NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Hyundai Elantra Recalls
The 2006 Hyundai Elantra has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 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
- 155
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 Hyundai Elantra
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09V280000
- Reported
- July 21, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,011
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007 Elantra, 4 other models
2006 Hyundai Elantra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 155 owner complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Elantra, the newest on August 5, 2021. Of these, 28 describe a crash (18%); owners reported 23 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Elantra, the component group named most often is the air bags (36%), followed by the exterior lighting (25%) and the service brakes (15%).
The 2006 Hyundai Elantra's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2006 Hyundai Elantra owners gave the mileage (126 complaints), the median was 67,800 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags56
- Exterior Lighting38
- Service Brakes23
- Electrical System16
- Vehicle Speed Control11
- Power Train8
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 22 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Elantra peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 22. 22% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Hyundai Elantra drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Hyundai Elantra year in the same window: 23rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Elantra years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 155 complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Elantra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Elantra by model year
Other 2006 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: August 5, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted