2006 Hyundai Elantra

PROBABLE FIRE HAZARD: PROBLEM WITH FREQUENT BURNING OUT OF FUSES TO CIGARETTE LIGHTER (CHARGER), SOME DASH LIGHTS (BACK LIGHT FOR DIGITAL RADIO CHANNEL INDICATOR) EITHER NO LONGER WORK OR COME OFF AND ON (ASH TRAY LIGHT), AC AND FAN KNOBS--USED TO HAVE TO TAP ON THEM TO GET THEM TO LIGHT, ACTED ALMOST LIKE A DIMMER SWITCH, SOMETIMES HAD TO TAP SEVERAL TIMES TO GET TO TURN ON, AND SOMETIMES KNOB BACK LIGHTING ON, BUT DIM, AND HAD TO TAP TO GET FULL POWER TO BULBS, CD PLAYER OVERHEATING AND STOPPED WORKING--GIVES ERROR MESSAGE, (HAD SIMILAR CD PLAYER OVERHEATING WITH A 2003 MITSUBISHI LANCER I OWNED IN EARLY TO MID-2000S, BUT CD PLAYER CONTINUED TO WORK--ELANTRA DOES NOT WORK MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS BEFORE EJECTING CD.) HEADLIGHTS BURNING OUT TOO FREQUENTLY (INCLUDING LAST TIME, WHEN HEADLIGHT REMOVED ON PASSENGER SIDE, LIGHT WENT OUT ON DRIVER'S SIDE AS WELL.) HEADLIGHT HAD SHORT AND WOULD COME BACK ON WHEN I BANGED ON LENS WITH FIST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, BECAME MORE AND MORE FREQUENT UNTIL IF FINALLY BURNED OUT. CONCERNED OF RISK OF ELECTRICAL FIRE AS ENGINE AREA BECOMES HOT. NOTE THAT CLEAR-COAT ON HOOD OVER EACH HEADLIGHT AREA AND OVER FUSE RELAY BOX AREA BECAME YELLOW, THEN BRITTLE, PEELING OFF IN PAST 6 MONTHS. PURCHASED VEHICLE IN JULY 2008 OR 2009? BELIEVE IT HAD ABOUT 63,000 MILES ON IT THEN--CURRENTLY 138,000 MILES. AIRBAG LIGHT SAYS OFF WHEN 200 LB. HUSBAND SEATED ON PASSENGER SIDE ON OCCASION RECENTLY NOTICED IN LAST YEAR. *TR

MY 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA MANUFACTURED IN KOREA IN DECEMBER 2005 FALLS OUTSIDE THE HYUNDAI RECALLS FOR DEFECTIVE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCHES (IT IS NOT A PUERTO RICAN-MADE 2006, OR A 2007+ ELANTRA COVERED BY RECALLS), BUT USES THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART # (93810-3K000) UNDER RECALL, AS DETAILED IN TSB 09-01-018. MY CAR'S BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO WORK, GIVING ONLY 0.5V TO THE BULB SOCKETS WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. I TESTED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH, AND IT FAILED TO GIVE CONTINUITY BETWEEN ANY OF ITS 4 CONTACTS IN OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN ILLUMINATED ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000.

I RECENTLY TOOK MY CAR IN FOR MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING WAS GOOD TO GO. ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF NO WHERE MY CAR'S RADIATOR AND GASKET BLEW. I AM BEING TOLD BY 3 DIFFERENT PLACES THAT MY GAUGES ARE NOT READING, I WAS TOLD WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE THAT THE GAUGES WORK. SINCE THIS HAPPENED ALL OF THE MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE GAUGES. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT SINCE THE GAUGE DID NOT READ AN OVERHEAT IT CRACKED MY RADIATOR AND NOW HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER THE WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING WHILE THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT HAD ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL SO SHE COULD CONFIRM THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

I HAVE 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, I LET MY DAUGHTER DRIVE IT AND SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DEMOLISHED. I WAS SHOCKED THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I FIND THIS VERY DISTURBING, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH A FALSE SENSE OF SAFETY. I AM JUST SHOCKED THAT HIS COULD HAPPEN AND I WOULD HOPE THAT HYUNDAI WOULD INVESTIGATE. HOW MANY OTHER DRIVERS ARE OUT THERE WITH THAT FALSE SENSE OF SAFETY. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN BE WARNED OF THE HAZARDS THAT IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHENEVER A PASSENGER WAS POSITIONED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE STOP LAMP SWITCH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V280000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,800.