Federal complaint record · Hyundai Elantra · model year 1997

1997 Hyundai Elantra

Owners submitted 115 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 34th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1995 to 1999 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Powertrain · 17% · group n = 34Engine · 14% · group n = 28Airbags · 11% · group n = 21Fuel system · 10% · group n = 20Visibility · 9% · group n = 18
115
Complaint records on file
17%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 34
34th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 25 model years

Powertrain · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Powertrain17%

Powertrain reports

Hyundai Elantra · model year 1997

Reports in this group34
Share of classified reports17%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Airbag concerns · 17 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 1 of 31997 Hyundai Elantra
Transmission behavior · 16 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 31997 Hyundai Elantra
Brake performance · 12 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 31997 Hyundai Elantra

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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