2025 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid problems

“Car turned off while driving”

“While being driven on a residential street, the vehicle suddenly displayed a 'Stop Safely' warning on the dashboard. Upon an attempted restart, the vehicle suffered a total electrical blackout and complete loss of propulsion power while in the middle of a live roadway. All internal and external lights, steering assistance, and power systems failed simultaneously. The vehicle was manufactured in 2025 and has been out of service since March 16th. The dealership (Napleton Downtown Hyundai) is attributing this total system collapse to 'bad fuel' to deny warranty coverage, despite the failure being a catastrophic high-voltage electrical shutdown. This incident created an immediate safety hazard for the driver and other motorists, leaving the vehicle stranded and unresponsive in traffic”

“HYBRID SYSTEM FAILURE ----- 2025 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid (blue trim) The instrument panel showed Hybrid System Failure, and the ENGINE DIED on the freeway at 70 mph. Luckily, I was able to pull to the right shoulder on a busy freeway. I tried restarting the car, but the instrument panel turned off after one second for the first two tries, and then nothing would turn on. I had it towed to Lithia Hyundai of Fresno on February 11, 2025. The car is still at the dealer being diagnosed and repaired for Hybrid System Failure with Total Power Loss. Extremely dangerous to have the engine cut out at 70 mph on a busy freeway.”

“I was turning into a driveway and I had slowed down to do so. When I took my foot off the brake the car lunged forward at a high rate of speed. I didn't have my foot on the gas pedal. It happened too fast for me to respond. The car crashed into the side of the garage and continued accelerating and it drove through the garage door. No airbag deployed. I was the only person involved and I am uninjured. The car has not been evaluated yet as it is still in the garage waiting for the tow truck to pick it up on Monday. It will be towed to an auction place in [XXX] and Hyundai as asked to evaluate the car before anything is done to it. I have asked my insurance agent to arrange that with the auction house. There was no warning prior to this happening.”

“A warning about Hyundai: I have learned that Hyundai recalled almost half of а million vehicles for phantom braking. This is exactly what I have being complaining about for a year and a half, starting one month after purchase, concerning my 2025 Hybrid Elantra. It would suddenly drop the speed to 20mph, creating extremely dangerous situations. I have been bumped off by the dealership, Hyundai America, and Hyundai Worldwide. They did not know what the problem was and blamed it on me. Now, when the cause is known and I inquired, I was told that my car is not listed for this fix. This is outrageous. Previously they could not find what was wrong. Now they know, but Elantra is not being fixed. This is a break of warranty and should be either fixed, or covered by the lemon law, as I have asked since month after the purchase. It was my family's fourth Hyundai car (mostly due to the long warranty, and they were also decent cars), but I will NEVER ever buy any of these after the way we are treated.”