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Hyundai Elantra 2021

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

0.88 per 1,000

1.5 times this nameplate’s own median · from 101 complaints filed in the first three years, of 160 ever. 95% lower bound 0.71.

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.

Forward Collision Avoidance 35 complaints

safety system	26	46%
check forward	25	44%
forward safety	25	44%
smart cruise	12	22%
smart	12	22%
control system	12	22%

When it breaks

Too few complaints record mileage for this model year to show a pattern. NHTSA largely stopped capturing mileage after 2021.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 20 complaints about this component over roughly 1 months before an investigation opened.

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.