Hyundai Elantra electrical problems

I WENT INTO MY CAR, WHICH IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, AND TURNED THE KEY. THE CAR DIDN'T TURN OVER OR MAKE ANY TYPE OF SOUND INDICATING THE CAR WAS STARTING. I DID HAVE RADIO AND LIGHTS. I CALLED A FRIEND TO ASK IF IT COULD BE THE BATTERY, MY CAR IS JUST 10 MONTHS OLD AND ONLY HAS ABOUT 5,000 MILES ON IT, BY THE TIME I FINISHED THE CALL I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND IT TURNED OVER. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THE "TESTED EVERYTHING" AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS BATTERY RELATED. THAT BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME COLD AND NOT USING THE CAR VERY MUCH IT WAS CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN. BUT IF IT IS THE BATTERY, WHY WOULD THE CAR START UP A MINUTE OR TWO AFTER IT DID NOT? I HAVE NEVER FELT SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND NOW THIS PROBLEM IS ONLY MAKING IT WORSE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT WHEN I WAS MAKING A TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE EPS LIGHT CAME ON. I STRUGGLED TO PARK THE CAR AND AFTER MY DR. APPOINTMENT CALLED MY HUSBAND AND HE DROVE THE CAR TO BRANDON HYUNDAI WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR THEY TOOK THE CAR IN AND WE GOT A RENTAL CAR. THEY REPLACED COLUMN & SHAFT ASSY-STEERIN 56310-2H250 AND BOLT-SAFETY LOCK 81919-31000 QTY 2 WORK ORDER SAYS FOUND STEERING COLUMN SHORTED OUT REPLACE MODULE, TEST OK 731SZ RECALL 110-31C017R0 - STOP LAMP SWITCH REPL INSTALLED 93810-4DR0A-QQH SWITCH ASSY-BRAKE PEDAL QTY 1 THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER TIME ON DECEMBER 26, 2014 MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN FROM A TWO LANE ROAD ONTO A TWO LANE ROAD WHERE CARS WHERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND THE EPS LIGHT CAME ON AND SHE HIT 2 CARS THAT WERE AT THE LIGHT. MY CAR HAD $6002.36 IN DAMAGE ON IT. THE UNIBODY ON THE CAR HAD TO BE PULLED AND SQUARED AND AN ALIGNMENT WAS ALSO DONE. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT BUT WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN ONLY WORSE. WHEN IT WAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER FOUR (4) MONTHS SINCE IT WAS FIXED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. THAT SOMEONE MAY BE KILLED. *TR

CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS AT TURNING KEY, IT FINALLY STARTED. LIGHTS AND HORN FUNCTIONED PROPERLY, BUT I REPLACED THE BATTERY ANYWAY. CAR WOULD STILL NOT START ON FIRST FEW ATTEMPTS. ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL, THEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT TURNING KEY, IT WOULD START, AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG. BROUGHT IT TO DEALER, THEY SAID THEY CLEANED OUT SOME PARTS OF THE ENGINE AND UPDATED THE COMPUTER. THE NEXT DAY I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THEY CHANGED SOME FUSES. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, STILL THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE ARE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF THIS HAPPENING FOR OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR WHICH I FOUND ONLINE WHEN I WAS LOOKING TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *TR

CAR WILL NOT START. IT JUST CLICKS AND WILL NOT START. IT IS RANDOM, BUT PROGRESSIVELY GETS MORE FREQUENT AS THE CAR GETS OLDER/MORE USE. POTENTIALLY STANDING A DRIVER WHEREVER THEY ARE AT THE TIME IT HAPPENS. IT HAS ALREADY STRANDED MY WIFE ONCE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DURING VERY HOT OR COLD WEATHER. HYUNDAI DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT FIXING THE ISSUE, NOR ARE THEY MAKING ANY EFFORTS WHATSOEVER TO REMEDY IT. DEALERS ARE NOT HELPING THEIR CUSTOMERS SOLVE THE PROBLEM EITHER. SEE THE WEBSITE BELOW. THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, AS IT IS LIKELY AFFECTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OWNERS AT THE VERY LEAST. A NEUTRAL SWITCH OR RANGE SWITCH SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN CULPRIT. HTTP://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T40609_DS554427. *TR

NOT LONG AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR FROM JONES JUNCTION HYUNDAI BEL AIR, I NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHT/WINDSHIELD WIPER STALK WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. SOMETIME THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. AT NIGHT, THE LIGHTS FOR THE DASHBOARD WOULD GO OUT. THE STALK HAD PROBLEMS. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THE FLUIDS WOULD NOT SQUIRT PROPERLY TO EFFECTIVELY CLEAN MY WINDSHIELD AS IT SHOULD. THESE ARE 2 SEPARATE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS. *TR

PRIOR TO THIS DATE HAD ISSUES WITH ELECTRICAL SUCH AS BACK LIGHTING OF STEREO AND ASH TRAY, CD PLAYER MALFUNCTIONING PAST FEW YEARS, MORE RECENTLY ODOMETER BACK LIGHT ALSO DOES NOT LIGHT. PREVIOUS REPORT OF PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHTING INTERMITTENTLY WHEN NOBODY WAS SITTING IN SEAT, OR IF PURSE ON SEAT, LESS THAN 10 LBS. THEN AT ABOUT 206,000 MILES, MY ESTIMATE DRIVER INSTRUMENT PANEL AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATOR ON FIRST SOME TIMES, THEN SHORTLY AFTER ON ALL THE TIME. AFTER READING NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS AND SEEING YEARS PRIOR AND POST MY 2006 HAD RECALLS AS DID OTHER SIMILAR CARS AND THAT AIRBAGS FAILED, I AM VERY CONCERNED. HYUNDAI SEEMS TO HAVE EXCESSIVE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS REPORTED AND A SPONTANEOUS ELECTRICAL FIRE IS A MAIN CONCERN. I HAD MY STOP LAMP SWITCH REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP SEVERAL YEARS AGO AFTER A RECALL. THE REPLACEMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ONLY AND ADVISORY AND NOT A RECALL AND WAS MADE TO PAY $50 TO REPLACE THE $7.00 STOP LAMP SWITCH PART. I LATER WENT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THAT INDEED IT WAS A RECALL AND THE DEALERSHIP HAD SCAMMED ME BY CHARGING LABOR TO REPLACE THE SWITCH. I BELIEVE THESE VEHICLES ARE A DANGER, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE MAY ALSO BE ISSUES WITH CRUISE CONTROL BY STOP LAMP, AND I AM NOT CERTAIN WITH SEVERAL YEARS AND MILES DRIVING THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART IS STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND IMMEDIATE RECALL OF 2006 & A DESIGN CHANGE WITH AMPLE TESTING TO PROVE THESE IMPORTS ARE NOT CUTTING CORNERS AGAIN. I WAS CONSIDERING ANOTHER, SUCH AS A TOYOTA, HOWEVER THE RECALLS ON TOYOTA AND DEATHS HAVE MADE ME CAUTIOUS OF THEIR QUALITY AS WELL. IF AIRBAGS ARE MANDATED BY YOU THEN THEIR REPAIR WHEN OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE SHOULD REST ON THE MANUFACTURERS. OWNED 2 2003 LANCERS 2.0L AND WERE TOTALED, ONE ROLLOVER ONE FRONT DEER COLLISION. VEHICLE BODY SAFE BUT NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED EITHER VEHICLE. *TR

I NOTICED SOME TIME IN 2014 THAT MY DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOWS BEGAN TO FALTER AFTER IT HAD RAINED OR PRECIPITATED IN SOME FORM. THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLY WOULD GET WET WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPEN DURING NORMAL OPERATING USE, SUCH AS ENTERING OR EXITING THE 2002 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE, IN MY OPINION, PRODUCED VEHICLES WHICH COULD TOLERATE A MEASURE OF PRECIPITATION IN THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR THROUGH NORMAL USE, SUCH AS ENTERING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE. I COMPLAINED TO HYUNDAI USA ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO ME. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I WILL SEEK TO KNOW WHAT THE NHTSA WILL DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I THINK THAT THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR HYUNDAI TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR