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Hyundai Elantra 2017

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.76 per 1,000

1.3 times this nameplate’s own median · from 154 complaints filed in the first three years, of 793 ever. 95% lower bound 0.64.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.98	93
2009	0.29	29
2010	0.47	55
2011	0.37	59
2012	0.60	116
2013	1.53	345
2014	0.28	67
2015	0.17	39
2016	0.27	61
2017	0.76	154
2018	0.39	78
2019	0.31	59
2020	0.71	99
2021	0.88	101
2022	0.89	107
2023	1.11	140

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 311 complaints

coils	37	12%
coil	36	12%
ignition	36	12%
stalling	35	11%
knocking	30	10%
shaking	25	8%

Structure 134 complaints

inside outside	27	20%
open inside	23	17%
white	20	15%
paint peeling	17	13%
unlocked	16	12%
open outside	13	10%

Unknown Or Other 131 complaints

outside	32	25%
open inside	19	15%
passenger door	14	11%
door open	14	11%
inside outside	13	10%
open outside	10	8%

When it breaks

30% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 45,000 miles, from 288 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Loss of Motive Power

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is verified against a published figure.