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Hyundai Elantra Gt · 2016

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·26V307000·2026-05-14

    Hyundai Recalls Elantra Vehicles Due to Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Hyundai is recalling 2015-2016 Elantra and 2016 Elantra GT vehicles because the driver's air bag inflator may rupture during deployment, posing a risk of injury from metal fragments.

    Product
    HYUNDAI — HYUNDAI ELANTRA GT, ELANTRA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE19003 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables
  • RQ17004 Recall Query · engine
  • PE13033 Preliminary Evaluation · service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:control unit/module
  • PE13007 Preliminary Evaluation · suspension:rear
  • PE09003 Preliminary Evaluation · electronic stability control

Technical service bulletins

181 manufacturer service bulletins across 4 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2020: 4.5/5 · 7 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2019: 4.7/5 · 3 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2018: 4.0/5 · 49 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2017: 4.2/5 · 25 complaints · most complained-of: engine

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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