Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government
holds on this vehicle.
Owners have filed 5 safety complaints
about the 2025 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid with the US government. Of those, 1 mentions a fire and no death is recorded. One recall campaign is open against it, covering the electrical system.
The most complained-about system is the fuel and propulsion system,
named in 2 complaints, 40% of the total.
Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files
· Covers October 2025 to July 2026 · How this is counted
What is on file
5 complaints on file
5
Complaints
0
Describe a crash
1
Mention fire
0
People injured
0
Deaths
A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a
finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts
them.
A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free.
Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can
answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a
model year.
Which system owners named
Complaints naming each system
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 · 40%
2 40%
POWER TRAIN 2 · 40%
2 40%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 · 40%
2 40%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 · 20%
1 20%
ENGINE 1 · 20%
1 20%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 · 20%
1 20%
048
Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it.
One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 5.
When the complaints arrived
By the year NHTSA received them
By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures
happened. They peaked in 2026 at 4.
8 6 4 2
252025262026
This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure
happened. The range runs from 2025 to 2026 , the last of them a part year, which is why its column is drawn faint.
Crash test ratings
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program
NHTSA crashes a car into a barrier and a pole and measures what
happens to the dummies inside. This is what it awarded the 2025 Hyundai ELANTRA HYBRID, and it is a separate
question from what owners report going wrong later.
Test
4 DR FWD
Overall
Frontal crash
Frontal, driver
Frontal, passenger
Side crash
Side barrier
Side pole
Rollover
Chance of rollover
10.1%
Stability control standard Forward collision warning standard Lane departure warning standard
A dash means NHTSA did not rate that test for this vehicle.
Recall campaigns
1 on file
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT:POWER CONTROL UNIT/MODULE (HPCU)
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024-2026 Elantra Hybrid vehicles. The hybrid power control unit (HPCU) assembly may overheat.
The risk
Overheating in the HPCU increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will update the HPCU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 3, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 301. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 16, 2026.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 54,337 vehicles across all model years covered
If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's
lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How
many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by
the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.
Complaints: NHTSA's ODI
complaint file
, published September 1, 2026. One
complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.
Recalls: NHTSA's recall
campaign API
, most recent campaign filed September 14, 2026.
Investigations: NHTSA's ODI
investigation file
, published 2026-09-01.
A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by
us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that
sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.
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