NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Hyundai Elantra Recalls
The 2016 Hyundai Elantra has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 14, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Hyundai Elantra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 293
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Hyundai Elantra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 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 2015 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 2015 Elantra
2016 Hyundai Elantra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 293 owner complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Elantra, the newest on October 1, 2026. Of these, 22 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Elantra, the component group named most often is the engine (38%), followed by the power train (11%) and the air bags (9%).
1 of the 2016 Hyundai Elantra's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2016 Hyundai Elantra owners gave the mileage (123 complaints), the median was 54,964 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine111
- Unknown Or Other54
- Power Train31
- Air Bags26
- Electrical System22
- Fuel/Propulsion System19
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 25 | |
| 2021 | 35 | |
| 2022 | 37 | |
| 2023 | 38 | |
| 2024 | 34 | |
| 2025 | 19 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Elantra peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 38. 29% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Hyundai Elantra drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Hyundai Elantra year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 293 complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Elantra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Elantra by model year
Other 2016 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted