2017 Hyundai Elantra Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 32about this part
- Share
- 4%of 770 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 26,500miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 32 complaints about the air bags of the 2017 Hyundai Elantra, 4% of the 770 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 26,500 miles. 17 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Air bag light will not turn off so I’m not sure if the air bags work. Oil is going missing from the car causing it to suddenly shut down. It also makes the rpm’s go really high (close to 5,000) when trying to go up hills or accelerate. I don’t see a leak, or puddles under the car, nor black smoke.”
NHTSA complaint #11637392, filed 2025-01, 109,355 miles“O whom it may concern, my son was in an accident this past tuesday 4/3/18 where he reared end another vehicle.. The air bag light came on but the air bags never deployed. It was enough damage to total the car.. Aprox 9-12 thousand dollars in damage.. Luckily no one was injured but I am very concerned about the air bags not deploying. The adjuster from the insurance company also was wondering why they did not deploy. …”
NHTSA complaint #11084441, filed 2018-04, 44,000 miles“I was driving and was t-boned on the driver's side. The driver's side curtain airbag deployed late, hitting me in the head and trapping me against the window. I have a resultant shoulder injury that may not have happened with appropriate deployment.”
NHTSA complaint #11156392, filed 2018-12, 22,080 miles“I had before a car hyunday Elantra 2013, and that car has recall because have some problems with the breaks, and after that carr I buyed a hyunday Elantra 2017, its was the same think with the breaks when the road was wet the breaks do not work and they make a noise, I had accident when was raining my car hit with the concrete fence, the crash was so bad but itns very rare , the car is total lost and the airbags never was deployed please can you investigate that issue , because I think the airbag never works. I dont know what kinda or make air bags are..I am ok but that why a lot o people die. …”
NHTSA complaint #11254877, filed 2019-09, 54,212 miles“Driving around 35 miles an hour and come to a small curve turned the wheel little bit but car went straight and guard rail hit passager side front of car and driver airbag came out but didn't blow all the way up and had a hole in it with stitching around it so driver airbag is no count just falls in your lap and electric steering is unpredictable”
NHTSA complaint #11054056, filed 2017-12, 17,000 milesRelated recalls
- 16V956000Dec 30, 2016Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2017 Hyundai Elantra vehicles manufactured April 15, 2016, to September 13, 2016, and Sonata…Covers: Hyundai Elantra 2017, Sonata 2017
- 16V232000Apr 21, 2016Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Sonata vehicles manufactured May 29, 2014 to February 11, 2016, 2017 Elantra…Covers: Hyundai Elantra 2017, Sonata 2015–2016, Sonata Hybrid 2016
Related service bulletins
- 11032523Apr 10, 2026The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has identified the presence of substandard and dangerous driver’s-side airbag inflators manufactured by Jilin Province…
- 11032522Apr 10, 2026The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent safety advisory regarding dangerous, counterfeit driver‑side airbag inflators manufactured by…
- 10082442May 11, 2016"hyundai motor america is launching recall 144 for a total of 33 vehicles. 2015/2016 my sonatas vehicles (30 units), and 2016 my sonata hybrid vehicle (one unit), and 2017 my…
- 10082427May 10, 2016The 2015 - 2016 sonata (lf), 2016 sonata hybrid (lf hev), and 2017 elantra (ad) features a two stage (primary and secondary) frontal driver airbag. Due to a manufacturing error…
Air bags: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 14% |
| 2024 | 1 | 2% |
| 2023 | 6 | 6% |
| 2022 | 4 | 4% |
| 2021 | 2 | 2% |
| 2020 | 5 | 2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 1% |
| 2018 | 12 | 4% |
| 2017 | 32 | 4% |
| 2016 | 26 | 9% |
| 2015 | 23 | 9% |
| 2014 | 32 | 8% |
| 2013 | 168 | 13% |
| 2012 | 124 | 19% |
| 2011 | 77 | 18% |
| 2010 | 46 | 12% |
| 2009 | 42 | 17% |
| 2008 | 38 | 12% |
| 2007 | 46 | 17% |
| 2006 | 56 | 36% |
| 2005 | 71 | 52% |
| 2004 | 114 | 63% |
| 2003 | 48 | 21% |
| 2002 | 70 | 20% |
| 2001 | 118 | 37% |
| 2000 | 39 | 20% |
| 1999 | 20 | 16% |
| 1998 | 7 | 13% |
| 1997 | 21 | 18% |
| 1996 | 14 | 14% |
| 1995 | 35 | 31% |
| 1994 | 31 | 41% |
Other parts of the 2017 Hyundai Elantra
291 complaintsBody and structure
134 complaintsOther or unknown
131 complaintsElectrical system
112 complaintsSteering
71 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
62 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
53 complaintsBrakes
48 complaintsFuel system
30 complaintsVehicle speed control
24 complaintsExterior lighting
23 complaintsWheels
14 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2017 Hyundai Elantra
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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