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Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 135 owner complaints across 6 model years of the Hyundai Elantra Hybrid (2021–2026). The most-complained-about year is 2023.

6
safety recalls, all years
135
owner complaints, all years
2021
year with most recalls
2023
year with most complaints

Pick your Hyundai Elantra Hybrid model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2026 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid10
2025 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid15
2024 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid16
2023 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid155
2022 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid440
2021 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid429

What Hyundai Elantra Hybrid owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 135 complaints with NHTSA. The 2023 model year has the most, with 55.

All Hyundai Elantra Hybrid recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Hyundai Elantra Hybrid, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Power control unit/module (hpcu) (electrical system)

    NHTSA 26V308000 Reported 54,337 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor America

    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024-2026 Elantra Hybrid vehicles. The hybrid power control unit (HPCU) assembly may overheat.

    Remedy: Dealers will update the HPCU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 3, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 301.…

    Model years: 2024, 2025, 2026

  2. Camera (back over prevention)

    NHTSA 24V879000 Reported 226,118 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor America

    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Santa Fe, Santa Fe HEV, Elantra, Elantra HEV and 2022 Elantra N and Santa Fe PHEV vehicles. Due to a damaged printed circuit board, the rearview camera image may fail to display. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the rearview camera, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 14, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 271.

    Model years: 2021, 2022

  3. Vehicle speed control and electrical system

    NHTSA 23V589000 Reported 37,997 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor America

    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Elantra HEV vehicles. A software error in the motor control unit may cause unintended vehicle acceleration after the brake pedal is released.

    Remedy: Dealers will update the motor control unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 29, 2023. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this…

    Model years: 2021, 2022, 2023

  4. Seat belts: front and pretensioner (seat belts)

    NHTSA 22V354000 Reported 230,233 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor America

    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Accent, 2021-2022 Elantra, and 2021-2022 Elantra HEV vehicles. In the event of a crash, the front driver-side and/or passenger-side seat belt pretensioners may explode upon deployment.

    Remedy: Dealers will secure the seat belt pretensioner(s) with a cap, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 28, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for…

    Model years: 2021, 2022

  5. Pretensioner (seat belts) and seat belts: front

    NHTSA 22V123000 Reported 140 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor America

    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2022 Elantra and Elantra HEV vehicles. In the event of a crash, the front passenger-side seat belt pretensioner may explode upon deployment.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat belt pretensioners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 19, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is…

    Model years: 2022

  6. Pretensioner (seat belts) and seat belts: front

    NHTSA 21V796000 Reported 978 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor America

    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2021 Elantra, Elantra HEV, Venue, Genesis GV80 and 2022 Genesis GV70 vehicles. In the event of a crash, the front driver-side and/or passenger-side seat belt pretensioner(s) may explode upon deployment.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat belt pretensioners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 10, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's numbers for this…

    Model years: 2021

Other Hyundai models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.