work on it now as they don't know what else to do. We have an appointment with huyndai but not until sept. 12th. What am I supposed to do???? take a chance of dying every day to get to work? I can't afford a rental for the next few weeks until huyndai can look at it. This is so unfair. Why haven't you made huyndai recall and fix this very well known issue? please help!.

My car was stolen because Hyundai manufacturers have made them easy to break into and start without a key (there is currently a lawsuit going on for Hyundais/kias). My car was stolen during daylight hours even though it was locked with no valuables inside and parked in the open. I should feel safe parking my car, but even if I get it back, I don't know that I ever will again.

Pressed the unlock button on the fab and the front passenger and back left passenger will not open anymore.

Rear driver door will not open whether in the unlock position manual or power, or lock position. Has not been checked by a dealership, police, or otherwise. Has been "locked" and unable to open for about 2 months. Safety issue- if in an accident, such as car is on fire, or under water, or passenger side is damaged to impare door, persons will be trapped and can cause death. There are no sensors, lights, etc. To indicate a problem. Internet research shows other individuals with this same problem related to Hyundai vehicles.

Passenger front door outside latch will not open door, and the same thing happened on the drivers side!.

Door handles have to be pulled multiple times to open the door, specially it’s at night it’s very dangerous for a girl and scary I can’t get into my car when I needed to.

Rear left door does not open from the inside or the outside.

Rear driver door won’t open inside or out. Unable to get to the child lock.

My rear vehicle doors will not open, could not get my passenger out. My visually impaired son had to climb over front seat to finally, get out. Thankfully , there was no emergency. No warning lights about problem. Waiting for inspection by dealership. Very hard to get appointment for service.

While driving on highway the vehicle quit running and would not restart. It seemed it lost power prior to completely dying. Check engine light came on when starting and had some hesitation but started then once on highway stalled out. Paint is also coming off hood color is pearl white.

Doors stop opening. Unable to open 3 out of 4 doors. Door will not open from inside or outside. This is a huge safety concern. If you google “Hyundai Elantra doors won’t open” there are many people with this issue.

Unable to open driver side door from outside, known latch issue. The first time this happened fob was inside car while heating up and could not get into car even with another key/fob through any door. Had to crawl through trunk. If someone such as a child or infant had been inside who could not open door, would have been a safety issue. So now cannot heat car with door locked until repair is completed. Problem is constant. Known issue with the car and Hyundai has extended the warranty to cover, but as it is a safety hazard a recall should be considered. Appointment has been scheduled for repair.

Often times the rear video backup camera built into the car blanks out when reversing, randomly. Dealership said it’s possibly bad wiring but would be expensive to investigate, with me on the hook for paying if they can’t locate the issue. After going two years with this issues intermittently occurring, I was able to get a new camera installed under warranty, as a way to ensure the camera itself is the issue. In the end, blanking out condition is still present. I do check my mirrors often but it’s not safe for this camera to blank out as often as it does. I’m hoping this is an isolated issue but in the case more owners have this concern I’d like NHTSA to investigate the matter and if needed, recall affected vehicles. A family member drove my car and was involved in a minor fender bender, with the family member stating that the back up camera camera blanked out a few times in a couple seconds as another vehicle entering their mirrors blinds spots (directly in back of car) came through. If the camera would’ve been working properly it’s possible my driver wouldn’t have stuck the other vehicle.

Originally I had gottem my oil changed at the Hyundai dealership 2 months before . The car was turning off on me while driving making slow turns or slowing down to 5mph or less. Then my car broke down on me and wouldnt turn on. Mechanic was saying there was no oil in and it created a sludge in the engine basically ruining the car. My check oil light never came on, and the oil was just recently changed so this shouldve been apart of the recall where similar issues happened.

Rear passenger door will not open from the inside or outside. Huge safety issues if get in a wreck and can get out.

The car shut out of without warning. On 10/6/2021:I pulled into the carport, as soon as I stopped the car shut off. All of the dash lights were off, radio was off, and door with not open with the buttons. The light came back on around 5 seconds later. 9/16/2021: the car shut off when was sitting in the car talking to my mom on my cell phone. Suddenly, the car shut off: no radio, no lights on the dash, the doors only opened manually. The key fob would not work. The brakes locked, the car would not start. I was able to start my ten minutes later. I purchased a battery around 3/2021.

This is a manufacturing defect issue, not a safety issue. The paint on my white Hyundai Elantra is peeling from the undercoat on the hood. The mileage is just about 8,000 miles past the paint warranty. The car is kept in the garage and well maintained. While washing it with a garden hose, the paint quickly and easily peeled off the hood in giant chucks. I found this seems to be a common problem in many states.

The vehicle shuts off without warning when idle. First time it occurred I was is a drive through and I started it up after it stalled. Second time it occurred was the following day at a red light, I went to accelerate when the light turned green and the vehicle and stalled out and I had a battery warning, oil warning, and check engine light- I had just had my car serviced a week ago where the oil was changed and the battery was tested. No to mention previously on Saturday 09/11/2021 while I was driving the traction control light came on and the rpms showed 0 and the mph showed 0 even though I was driving at around 50mph (in dry conditions) I had to pull off to the shoulder and restart my car. I currently have it at a shop.

When driving on bumpy roads or a transition to a bridge on a freeway the abs and traction control will fail. There will be the pulse sound of the abs but no brakes and the brake pedal will go stiff and brakint will take an excessive amount of time. Sometimes letting go of brake pedal and trying again will resolve issue. There have been instances where the abs, brake and traction control light have come on and the only way to fix this is to power down the car and restart. Also another issue is rough idle or misfire/check engine light when accelerating. Diagnostics is showing misfiring on cylinder 3.

Door handles not functioning on my vehicle. Rear drivers side door will not open from inside or outside. Front passenger door does not open from outside only from inside. Front drivers door has had issues opening and closing door handle currently falling off. No known recalls or safety alerts for my vehicle even though Hyundai has released a 10 year extended warranty on door handles mine is not warrantable to my knowledge.

The vehicle will just shut off while driving. I seen that other people with the same make and model is having the same issue. Have had the car in the dealership shop a number of times and they always say they do not know way it is shutting off and two or three days later they say they found the problem and it is fixed. But when I pick it up and drive least then five miles it shuts off. I have almost been ran into because the car have shut off while making a turn. I have even heard some people say they have been in accidents because of this issue. Something really need to be done about this model.

My 2017 Hyundai Elantra has problems with the ignition coil packs, sensors and engine. The car stalls at lights. It idles very rough and shakes when driving. Acts as if it will stall on the highway and extremely slow acceleration. Dealer told me there was metal parts in my oil, oil was thick sludge and that I never changed the oil. False and I have the oil change receipts to prove my oil changes. I have taken the car to the dealer numerous times for the stalling and no acceleration problems. Dealer can never get the codes or replicate the issues.

The driver side doesn't not open from outside.

At only 88,000 miles my ac compressor went out. It cost around $1000 to replace. While my car was in the shop they mentioned several others were in for ac issues.

While this may not be a safety issue, the paint is peeling on the hood of the car. There are several other places where the paint is beginning to peel on the hood, as well. There is one place on the roof of the car that is beginning to peel. I know that there have been other complaints about the paint chipping on the 2017 Hyundai Elantra, so this should be a recall.

The rear passenger door no longer opens from either the inside or outside. I discovered the issue while trying to unload my car after a trip to the store. It was working in the morning and when I returned home and parked, the door handle no longer worked. The door will lock and unlock but the handle mechanism itself is faulty. After doing research to try to fix the problem myself I've discovered that this is a common problem with the Hyundai Elantra and it is not covered under any warranty. This is a safety concern as I cannot open the door at all when transporting passengers or animals in my back seat. This has also happened previously to the front passenger door and had to be repaired. Since this is the second door this has happened to I am worried that it will happen at any time to the driver door. I have an appointment scheduled for an estimate on the cost of repair with the dealership tomorrow that I expect will run about $1500 based on my research.

Rear right door not unlocking from either outside. ## #vpic# 1 - check digit (9th position) does not calculate properly #vpic#.

The brakes on this car are horrifying. Sometimes the brakes shudder so hard that your body will physically lurch forward with the braking. (and this is only when braking from 45-50 mph, anymore feels like the car is falling apart) it feels almost as if the right front brake is ‘sticking’ causing the car to brake unevenly and stop later than it should. Sometimes I have to fully push down on the brakes to get it to stop all the way. Sometimes I will let go of the brakes and the car will slow down itself in a strange lurky way…. If I am going over 70 like on the interstate, and push on the brakes, they feel as if they cannot handle braking… the whole car, steering wheel, peddles and all vibrate intensly like the car is about to fall apart. And I’ve had many scary encounters where I have to glide my car out to the right to get the car to stop in time. I have taken into the Hyundai dealership multiple times. They always say nothing is wrong with it. I have owned this car less than a year and it is just now hitting 47,000 miles. The brakes just feel wrong. The car stability is almost nonexistant. I feel every bump or slight dip in the road, and the car follows them roughly. When braking while hitting a bump, I might as well not use them, as they won’t lock in until after the rough road. Scary car.

I have a 2017 pearl white Elantra and the paint is peeling off on my hood and my roof. The car is only 4 years old and I just hit above 30000 miles when this issue started. Even a coworker of mine who has the exact same car is having the same issue and her car basically has no paint left. Many people are having this issue and it’s disappointing that Hyundai won’t compensate their customers to get it fixed. Every time my car gets wet it gets worse it’s really ridiculous and looks terrible. Way too expensive to fix.