2025 Hyundai Elantra problems and complaints

Owners have filed 24 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Hyundai Elantra. The most-reported areas: Unknown Or Other (6), Lane Departure (5), Engine (4).

Key takeaways

  • 24 owner complaints on file with NHTSA.
  • 5 involve a crash, 0 a fire, 8 reported injuries.
  • Complaints are unverified owner reports; recalls are confirmed defects.
Complaints by component
ComponentComplaintsShare
Unknown Or Other625%
Lane Departure521%
Engine417%
Forward Collision Avoidance417%
Service Brakes313%
Air Bags313%
Power Train28%
Electrical System28%
Seat Belts28%
Vehicle Speed Control14%
Fuel System14%
Other14%

One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.

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NHTSA 5-Star crash ratings
VersionOverallFrontSideRollover
2025 Hyundai Elantra 4 DR FWD5/54/55/55/5

Latest complaints, as filed

Owner-written and unverified by NHTSA.

Power Train,electrical System,engine - filed 2026-11-05

Car turned off while driving

Unknown Or Other,service Brakes - filed 2026-10-31

I was turning into a driveway and I had slowed down to do so. When I took my foot off the brake the car lunged forward at a high rate of speed. I didn't have my foot on the gas pedal. It happened too fast for me to respond. The car crashed into the side of the garage and continued accelerating and it drove through ...

Air Bags,seat Belts,forward Collision Avoidance - filed 2026-09-14

My 2026 Hyundai Elantra at 3,300 miles experienced a severe frontal impact with 6g logitudinal deceleration due to uncommanded acceleration and complete brake blindness. Depiste this severe impact, neither airbags nor seatbelt pretensioners deployed. At -2.5 sec. prior to impact, the Forward Collision Avoidance Assist ...

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More for the 2025 Hyundai Elantra

Complaints are reports filed by owners with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA publishes them without verifying them, and counts rise with how many cars were sold, so compare years of the same model rather than different models. Crash ratings are NHTSA's own 5-Star Safety Ratings results.