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Hyundai Elantra Touring Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 175 owner complaints across 6 model years of the Hyundai Elantra Touring (2008–2013). The most-complained-about year is 2010.

4
safety recalls, all years
175
owner complaints, all years
2010
year with most recalls
2010
year with most complaints

Pick your Hyundai Elantra Touring model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2013 Hyundai Elantra Touring016
2012 Hyundai Elantra Touring122
2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring329
2010 Hyundai Elantra Touring475
2009 Hyundai Elantra Touring332
2008 Hyundai Elantra Touring01

What Hyundai Elantra Touring owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 175 complaints with NHTSA. The 2010 model year has the most, with 75.

All Hyundai Elantra Touring recalls (4)

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

  1. Service brakes, hydraulic: control unit/module

    NHTSA 20V061000 Reported 476,111 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor America

    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2007-2010 Elantra and 2009-2011 Elantra Touring vehicles. On February 21, 2020 Hyundai expanded the recall to include 46,425 model year 2007-2008 Entourage and 2007 Santa Fe vehicles. Moisture may enter the Anti-lock Brake (ABS) Module and result in an electrical short.

    Remedy: Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will install a relay in the vehicle's main junction box to prevent the risk of an ABS short-circuit while the car is turned off, free of charge. The recall began April 2, 2020.…

    Model years: 2009, 2010, 2011

  2. Electric power assist system (steering)

    NHTSA 15V100000 Reported 204,768 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor America

    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2008-2010 Elantra vehicles manufactured June 1, 2008, to April 30, 2010, and 2009-2010 Elantra Touring vehicles manufactured November 1, 2008, to April 30, 2010. The electronic power steering (EPS) electronic control unit (ECU) may sense a discrepancy in the steering input…

    Remedy: Hyundai will verify the proper operation of the Electronic Power Steering (EPS) and update the EPS control unit, free of charge. The recall began April 14, 2015. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at…

    Model years: 2009, 2010

  3. Frame and members (structure)

    NHTSA 14V310000 Reported 35,000 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor Company

    Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Elantra Touring vehicles manufactured December 15, 2009, through May 7, 2012. The affected vehicles have a support bracket attached to the headliner that may become displaced during a side curtain airbag deployment.

    Remedy: Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will apply adhesive strips to the headliner, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2014. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-800-633-5151. Hyundai's number…

    Model years: 2010, 2011, 2012

  4. Switch (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 13V113000 Reported 1,712,336 vehicles potentially affected Hyundai Motor Company

    Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2006-2009 Accent, model year 2007-2011 Azera, Sonata and Sante Fe,2006-2011 Tucson, 2009-2011 Elantra Touring, 2007-2010 Elantra, 2008-2011 Veracruz, 2009-2011 Genesis, 2010-2011 Genesis Coupe, 2007-2008 Entourage, and 2006-2008 Tiburon vehicles. Originally, in April 2013,…

    Remedy: Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the stop lamp switch, free of charge. The safety recall began on April 22, 2013. Owners may contact Hyundai at 1-800-633-5151. Hyundai's recall campaign number is 110.

    Model years: 2009, 2010, 2011

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.