Brake Abs Warning Light Problems of Hyundai Elantra

The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that upon start up of the vehicle, her brakes would not function upon depression of the brake pedal; the emergency brake and the abs warning lights illuminated. The contact immediately pulled back into her driveway and shut off the vehicle. As the vehicle was off, a white color smoke began to emit from the abs system of the engine. Upon further inspection, the contact's husband saw that the wires connected to the abs had began to melt; therefore, he disconnected the battery and fuses. The vehicle had yet to be serviced or diagnosed for the failure. Upon investigation, the contact linked her failure to NHTSA campaign number: 20v061000 (service brakes, hydraulic); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The contact attempted to call the manufacturer but was unable to reach a representative. The failure mileage was 125,000.

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In December 2017 & January 2018 on multiple occasions the cars abs light came on for no apparent reason and the car would not stop as if the brakes were not applied at all. A vibration was noticed like the brakes would in a skidding situation but that was not the case. The failure resulted in a couple few calls and finally an accident . It was brought to the Hyundai dealership where we were told there were no failures or codes in the computer to indicate a problem. A week later we received a recall notice from Hyundai - NHTSA campaign number 17v-769 (Hyundai campaign 170). This was the stopper pad recall and it did fix the problem. Looking at the invoice from the dealer the recall was done but we were never told it was related to the problem. The recall notice did not seem to properly state the serious risk of the problem. It did state it could increase the risk of a crash but also stated "a deteriorated stopper pad does not affect the performance of the vehicle's service brake system". This was found obviously to not be true. I believe the notice should have stated not to drive the car until the recall was completed. We were lucky not to be injured but the car did have over a thousand in damage. We called and emailed the manufacturer but never received a response.

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The esc (traction control) randomly comes on while cruising at highway speeds on straight, level, dry roads (often on interstates). Sometimes the abs lights also light up. Brakes are applied and power to the engine is suspended making the can nearly impossible to control properly. My car has been in the shop now under warranty for over 60 consecutive days and the dealership and Hyundai cannot determine the reason for this malfunction. After repeated requests to have the car repaired under warranty, this car has been in an accident and I have asked Hyundai to determine the relevance of this repeated malfunction in the accident where the car would not stop quickly enough to avoid another motorist. This car was purchased used with 20,185 miles on it and currently has around 22k miles and is under a bumper to bumper warranty.

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During normal vehicle operation at approx. 45 mph, dry pavement, the vehicle brakes suddenly locked up, causing the vehicle to skid left into oncoming traffic with tires screeching. During the skid into oncoming traffic and a frightening attempt to control the vehicle, the abs light blinked several times then went off. This could have resulted in deadly consequences had I been driving in heavy traffic or on an interstate. ( a few days prior, while traveling at approx. 50 mph the brakes were making a horrific grinding noise with no pressure applied to the brake pedal. This resulted in decrease of speed in the vehicle in which it would not accelerate above 40 mph. ) the vehicle was towed to the Hyundai dealer where they questioned if there was any problem. The computer readings were all good and showed no problems with the vehicle. Finally, after a service technician driving it home for the night and experiencing the problem twice himself, they realized there was a serious issue with the brakes. The hecu (hydraulic electronic control unit) had failed at 31,685 miles. This is the answer the service department has given for the problem. The vehicle is still currently in the service department being repaired. I am still in fear of driving this vehicle even though it is being repaired.

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The abs warning light was noted to be on continuously for more than a week. The problem was traced to a broken wire in the main engine harness. There was no noticeable change in performance of the vehicle.

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The cruise control on Hyundai Elantra failed to disengage while I driving on highway at 70 mph despite repeatedly pushing the "cancel" and "off" buttons. Firm braking also failed to disengage the cruise control. I managed to stop only after pulling the emergency brake and applying heavy/maximum braking. Smoke. Tires destroyed. Scary! my child and I almost died. The abs and esc off lights came on and remained on. Kia and Hyundai recently recalled 1. 9 million vehicles to fix this issue. However, this incident suggests that Hyundai has not fixed the problem because my car had the recall procedure completed one month prior to the incident occuring.

Last Jan we had our passenger side visor fall without any manipulation and after taking the vehicle to Hyundai they told us that the screws which are holding them together are rusted. In July 2012 the driver side visor also fell off and we took it to Hyundai and they quoted us $380 just to have it fixed. It was Hyundai who placed unusable and rusted parts in vehicles and later stated that we are out of warranty and would need to furnish the payment for something that we are not at fault for. Also abs light comes up and even after changing all the brake pads and rooters, does not resolve. It is the manufacturing defect which made the visors come off and hang by the wires so why should we be responsible to pay for the manufacturing defects?? please investigate.

Abs warning light intermittently flashes on and stays on while driving. This could result in either none deployment or premature deployment of air bags. Cause of the problem undetermined. Abl. Pco.

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