NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Hyundai Elantra Recalls
The 2017 Hyundai Elantra has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 28, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 769
- Crashes reported
- 37
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Hyundai Elantra
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 17V213000
- Reported
- March 28, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 99
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Hyundai Elantra
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: hydraulic
- Campaign
- 17V063000
- Reported
- January 26, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,803
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Hyundai Elantra
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V956000
- Reported
- December 30, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 110
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V232000
- Reported
- April 21, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2017 Hyundai Elantra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 769 owner complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Elantra, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 37 describe a crash (5%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 24 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Elantra, the component group named most often is the engine (38%), followed by the structure (17%) and the electrical system (15%).
None of the 2017 Hyundai Elantra's 4 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Hyundai Elantra owners gave the mileage (281 complaints), the median was 44,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine290
- Structure134
- Unknown Or Other131
- Electrical System112
- Steering71
- Power Train62
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 35 | |
| 2018 | 44 | |
| 2019 | 67 | |
| 2020 | 85 | |
| 2021 | 128 | |
| 2022 | 125 | |
| 2023 | 107 | |
| 2024 | 75 | |
| 2025 | 59 | |
| 2026 | 37 |
Complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Elantra peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 128. 31% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Hyundai Elantra drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Hyundai Elantra year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the Hyundai Elantra years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 769 complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Elantra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Elantra by model year
Other 2017 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted