2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2025 Hyundai Elantra. Owners have filed 34 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 2025 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 34 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Hyundai Elantra, reporting 4 crashes, 1 fires, 8 injuries. Hyundai has issued at least 22 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.
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Owners have filed 34 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Hyundai Elantra. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“My 2026 Hyundai Elantra at 3,300 miles experienced a severe frontal impact with 6g logitudinal deceleration due to uncommanded acceleration and complete brake blindness. Depiste this severe impact, neither airbags nor seatbelt pretensioners deployed. At -2.5 sec.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11764142
“While driving to work my engine of my Hyundai Elantra Hybrid caught fire. The fire was able to be put out but there are no active recalls currently on my vehicle. All of the safety sensors turned on and off and my car locked and would not move. I couldn't go anywhere it was stopped.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11733295
“To the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration I am submitting this formal safety complaint regarding a persistent and dangerous pattern of mechanical and electronic failures in my 2025 Hyundai Elantra N. These issues have rendered the vehicle unsafe for regular operation on public highways.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11721218
“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.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11748578
“The contact owns a 2025 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while stopped at a red light with the precise pressure on the brake pedal, the RPM became elevated, the brake pedal was released, and as a result, the vehicle increased in speed and crashed into the rear of another vehicle.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11747113
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Not every 2025 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.