By model year

Hyundai Elantra by model year: recalls, complaints, ratings

For the Hyundai Elantra, matched NHTSA complaint counts in this table run from 3 (2026) to 1,314 (2013). The complaint file is dated Oct 23, 2026. These are raw counts, not rates. A higher count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported.

ABOUT THIS DATA

The table lists raw counts from NHTSA's files. A larger complaint count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported. The counts are not divided by sales. This page does not rank one model year above another.

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.

2000	1	197	36	2	0	Pre-2011	22–24
2001	6	315	71	4	3	Pre-2011	25
2002	6	342	58	4	3	Pre-2011	25
2003	5	234	42	1	2	Pre-2011	25
2004	5	182	24	2	1	Pre-2011	24–26
2005	4	137	30	3	0	Pre-2011	24–26
2006	1	155	28	0	0	Pre-2011	24–26
2007	6	267	21	13	3	Pre-2011	27–28
2008	7	314	38	23	2	Pre-2011	27–28
2009	4	254	28	11	1	Pre-2011	26–28
2010	3	380	45	9	1	Pre-2011	26–29
2011	5	433	17	8	3	—	26–32
2012	4	654	47	12	4	4–5	26–32
2013	4	1,314	93	31	4	5	30–32
2014	2	386	35	16	2	5	27–31
2015	3	262	27	8	2	5	27–31
2016	2	293	22	5	1	5	27–31
2017	4	769	37	6	1	4–5	25–35
2018	0	284	12	7	0	4	25–35
2019	1	252	12	3	0	4	25–35
2020	3	254	21	6	0	4	26–36
2021	6	132	8	1	2	5	28–54
2022	5	102	7	1	1	5	23–54
2023	2	101	8	0	0	5	23–54
2024	1	55	5	0	0	5	23–54
2025	0	22	4	0	0	5	23–54
2026	3	3	0	0	0	5	23–54

Star columns say "Pre-2011" for older model years because those ratings use a different NHTSA method. Overall stars for 2011 and newer are the matched Safety Ratings variants. A dash means no overall star was matched.