CarComplaints.com Notes: We're not used to seeing any major problems with Hyundai, which makes the early signs of trouble with the 2013 Elantra very surprising, in a bad way.
Early trends show problems with the steering wandering / pulling to one side along with premature tire wear. Elantra owners have tried sensor adjustments, wheel alignments, even replacing axles, most with no luck. Hyundai has made vehicle buybacks through arbitration, but that rarely works out well financially for owners in the end.
Also there is a pattern of complaints about the 2013 Elantra brakes grinding at very low mileage. It seems there was a bad batch of OEM pads & rotors, but so far Hyundai is not doing a recall. Instead Hyundai issued a TSB & dealers have been replacing pads & rotors on a per-complaint basis.
The final straw is that for several years in a row, Elantra owners report significantly lower gas mileage than the EPA estimates, & there's a small trend of engine problems.
8.0
pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
3,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
dealer adjusted after finding factory specs too tight (1 reports)
I park the car at home on a sloped driveway with the emergency brake engaged. while driving, I would often sense that the car was sluggish. gas mileage was awful, well below estimates (that is another complaint, as well). then it occurred to me that the wheels did not seem to be spinning freely. I brought the car to the dealer to have the emergency brake checked for unusual wear. they found the brakes from the factory were too tight, and adjusted them. I purchased the car new. I am not certain it has been totally resolved.
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I park the car at home on a sloped driveway with the emergency brake engaged. while driving, I would often sense that the car was sluggish. gas mileage was awful, well below estimates (that is another complaint, as well). then it occurred to me that the wheels did not seem to be spinning freely. I brought the car to the dealer to have the emergency brake checked for unusual wear. they found the brakes from the factory were too tight, and adjusted them. I purchased the car new. I am not certain it has been totally resolved.
- fdj, Elizabethtown, PA, US