NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Hyundai Elantra Recalls
The 2015 Hyundai Elantra has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 14, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 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
- 262
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 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 2015 Hyundai Elantra
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 26V307000
- Reported
- May 14, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,493
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Elantra, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: latch
- Campaign
- 24V146000
- Reported
- February 23, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 186,588
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 401, interior trunk release
- Same campaign
- also 2016 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 2011–2014 Elantra, 10 other models
2015 Hyundai Elantra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 262 owner complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Elantra, the newest on September 22, 2026. Of these, 27 describe a crash (10%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 25 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Elantra, the component group named most often is the engine (35%), followed by the service brakes (11%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (10%).
1 of the 2015 Hyundai Elantra's 3 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2015 Hyundai Elantra owners gave the mileage (127 complaints), the median was 53,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine92
- Unknown Or Other48
- Service Brakes29
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic26
- Steering26
- Air Bags23
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 29 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 49 | |
| 2024 | 43 | |
| 2025 | 16 | |
| 2026 | 11 |
Complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Elantra peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 49. 26% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Hyundai Elantra drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Hyundai Elantra year in the same window: 19th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 262 complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Elantra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Elantra by model year
Other 2015 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: September 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted