- Vehicles
- 155,000
- Built between
- Oct 2010 – Oct 2011
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 9 May 2016
- Repaired
- 56%
- Unrepaired
- 61,884
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between October 2010 and October 2011. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2011-2012 Hyundai ElantraBuilt October 2010 to October 2011
Repair progress
61,884 of 155,000 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2017.
56% repaired — 87,326 of 155,000 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 5,790
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Elantra vehicles manufactured October 29, 2010, to October 25, 2011. Due to an electronic stability control (ESC) sensor malfunction, the brakes for one or more wheels may be applied unexpectedly and the engine power may be reduced. These symptoms will be accompanied by illumination of the ESC indicator lamp in the instrument cluster.
What could happen
If the one or more of the brakes are inappropriately applied, control of the vehicle may be lost, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will verify the proper operation of the ESC sensors, and update the ESC system's calibration, free of charge. The recall began June 6, 2016.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtOctober 2010 to October 2011
- Recall reported to NHTSA23 December 2015
- Owners notified9 May 2016
- Latest repair reportQ3 2017 — 56% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 23 December 2015.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-800-633-5151. Hyundai's number for this recall is 137.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 137
- Recalling manufacturer
- Hyundai Motor America
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.