3 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2015 Hyundai Elantra. 1 carries a do-not-drive or park-outside warning. Owners have filed 263 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Hyundai dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2015 Hyundai Elantra. Check your Elantra by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 263 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Hyundai Elantra, reporting 27 crashes, 8 fires, 25 injuries. Hyundai has issued at least 145 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Hyundai Elantra owner complaints and bulletins, every year
Owners have filed 263 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Hyundai Elantra. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“The contact owns a 2015 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed, however, the vehicle failed to stop as intended. The vehicle crashed into a guardrail. In addition, the air bags did not deploy.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11659096
“The contact owns a 2015 Hyundai Elantra GT. The vehicle had previously been serviced under Manufacturer Campaign Number: 966 (Engine Monitoring Logic) however, after the repair, the vehicle lost motive power while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11461460
“Drove my 2015 Hyundai Elantra on the coldest day of the year to an appointment. Car was fully warmed up. Pulled into a gas station to park and was going less than 3 mph, making a left hand turn into the space.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11643595
“On [XXX] I was parking in my parking spot outside my house, went to pull up 3 more inches in my parking spot when the vehicle accelerated at an extremely rapid speed, went over the high curb, up my front lawn into the tree in my front yard.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11639306
“The contact owned a 2015 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked outside his residence, it caught on fire. The contact stated the fire was emanating from the engine compartment. No one was injured during the fire.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11589731
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2015 Hyundai Elantra is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Hyundai dealer.