2011 Hyundai Elantra Engine Problems

Your engine has a piston defect that causes a knocking sound whenever you accelerate. According to a class action settlement, 2011-2016 Elantra engines are known to have this issue that can lead to engine failure. You may be eligible for engine repairs, replacement, or reimbursement under the settlement. Fixing this issue typically requires engine repair or replacement, depending on the extent of the damage.

When I start the engine, I hear pronounced knocking sounds in the engine for approximately 1-2 seconds, and they are quite loud. As the engine warms up, the knocking persists, albeit at a lower volume. The ongoing knocks are not as loud, resembling a consistent noise similar to that of a diesel engine, although it is not a diesel-powered vehicle

10 am Sunday morning going to church I am about 2 miles away from home I started hearing trickled sound at front before entering the freeway. Then about 5 miles before my exit the noise start to get louder and I decided to go 25 mph after I exited the freeway. I stopped at AutoZone parking lot to check and didn't find anything unusual.No engine lights or anything on the dashboard. After 2 hours parked at AutoZone I drove it home at slow speed and decided not to use the freeway so I can keep moving 25 mph max. It's a scary situation and good thing is I'm the driving not my wife. It has closed to 130,000 miles.

The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, she heard an abnormal sound coming from the front of the vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving to her destination. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing a piston to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 123,500.

The 2011 Hyundai Elantra false starts. I’ve changed the battery and gotten a tune up. I’ve taken it into the dealership and paid for a diagnostic, even the Hyundai dealership says they cannot explain why the car is false starting. I believe it is my engine. But why isn’t my car Included in the engine recall?

ENGINE KNOCKING NOISE, EVEN AFTER ENGINE REPLACEMENT BY CAR REPAIR SHOP, ENGINE TICKS AGAIN. ALL 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA'S ENGINE TICKS UNNATURALLY.

The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced at the dealer for an engine failure and after retrieving the vehicle the check engine light would remain illuminated while driving. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who diagnosed that the engine was again faulty and needed additional repairs. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 109,000.

ENGINE KNOCKING NOISE, EVEN AFTER ENGINE REPLACEMENT BY CAR REPAIR SHOP, ENGINE TICKS AGAIN. ALL 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA'S ENGINE TICKS UNNATURALLY.

MY DAILY DRIVER BEGAN TO MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE AND MY DASHBOARD BREAK LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED SERVICE WITH MY HYUNDAI DEALER. BUT IT DID NOT MAKE THE (2) DAYS WAIT. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE FRONT END BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY PULL TO THE RIGHT AS IF THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE WAS BEING TAPPED INDEPENDENTLY. WITHIN MINUTES ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL SHUT OFF AND THE ENGINE STALLED. I DRIFTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE ELECTRICAL DID COME BACK ON BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO CLOSEST HYUNDAI DEALER, WHO SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND ALL THAT WAS AVAILABLE WAS A USED ENGINE WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF 5,000.00 DOLLARS WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT IT MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS.

KNOCKING NOISE ON ENGINE I HAVE DONE ALL THE OIL CHANGE ON TIME IT ONLY HAS 60000 MILES WHAT'S GOING ON A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING AND HYUNDAI IS NOT DOING ANYTHING I PAYED A LOT FOR THIS CAR MONTHS AGO AND NOW

THERE WAS TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE WHEN THE CAR REACHED ABOUT 80K MILES. THIS IS KNOWN FOR IN THE 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRAS BUT HYUNDIA HAS YET TO RECALL THE ELANTRAS JUST THE SONATAS. DESPITE CONSTANT AND FREQUENT OIL CHANGES OIL SLUDGE FORMED AND ENTERED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COMPLETELY RENDERING IT UNREPAIRABLE. A "NEW" ENGINE HAD TO BE PLACED BUT I WAS WARNED THE PROBLEM COULD OCCUR AGAIN BUT A RECALL STILL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTING OUT, MISFIRING AND BLUE SMOKE WAS BEING RELEASED FROM THE EXHAUST DUE TO THIS

I WAS TOLD THAT METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN THE ENGINE BLOCK AND THEY ALSO COVERED MY CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE METAL SHAVINGS LEAD TO THE PISTONS NOT GETTING ENOUGH OIL AND IT THREW A ROD, AS A RESULT OF THESE MEDAL SHAVINGS AND LITTLE OIL VISCOSITY. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION, ON THE HIGHWAY.

ENGINE KNOCKING, POSSIBLE PISTON DEFECT

THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING AT ALL TIMES

DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER, BOUCHER HYUNDIA OF WAUKESHA AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND OFF WITH CODES P2096 AND P0304. CODES ARE RELATED TO CYLINDER 3 AND 4 MISFIRES. DEALER FOUND ENGINE MAKING A NOISE FROM LOWER END AND RECOMMENDS AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT. DEALER DISASSEMBLED THE VEHICLE TO DOCUMENT POSSIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA. AFTER FOUR WEEKS HMA DECLINED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REASSEMBLED AND RETURNED TO THE OWNER. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN OFF THE DEALER LOT, IT STALLED IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING. THE EIGHT YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH 126,000 MILES IS A UNFIXABLE AND HAS LOST MARKET VALUE.

MY 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HAS THIS TICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE FOR OVER 12MONTHS. I HAS CONSTANTLY CALLED EVEN HAD THE CAR TOWED 4 TO 5 TIMES TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME THING THAT THE HYUNDAI MOTOR WANT AND WOULDN'T DECLARED THE CAR A LEMON. THE CAR CONSTANTLY WOULD NOT START OR WHEN IT DID START WHILE DRIVING IT WOULD SLOW DOWN AND THEN SHUT COMPLETELY OFF WHERE I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BACK UP. THE CAR IS ALWAYS KEEPED IN A CLOSE GARAGE AND REGARDLESS TO THE WEATHER IT CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS LOUD RAZZING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. SERVICE MANAGER CHAD REPEATEDLY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. NOW THE DEALERSHIP WANTS ME TO PAY 7000 DOLLARS FOR A NEW ENGINE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED OR WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL TICKING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PEACOCK HYUNDAI COLUMBIA (310 GREYSTONE BLVD, COLUMBIA, SC 29210, (803) 799-1234) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STIVERS HYUNDAI (101 NEWLAND RD, COLUMBIA, SC 29229, (803) 419-7819) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LIFTERS, ENGINE, AND TIMING BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 35887131. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE FAMILY GARAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE. A FIRE REPORT AND A POLICE REPORT WERE FILED. SMOKE FILLED THE HOME AND THE GARAGE DRYWALL CEILING HAD COLLAPSED AND BLACKENED THE INTERIOR OF THE GARAGE. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND FULL OF WATER. THE FIRE STARTED ON THE DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THE EXACT CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AS OF YET. THE VEHICLE 'S WHOLE FRONT FROM THE ENGINE HAD BEEN BURNED OUT. THE GLASS EXPLODED AND THE VEHICLE WAS RIPPED OPEN USING A JAWS OF LIFE TOOL SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD PUT OUT THE FIRE FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 68,000.

SEVERE ENGINE KNOCKING FOR OVER 12 MONTHS WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS STORED IN AN ENCLOSED GARAGE YEAR ROUND. KNOCKING OCCURS NO MATTER THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE. THE VEHICLE SEIZED UP AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO MAKE REPAIRS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA TOURING. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL TICKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE NOISE WAS PERSISTENT. LUTHER BURNSVILLE HYUNDAI (14700 BUCK HILL RD, BURNSVILLE, MN 55306, (612) 424-7923) INFORMED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE PISTONS WERE CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000. *BF *JB

CAR RANDOMLY WOULDN'T START THIS MORNING.

RATTLING/KNOCKING NOISE WHILE CAR IS RUNNING, INCREASE IN NOISE AS YOU ACCELERATE.

ENGINE TICKING AT IDLE AND ACCELERATION. HAD LIFTERS REPLACED AND OIL PUMP COSTING $1500. ENGINE CONTINUED WITH TICKING NOISE. BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WHICH IS 2.5 HOURS AWAY. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. HYUNDAI HAS DECLINED THE REQUEST RELATED TO MILEAGE AND TIME. REALLY. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 79,000 MILES ON IT. HYUNDAI CURRENTLY HAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT RELATED TO THE TICKING NOISE. HYUNDAI KNOWS THAT THE ENGINES ARE FAULTY BUT REFUSE TO PUT OUT A RECALL. HOW CAN YOU LET HYUNDAI CONTINUE TO RESELL THESE CARS. THIS IS BASICALLY FRAUD. HYUNDAI ELANTRAS FROM 2011-2016 WITH THE 1.8L ENGINE ARE THE ONES AFFECTED. HYUNDAI DOESN'T STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A MOTOR GOING WITH ONLY 79,000 MILES ON IT. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE HYUNDAI ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR FAULTY PRODUCTS. TAKE THE VEHICLES WITH THE 1.8L OFF THE MARKET.

I NOTICED A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM MY VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE MY ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAS 73,000 MILES AND WAS MAINTAINED (OIL ALWAYS CHANGED ON TIME). I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM MY GRANDFATHER AND HAD IT LESS THAN A YEAR. BECAUSE I WAS THE SECOND OWNER, I WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE 10 YEAR/1000,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ENGINE TO SEE IF HYUNDAI WOULD COVER ANY OF THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE. HYUNDAI DECLINED TO COVER ANY OF THE COST OF THE ENGINE. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS ASSIGNED A CASEWORKER TO LOOK AT THE SUBMITTAL IN GREATER DETAIL. THE CASEWORKER INFORMED ME THEY WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THE COST REGARDLESS THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR ENGINES.

THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY STRIPPED FROM CRANKSHAFT! ABOUT 30K MILES BEFORE WE STARTED NOTICING ENGINE NOISES - LOUD TICKING NOISES. AFTER HAVING MY SPOUSE PARK THE VECHICLE BECAUSE WAS HARD KNOCKS, I TOOK IT OUT WITH MY DAUGHTER TO TAKE HER TO GUITAR LESSONS AND TO LISTEN TO IT AS I DROVE. ON THE WAY BACK TO THE (LESS THAN 3 MILES) THE ENGINE DIED AS THERE WAS A LOUD SCREECH/KNOCK. I RESTARTED THE ENIGNE AND DROVE BACK HOME. THE COOLANT AND OIL WAS EVERYWHERE. THAT'S WHEN I NOTICES THE PULLEY WAS LOOSE AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OFF THE CRANKSHAFT. THE ODDEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN. THE ENGINE (I BELIEVE) STILL STARTS BUT TICKETING DOES PERSIST. NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED BUT CLEARLY THE ENGINE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH IT. THERE WAS NOTHING WE'VE DONE WITH THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN NORMAL, HIGHWAY DRIVING. I'VE CONTACT CORPORATE HYUNDAI AND THEY HAVE INDICATED IT'S NOT LONGER COVERED AND NO WORK CAN BE DONE ON IT. MY CONCERN - OUTSIDE OF 5K LOST ON THE VEHICLE IS THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ALL THE VEHICLES OUT THERE - ESPECIALLY AT THE LOWER MILEAGE. I FREAKED OUT ON THE ROAD WHEN I HEARD THE NOISES AND FELT LIKE MY ENGINE COMPLETELY FELL APART. MY SAFETY WAS MY CONCERN. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS ENGINE AND IT'S NOT JUST MINE. IF IT HAPPENED TO ME...A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE IS HAPPENING TO OTHERS. I SENSE HYUNDAI IS NOT DOING IT'S PART TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A CORE/CRITICAL PART OF THE VEHICLE. I'VE LOST CONFIDENCE IN THEIR VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY WITH LACK OF OWNERSHIP OF THE ISSUES. (VEHICLE IS STILL AT DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE WRITING). I'LL BE PICKING IT UP TODAY. I"M ESTIMATING THE DATE THIS HAPPENED...BECAUSE I DIDN'T MARK IT DOWN. I TRIED TO TOW IT MYSELF TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH MY TRUCK BUT I TOOK THE BUMPER OFF SO FINALLY GOT A REAL TOW IN TO PICKER IT UP AND RELIEVED IT.

THE ENGINE IN THIS CAR IS KNOCKING SEVERELY. IT'S REALLY BAD UPON START UP AND CONTINUES TO KNOCK.

KNOWN HYUNDAI ENGINE PROBLEMS THE ENGINE HAS A TICKING NOISE THAT I HAVE FOUND TO BE A MANUFACTURED ISSUE IN HYUNDAI ELANTRAS. THE CAMSHAFT BUSHINGS ARE WORN AWAY AND NEEDS A COMPLETELY NEW ENGINE. ALL OF WHICH IS A MANUFACTURING FAULT. THE TICKING IS AUDIBLE WHEN IDLING AND EVEN MORE SO WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED.

2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LOUD TICKING NOSE FROM ENGINE. *LD *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER FOUND DEBRIS IN THE OIL PAN AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED TO ASSIST WITH REPAIRS DUE TO THE VEHICLE'S AGE, MILEAGE, AND NUMBER OF OWNER'S. *JS

CAR STALLS WHEN IDLING AND AT TIMES WHEN DECELERATING. THE CAR STARTS RIGHT BACK UP AS SOON AS I AM ABLE TO BRING IT TO A STOP. WHEN DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED ON THE FREEWAY I DON'T NOT HAVE PROBLEMS.

I HAD MY CAR FOR A YEAR. WHEN I FIRST GOT MY CAR , THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE ENGINE , I TOOK IT BACK TO CARMAX TO FIX AND THEY STATED THEY DID. MY CAR RAN GOOD FOR A WHILE AND AROUND AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER AFTER LEAVING FROM WORK THAT SAME NOISE STARTED AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS BAD AND I ALMOST GOT INTO A WRECK. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC THEY STATED THAT I NEEDED MY ENGINE REPLACED. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A ONGOING ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS. I ALSO SHOW THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND MY CAR IS SHOWING THOSE EXACT SIGNS. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF INFORMATION FROM THE MECHANIC AND THE COST OF THE LABOR AND NEW ENGINE

CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR STALLED. OIL FLOW IS MALFUNCTIONING IN THE ENGINE CAUSING ROD PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I AM TOLD THAT THE ENGINE RODS ARE BAD AND THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. I CONTACTED THE WARRANTY COMPANY HOWEVER THEY REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR DUE TO TIRE ROTATIONS AND SPARK PLUGS PURCHASED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS REPLACED PERSONALLY.

THE CAR MAKES A REALLY BAD TICKING NOISE IN WHEN I CAME TO AN COMPLETE STOP THE ENGINE STALLED IN IT KINDA JUMPED LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO I'M SO AFRAID OF THE CAR JUS COMPLETELY NOT WORKING ANYMORE IN I DRIVE EVERYDAY WITH MY KIDS THIS IS REALLY A SAD THING HYUNDAI HAS TO KNOW THESE ENGINES ARE BAD.

MY DAUGHTER BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM CARMAX WITH 88,000 MILES AND 2 WEEKS LATER HAD A KNOCKING AND CLICKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. SHE TOOK IT BACK TO CARMAX AND THEY REPAIRED IT NOTING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE CAM SHAFT. 2 YEARS LATER AND 110,000 MILES, THE SAME NOISE OCCURRED WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES. WHEN WE HAD THE CAR ENGINE DIAGNOSED, THIS TIME SHE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE.

BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN 2014 WITH APPROX 24,000 MILES. RAN GREAT FIRST 2 YEARS BUT AT APPROX 39,000 MILES A VERY LOUD ENGINE KNOCK DEVELOPED AND HAS EFFECTED THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE. THIS ISSUE IS PRESENT AT START UP, IDLE, IN MOTION, EACH TIME THE CAR IS RUNNING. HYUNDAI SERVICE MYSTERIOUSLY COULD NOT HEAR OR DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. ENGINE KNOCK HAS CONTINUED GET WORSE AND POWER HAS DIMINISHED. THE ENGINE HAS NOT YET FAILED BUT MOST CERTAINLY WILL VERY SOON. MY FAMILY IS AT RISK EACH AND EVERY TIME WE USE THIS CAR. THE ENGINE PROBLEMS ARE SIMILAR TO THE SONATA'S AND SANTA FE'S AS WELL AS THE KIA OPTIMA MODELS FROM 2011 THRU 2014 WHICH WERE PART OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AFTER WHICH THERE WAS A ENGINE RECALL. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HYUNDAI HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY TO USED ELANTRA MODELS TO 5 YEARS AND 60,000 MILES. AT THIS POINT WE HAVE ONLY 56,000 MILES BUT THE CAR IS 7 YEARS OLD. THEY HAVE A KNOWN MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AND ARE NOT OWNING IT FOR ALL AFFECTED AND THAT'S CATASTROPHIC FOR THOSE OF US NOT COVERED. DEALER HAS TOLD ME IF I HAVE ENGINE FAILURE THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE WILL BE NEAR $5000. HYUNDAI MAKES ATTRACTIVE CARS BUT THEIR LACK OF COMPASSION TO THE VICTIMS OF THEIR POOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS MAKES HYUNDAI A POOR CHOICE. THERE HAVE BEEN CLASS ACTION SUITS FOR THE SONATA AND OPTIMA BUT NO JUDGEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELANTRA MOTORS WHO'S ENGINES SUFFER THE EXACT SAME ISSUES. THERE WAS A WHISTLE BLOWER WHO OPENED THIS ALL UP AND SAID THE JUDGEMENT WAS NOT FAR REACHING ENOUGH TO COVER ALL VICTIMS. HTTPS://WWW.REUTERS.COM/ARTICLE/US-HYUNDAI-WHISTLEBLOWER/BLOWING-THE-WHISTLE-IN-SOUTH-KOREA-HYUNDAI-MAN-TAKES-ON-CHAEBOL-CULTURE-IDUSKCN18B0J5 SOMEONE LIKE THE NHTSA HAS TO STEP UP AND PROTECT THE CONSUMERS WHO HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO THIS CORPORATE MALFEASANCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL TAPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WINNER HYUNDAI (591 S DUPONT HWY, DOVER, DE 19901) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TRADED IN; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE COMING THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AFTER NOTICING SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PIAZZA HYUNDAI OF POTTSTOWN (84 AUTOPARK BLVD, LIMERICK, PA 19468 (484) 933-4074) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE LONG ENGINE BLOCK WAS NO LONGER BEING MADE BY HYUNDAI AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABOUT HYUNDAI BUYING BACK THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, ENGINE WENT INTO A LOUD WHINE SOUND AND THE CAR LOST POWER. CAR WOULD NOT START OR EVEN TRY TO TURN OVER WHEN TRYING TO START. WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE ENGINE AND EVEN CONTACTED HYUNDAI BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE EXACT ENGINE THAT IS INVOLVED HERE, BUT HYUNDAI REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE SAME MODEL CAR INVOLVED IN THE ENGINE RECALL. BUT IT WAS THE EXACT ENGINE MODEL. ATTACHED IS A LETTER FROM MY MECHANIC

"TAKATA RECALL" ITS WAS ALRIGHT GOING TO STORE BUT GOING BACK HOME THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF AND IT WONT START

I STARTED MY CAR AND IT HAD DEVELOPED A LOUD KNOCK. MY CAR HAS JUST OVER 82K MILES. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I TOOK MY CAR TO TWO DEALERSHIPS AND BOTH SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM/DEFECT FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A COATING ON THE PISTONS COMING OFF THAT EVENTUALLY CAUSES THE KNOCK AND ENGINE FAILURE. ONE DEALERSHIP HAD 3 ELANTRAS IN THEIR SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE. MY CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AS I AM THE SECOND OWNER. THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE AS THE SONATAS WHICH WERE RECALLED.

WHILE DRIVING CITY OR HIGHWAY THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AND AS YOU ACCELERATE IT GETS FASTER AND LOUDER. MY CAR HAS BEEN AT HYUNDAI IN VALLEY STREAM, NY FOR 4 DAYS WITH NO CONCLUSION.

OUR CAR HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY NOT STARTING AND RATTLING. WE IT TOOK TO A HYUNDAI DEALER THREE TIMES IN 9 MONTHS AND PAID OVER $600 BUT EACH TIME THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. FINALLY THE MECHANIC DRAINED THE OIL AND TOOK A MAGNET TO IT. METAL FRAGMENTS WERE PULLED OUT. THE MECHANIC SAID THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AS THE RESULT OF A MANUFACTURER DEFECT-SAME AS THE SONATAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. WE CALLED HYUNDAI TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID SINCE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THERE IS NOTHING THEY ARE ABLE TO DO.

I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW IN 2011. I DON'T DRIVE MUCH AT ALL SO MY CAR HAS 33,000 MILES. SO WHEN MY CAR STARED MAKING A TICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE, THAT WAS LOUDER WHEN IDLING BUT NEVER WENT AWAY COMPLETELY. I DIDN'T THINK TO MUCH OF IT. DROPPED IT OFF TO GET LOOKED AT AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THERE WAS METAL IN MY ENGINE. THIS MEANT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, THIS WAS ABOUT 14 MONTHS AGO, SO IT WENT IN FOR 3-4 DAYS AFTER WAITING A MONTH TO GET THE PART. AFTER THE REPLACED ENGINE IT WORKED WELL AND THE NOISE WAS GONE, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END. SO WHEN THE NOISE CAME BACK JUST 11 MONTHS LATER I WASN'T HAPPY. DROPPED IT OFF AND SURE ENOUGH IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. THIS TIME IT TOOK 3 WEEKS FOR THEM TO REPLACE MY ENGINE. THE SERVICE AT MY LOCAL HYUNDAI IS SO BAD. EVERYDAY I CALLED TO SEE IF MY CAR WAS READY BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST 3 DAYS, 3 WEEKS LATER I HAD A SECOND NEW ENGINE. NOW YESTERDAY JUST 2 MONTHS LATER MY CAR IS YET AGAIN MAKING THE TICKING NOISE AND NOW IS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING. I CALLED MY LOCAL HYUNDAI TO MAKE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT AND HAD TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, STILL HAVEN'T HEARD BACK ITS BEEN 2 BUSINESS DAYS. I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED MY CAR IS 6 YEARS OLD AND HAS JUST 33,000 MILES AND WORKING ON ITS 3RD NEW ENGINE.

WHILE RUNNING IN PARK, IDLING IN DRIVE, OR DRIVING LESS THAN 30MPH THE ENGINE MAKES A TICKING/KNOCKING NOISE. THE NOISE COULD STILL BE THERE AFTER 30MPH BUT I CAN'T HEAR IT OVER THE MOTOR AND ROAD NOISE. HYUNDAI AND KIA RECENTLY RECALLED 1.4 MILLION CARS FOR THIS EXACT REASON FOR ENGINE FAILURE. BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS MODEL/YEAR IS NOT INCLUDED. RESEARCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE DESPITE BEING ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD WITH LOW MILES. MY VEHICLE IS A 2011 WITH 70,000 MILES.

TICKING SOUND COMING FROM CAR, LOUDER WHEN ACCELERATING , TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT ONLY 77,800 MILES

OIL LEAKED FROM THE CRANKCASE SEAL WHILE DRIVING. A MECHANIC REPLACED THE SEAL, WHICH FAILED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THERE ARE METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE FRESH OIL.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND WAS TAKEN IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC READING. 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA AT 56,000 MILES WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF ENGINE FAILURE. AFTER MORE RESEARCH THE MECHANIC STATED THE DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE WAY THE OIL LUBRICATE THE ENGINE APPARENTLY WAS NOT FILTERING FAST ENOUGH. MECHANIC HAPPENED TO MENTION SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR HYUNDAI AND WAS SEEING MORE AND MORE VEHICLES COME IN FOR THIS AND HAD STOP COVERING THE REPAIRS. PROBLEM IS ALSO SEEN IN THE HYUNDAI SONATAS WHICH HYUNDAI IS STARTING TO OWN TO THAT.

FEBRUARY 26TH, 2016 AROUND 3PM MY CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. I WAS NOT ABLE TO PRESS THE BRAKE SO I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE CAR STOPPED ON ITS OWN. AFTER THE CAR STOPPED I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THERE WAS NO NOISE FROM THE ENGINE WHEN THE CAR DIED ON THE ROAD.

THE ENGINE HAS BEEN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE BUT NO ONE COULD FIND A PROBLEM. CAR CUT OFF A FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFIC THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CODE STATED PROBLEM WITH CRANKSHAFT. WENT TO START THE CAR A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. CAR WOULD NOT START HORRIBLE KNOCKING NOISE CAME FROM ENGINE. CAR TURNED OVER BUT WOULD NOT START. MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, TIMING CHAIN, CRANKSHAFT PROBLEMS. HAVE HAD CAR BACK A LITTLE OVER A MONTH NOW THE ENGINE IS MAKING THE SAME NOISE AGAIN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME BACK ON. HAVE READ THE ENGINE RECALL FOR THE HYUNDAI SONATAS AND SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT MY CAR IS DOING. THE CAR HAS 115,000 MILES ON IT AND PROBLEMS STARTED AROUND THE 113-114,000 MARK RIGHT AFTER THE WARRENTY HAD EXPIRED. .

KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM CRANKSHAFT AND ENGINE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES HAD BEEN LEAKING FLUID OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED AND THE FLUID WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE BRAKE LINE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN WHERE THE BRAKE CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, FLAMES APPEARED FROM THE EXHAUST. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED AND SMOKE BEGAN TO FLOW FROM THE EXHAUST AND ENGINE. THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED DURING THE FIRST TWO FAILURES AND, DURING THE LAST TWO FAILURES, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. IT HAPPENS ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS AND I HAVE TO TRY SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE MY VEHICLE WILL START. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE CHECK AND EVERYTHING TESTED FINE. NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATED AN ERROR AND NO CODES COULD BE DETECTED. NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON BUT I HAVE A INFANT CHILD AND I CANNOT BE SOMEWHERE OR TRYING TO GO SOMEWHERE ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY WITH MY CHILD AND MY VEHICLE REFUSES TO START AND YET ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON HOWEEVER MY ENGINE WOULD NOT START UPON TURNING MY KEY WHILE IN THE IGNITION. PLEASE FIX BECAUSE I SAW ON YOUTUBE AND OTHER FORUMS OF THIS SAME COMPLAINT AND I AM SURE HYUNDAI IS AWARE OF THESE COMPLAINTS BUT ARE FAILING TO DO SOMETHING AND THIS CAN BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. PLEASE ADDRESS!!! 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA

PROBLEM STARTING CAR. USUALLY HAVE TO TRY 2 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL START. TRIED TODAY 4/29/15 AND WOULD NOT START AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON., HAD NO PROBLEM THE DAY BEFORE WITH CAR STARTING. *TR

WHEN I START THE ENGINE IT MAKES A VERY LOUD RATTLING NOISE AND WHEN I DRIVE AND I PUSH ON GAS IT IS RATTLES. IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE GRINDING LOUD NOISE TOO. MOTOR KNOCKS WHEN YOU START IT UP AND NOW FOR THE LAST WEEK WHEN I START IT THE CAR WILL SPUTTER AND THEN SHOT OFF. SOMETIMES WILL TAKE MANY TIMES FOR IT TO EVEN START. IT WILL RPM VERY HIGH EVEN WHEN I AM NOT MOVING. I HAVE HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR NOW BC OF THE ISSUES I AM USING MORE GAS. I HAVE A LITTLE UNDER 80 THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND IT WILL LEAVE ME SET. WONDERING IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY RECALLS ON THIS STUFF OR KNOW WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH IT AND IF HYUNDAI STILL DOES LIFE TIME WARRANTY... THANKS *TR

THE CAR WON'T START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING INCIDENT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED I WAS LEFT STRANDED AND I HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE IRONY IS THAT AFTER THE TOW TRUCK DELIVERS THE CAR TO THE DESTINATION THE CAR WILL START NORMALLY. THIS ISSUE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. I ALSO TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY NEVER SEEM TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES AND THEY CAN'T REPRODUCE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IN THE WEB, I SEE SEVERAL REPORTED CASES LIKE MINE AND WITH SIMILAR DIAGNOSTICS AND OUTCOME. IT SEEMS IT IS RELATED TO THE INHIBITOR SWITCH OR RANGE SWITCH AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SEVERAL HYUNDAI MODELS LIKE ELANTRA, SONATA, VELOSTER, ETC... THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND FIX IT IMMEDIATELY. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE OF THESE KOREAN CARS AGAIN. THE SERVICE IS AWFUL. *TR

ALL THE DASH LIGHTS GO ON AND ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. IT HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. FIRST TIME IT FINALLY TURNED OVER ON THIRD TRY; SECOND TIME HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER AND WHEN THEY WENT TO WORK ON IT, IT STARTED. THIRD TIME IT WOULDN'T START AND IN DESPERATION I TRIED TO MOVE STEERING WHEEL AND GEAR SHIFTER AND NEXT TRY IT STARTED. *TR

2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. LAWYER WRITES REGARDING NOTICE OF CLAIM UNDER THE LEMON LAW ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS *TGW THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO RETRIEVE THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER INFORMED HIM, THEY DAMAGED THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE ECM. THREE MONTHS LATER, THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS WOULD BLINK OFF AND ON RANDOMLY. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE CONSUMER TO KNOW IF THE OIL PRESSURE, RPM'S, TIRE PRESSURE OR ENGINE TEMPERATURE WERE WITHIN SAFE LIMITS. THE CRUISE CONTROL AND MILES PER GALLON DID NOT WORK EITHER. ALSO, THERE WAS NO WAY TO TELL IF THE ABS WAS WORKING. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE THE ECM ONCE AGAIN. WHEN THE CONSUMER RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE AGAIN, FROM A DIFFERENT DEALER, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE WRONG COMPUTER MODULE HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY, THE COMPUTER FOR A VEHICLE WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED; WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ONCE THE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALERSHIP, THE WARNING LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER AGAIN. *JB

ENGINE CUT OFF WHEN MAKING A TURN.

THE 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 1.8LITER ENGINE MAKES A GRINDING THEN WHINING NOISE IN THE FIRST FEW SECONDS OF THE FIRST COLD ENGINE START OF THE DAY. ON THE DAY OF SALES DELIVERY THE VEHICLE MADE THIS NOISE FOR AT LEAST TWO MINUTES WHICH PROMPTED ME TO ALERT THE SALESMAN AND LIFT THE HOOD FOR CLOSER INSPECTION. THE SALES MAN REPLIED "ALL THE NEW ENGINES MAKE THIS SOUND, IT WILL QUIET DOWN." I HAVE ASKED ANOTHER OWNER OF THE SAME VEHICLE IF THEY NOTICED IT. THEY HAVE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM UPON COLD START UP. WE BOTH HAVE VIDEO DOCUMENTATION OF THE ISSUE WHICH CAN BE VIEWED ON YOU TUBE BY SEARCHING FOR 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA ENGINE NOISE. *TR