2006 Hyundai Elantra problems

“My son was driving our 2006 Hyundai Elantra and crashed into the end of a guardrail. The air bag did not deploy. The car was declared a total loss by the insurance company. I am concerned that the airbag did not deploy with the severity of the crash. I have uploaded three pictures of the car and one of the end of the guardrail that was impacted. The estimate for speed at impact was 35 mph. The weather was sunny, dry and above 80 degrees. about 6:30PM Eastern time.”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POLICE INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V280000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,676.”

“MY 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED FUNCTIONING ALL OF A SUDDEN. I REPLACED BOTH BULBS AND NOTHING CHANGED. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS MODEL VEHICLE FOR A BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH MALFUNCTION AND DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH MY CAR BUT MY VIN DOES NOT APPEAR TO QUALIFY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN.”

“AFTER OWNING TWO '06 ELANTRAS, I'VE COME TO REALIZE A RECURRING ISSUE WITH THE DASHBOARD ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. WHEN THE TURNER INDICATOR IS ENGAGED, THE REST OF THE DASHBOARD HAS A TENDENCY TO SHORT OUT FOR A SECOND OR TWO BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL.”

“HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING ROUGH IDLE DESPITE FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER AND CLEAN THROTTLE BODY. REMOVED AND CLEANED IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE WITH THROTTLE BODY CLEANER, WHICH SMOOTHED OUT ROUGH IDLE BUT STUCK THROTTLE AT HIGH AND INCREASING RPM (GETTING LOUDER) IN PARK GEAR WHEN PARKING AFTER DRIVING. SUSPECTED AND REPLACED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR BUT IT WAS ELECTRONIC, NOT SPRING ACTIVATED, AND CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE SAME HIGH RPMS BEFORE PARKING. WAS DRIVING ON 50 MPH HIGHWAY WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS (RT. 50 IN VIRGINIA), CAME TO A RED LIGHT AND COULD NOT STOP CAR---RPMS INCREASED WHILE IN DRIVE GEAR DESPITE BRAKES BEING ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. WOULD HAVE RUN THROUGH RED LIGHT AT HIGH SPEED IF HAD NOT SHUT OFF ENGINE BEFORE INTERSECTION. REPLACED WITH NEW AFTERMARKET IAC (IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE) AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE.”

“WENT FOR AN INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD MY FRONT SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED AND ROTTED. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS UNDER RECALL, BUT UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON THIS SAME PART FOR OTHER YEARS OF THIS CAR BUT APPARANTLY THE 2006 WAS NOT INCLUDED, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE SAME ISSUES, AND THEY CHARGED ME FOR OTHER REPAIRS UNDER THE PRETENSE THAT THE SUB FRAME WOULD BE FIXED BY A DEALERSHIP FOR FREE DUE TO THE RECALL.”