NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Hyundai Elantra Recalls
The 2012 Hyundai Elantra has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 22, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Hyundai Elantra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 654
- Crashes reported
- 47
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Hyundai Elantra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2012 Hyundai Elantra
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V651000
- Reported
- September 22, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,649,478
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2015 Elantra, 10 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 20V393000
- Reported
- July 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 272,126
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Elantra, 3 other models
Electronic stability control (esc)
- Campaign
- 15V871000
- Reported
- December 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 155,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Elantra
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 13V115000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 186,250
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 Elantra
2012 Hyundai Elantra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 654 owner complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Elantra, the newest on October 16, 2026. Of these, 47 describe a crash (7%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 44 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Elantra, the component group named most often is the engine (21%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the air bags (19%).
1 of the 2012 Hyundai Elantra's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2012 Hyundai Elantra owners gave the mileage (427 complaints), the median was 62,998 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine139
- Electrical System126
- Air Bags124
- Steering88
- Unknown Or Other66
- Service Brakes60
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 27 | |
| 2013 | 25 | |
| 2014 | 50 | |
| 2015 | 60 | |
| 2016 | 81 | |
| 2017 | 51 | |
| 2018 | 52 | |
| 2019 | 73 | |
| 2020 | 54 | |
| 2021 | 37 | |
| 2022 | 23 | |
| 2023 | 44 | |
| 2024 | 48 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 14 |
Complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Elantra peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 81. 26% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Hyundai Elantra drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Hyundai Elantra year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the Hyundai Elantra years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 654 complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Elantra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Elantra by model year
Other 2012 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted