Ownership Cost for 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring SE
Estimated: $37880 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2287
$1098
$961
$869
$778
$5993
Insurance
$1755
$1817
$1880
$1946
$2014
$9412
Fuel
$1444
$1488
$1540
$1601
$1674
$7747
Maintenance
$2416
$1555
$960
$873
$2131
$7935
Repairs
$844
$1016
$1155
$1277
$1475
$5767
Taxes & Fees
$693
$693
$693
$693
$693
$1027
Total Ownership Costs
$9439
$7052
$6597
$6631
$8161
$37880
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Wagon
Displacement CC: 2000.0
Displacement CI: 122.04748818946
Displacement L: 2.0
Engine Model: DOHC Beta
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: HYUNDAI
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Elantra
Model Year: 2011
Plant City: Ul-san
Plant Company Name: Hyundai Motor Company
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLS(Middle grade)
Series2: Touring (FD)
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2009
AIR BAGS
TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I MADE AN APPT WITH FUCCILLO HYUNDAI OF SCHENECTADY NY, THE LOCATION WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, FOR ONE WEEK LATER. LIGHT WENT OFF AFTER 3 DAYS AND I CONTACTED FUCILLO AND THEY TOLD ME TO MAKE ANOTHER APPT IF THE LIGHT CAME ON A AGAIN. IT DID MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, I MADE APPTS, THE LIGHT WENT OFF AFTER A FEW DAYS, AND FUCILLO HYUNDAI KEPT TELLING ME TO MAKE ANOTHER APPT IF THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT DID THIS FOR MONTHS AND IN EARLY 2010 WHILE IN COCOA FLORIDA THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND I VISITED COCOA HYUNDAI AND THEY TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IF THE LIGHT CAME ON, THE AIRBAGS WOULD NOT WORK IN AN ACCIDENT, THEY OFFERED ME A LOANER TO DRIVE AND THEY BEGAN WORK ON THE VEHICLE WITHIN THE HOUR. LIGHT CAME ON AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, HAD IT IN TO COCOA HYUNDAI A SECOND AND THEN YET AGAIN A THIRD TIME OVER 2 MONTHS. THE LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST 3 1/2 YEARS AND IT HAS NOW BEEN ON FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS, I CAN`T AFFORD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS MAKE AND MODEL FOR AIR BAG DEFECTS. *TR
2011
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD AROUND 45 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL SUDDENLY AND REPEATEDLY LOCKED UP CAUSING THE TIRE TO SKID AND THE STEERING TO PULL TO THE LEFT. AT THE SAME TIME THE CAR SLOWED VERY QUICKLY TO 5 MPH AND ALMOST CAUSED THE DRIVER BEHIND ME TO SLAM INTO THE BACK OF MY CAR. I WAS NOT APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL DURING THIS INCIDENT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY. SIMILAR OCCURRENCES HAVE HAPPENED ABOUT ONCE PER MONTH IN THE PAST YEAR. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO HYUNDAI SERVICE AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM BUT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND "FIND NOTHING WRONG". I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING IF I TURN OFF THE ESC THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY AND I CAN RESUME NORMAL DRIVING SPEED ONCE AGAIN. *TR