NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Hyundai Elantra Recalls
The 2000 Hyundai Elantra has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 11, 2000.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Hyundai Elantra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 197
- Crashes reported
- 36
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Hyundai Elantra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2000 Hyundai Elantra
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 00V259001
- Reported
- September 11, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 165,977
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2000 Hyundai Elantra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 197 owner complaints about the 2000 Hyundai Elantra, the newest on January 12, 2023. Of these, 36 describe a crash (18%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 31 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Hyundai Elantra, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (22%), followed by the air bags (20%) and the electrical system (17%).
The 2000 Hyundai Elantra's only recall also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Hyundai Elantra owners gave the mileage (76 complaints), the median was 54,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling43
- Air Bags39
- Electrical System33
- Visibility26
- Power Train22
- Seat Belts15
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 27 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 38 | |
| 2002 | 17 | |
| 2003 | 22 | |
| 2004 | 29 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Hyundai Elantra peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 38. 53% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Hyundai Elantra drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Hyundai Elantra year in the same window: 16th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 197 complaints about the 2000 Hyundai Elantra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Elantra by model year
Other 2000 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: January 12, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted