Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed May 14, 1998OH
WHEN MAKING EITHER A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN THERE IS A LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND A NOISE OCCURS. DEALERS CANNOT IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
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1997 Hyundai Elantra complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Apr 29, 1998GA
MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPAIRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. CONSUMER STILL FEELS THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE AS IT SHOULD. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Apr 21, 1998NY
CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER FAILED.
Parking Brake › ConventionalCrash
Filed Mar 10, 1998VA
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY INTO A TRAILER. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Feb 19, 1998LA
MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE.
Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Jan 9, 1998NY
SOMETIMES THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AFTER BEING APPLIED WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Dec 30, 1997FL
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAD DAMAGE TO FRONT LEFT SIDE IN FRONT OF TIRE. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE SORENESS IN NECK. SEAT BELTS WERE WORN. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Nov 20, 1997CA
HAD PUSHED ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOR PICK UP (SPEED), ACCORDING TO MANUAL. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY PICK UP (SPEED). TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM & IT DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AT ALL. *AK
Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Oct 31, 1997NJ
TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN OVERFILLED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID , CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP. OWNER HAS HAD THE ORGINAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED. OWNER IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH ARBITRATION. *AK
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Oct 2, 1997FL
DEFECTIVE SIDE MOLDING
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Sep 16, 1997SC
VEHICLE WAS HIT AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS THROWN OUT OF VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Sep 10, 1997MD
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 45-50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION, TOTALLING THE VEHICLE IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND/OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Aug 12, 1997GA
AIR BAGS. DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH WHEN VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME, HIT HEAD-ON AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed May 27, 1997DE
WHEN VEHICLE SMASHED INTO THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING 50 MPH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYEMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. THE WHOLE FRONT END OF VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Differential Proportional Valve
Filed Jan 21, 1995GA
FRONT BRAKES SCRUB WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS. DEALER CONTACTED, SAID THAT BRAKES ARE WORKING AS DESIGNED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK.ET.
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