Model overview · 28 published model years
Hyundai Elantra complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Hyundai Elantra model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
28
Published model-year records
8,313
Matched complaint incidents
2013
Highest signal in this published set
9.1
Signal for that model year
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2023Elantra2021 to 2025 compact sedan8.1interval 5.3 to 8.490matched incidents2022Elantra2020 to 2024 compact sedan5.0interval 3.8 to 6.595matched incidents2021Elantra2019 to 2023 compact sedan5.0interval 3.7 to 6.3128matched incidents2020Elantra2018 to 2022 compact sedan8.0interval 7.1 to 8.0240matched incidents2019Elantra2017 to 2021 compact sedan6.7interval 5.6 to 7.6244matched incidents2018Elantra2016 to 2020 compact sedan6.4interval 5.5 to 7.2275matched incidents2017Elantra2015 to 2019 compact sedan8.3interval 8.1 to 8.6759matched incidents2016Elantra2014 to 2018 compact sedan5.4interval 4.6 to 6.1289matched incidents2015Elantra2013 to 2017 compact sedan3.4interval 2.1 to 4.4259matched incidents2014Elantra2012 to 2016 compact sedan4.9interval 4.4 to 6.1379matched incidents2013Elantra2011 to 2015 compact sedan9.1interval 9.1 to 9.11,309matched incidents2012Elantra2010 to 2014 compact sedan7.3interval 7.1 to 7.8650matched incidents2011Elantra2009 to 2013 compact sedan5.0interval 4.7 to 5.5431matched incidents2010Elantra2008 to 2012 compact sedan5.0interval 5.0 to 5.6378matched incidents2009Elantra2007 to 2011 compact sedan4.1interval 3.2 to 4.7247matched incidents2008Elantra2006 to 2010 compact sedan5.3interval 4.7 to 5.3314matched incidents2007Elantra2005 to 2009 compact sedan4.8interval 3.5 to 5.2266matched incidents2006Elantra2004 to 2008 compact sedan0.8interval 0.5 to 2.2155matched incidents2005Elantra2003 to 2007 compact sedan0.5interval 0.2 to 1.2137matched incidents2004Elantra2002 to 2006 compact sedan2.2interval 1.2 to 2.8182matched incidents2003Elantra2001 to 2005 compact sedan3.2interval 2.2 to 3.5234matched incidents2002Elantra2000 to 2004 compact sedan4.8interval 4.2 to 5.2342matched incidents2001Elantra1999 to 2003 compact sedan4.7interval 4.0 to 5.7315matched incidents2000Elantra1998 to 2002 compact sedan3.8interval 3.0 to 4.1197matched incidents1999Elantra1997 to 2001 compact sedan2.4interval 1.7 to 3.5128matched incidents1998Elantra1996 to 2000 compact sedan1.0interval 0.6 to 1.755matched incidents1997Elantra1995 to 1999 compact sedan3.4interval 2.2 to 5.0115matched incidents1996Elantra1994 to 1998 compact sedan2.3interval 2.3 to 4.3100matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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