NHTSA Safety Recalls
Hyundai Elantra Touring Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Elantra Touring, across 4 model years from 2009 to 2012. The 2010 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2012 (1).
- Model years
- 4
- Recall campaigns
- 4
- Most recalls
- 2010
- Owner complaints
- 175
2009–2012, with a recall
4 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 175 complaints with NHTSA about the Hyundai Elantra Touring across 6 model years; the most, 75, concern the 2010.
Owners marked a crash on 12 of the Hyundai Elantra Touring complaints (7%) and a fire on 6.
Across all Hyundai Elantra Touring model years, owners name the steering most often (at least 51 complaints), then the air bags (23).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Hyundai Elantra Touring in 2015: 25, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Hyundai Elantra Touring is exterior lighting: brake lights: switch, in 3 model-year listings.
The newest Hyundai Elantra Touring recall, 20V061000, was reported on February 4, 2020 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module.
Hyundai Elantra Touring years to avoid
Too few Hyundai Elantra Touring model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Hyundai Elantra Touring years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Hyundai Elantra Touring
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH3
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE3
- STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS3
- STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM2
Hyundai Elantra Touring model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Hyundai Elantra Touring recall campaign (4)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20V061000February 4, 2020 | service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module | 2009–2011 | fire and injury | 476,111 |
| 15V100000February 23, 2015 | steering: electric power assist system | 2009–2010 | crash | 204,768 |
| 14V310000June 10, 2014 | structure: frame and members | 2010–2012 | crash and injury | 35,000 |
| 13V113000April 1, 2013 | exterior lighting: brake lights: switch | 2009–2011 | crash | 1,712,336 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Hyundai Elantra Touring. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: August 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted