NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Hyundai Elantra Recalls
The 2010 Hyundai Elantra has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 4, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Hyundai Elantra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 380
- Crashes reported
- 45
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Hyundai Elantra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2010 Hyundai Elantra
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 20V061000
- Reported
- February 4, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 476,111
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009 Elantra, 3 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V100000
- Reported
- February 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 204,768
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2009 Elantra, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V113000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,712,336
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009 Elantra, 11 other models
2010 Hyundai Elantra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 380 owner complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Elantra, the newest on October 9, 2026. Of these, 45 describe a crash (12%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 48 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Elantra, the component group named most often is the steering (51%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the air bags (12%).
1 of the 2010 Hyundai Elantra's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2010 Hyundai Elantra owners gave the mileage (274 complaints), the median was 63,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering195
- Electrical System48
- Air Bags46
- Power Train32
- Service Brakes27
- Structure22
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 30 | |
| 2015 | 35 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2017 | 33 | |
| 2018 | 33 | |
| 2019 | 36 | |
| 2020 | 33 | |
| 2021 | 28 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 23 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Elantra peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 36. 16% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Hyundai Elantra drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Hyundai Elantra year in the same window: 18th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 380 complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Elantra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Elantra by model year
Other 2010 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted