FaultScore

Worst years for a Hyundai Elantra Hybrid

Owners have filed 229 complaints about the Hyundai Elantra Hybrid with NHTSA across model years 2021 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2023 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid

94 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly driver assist & collision avoidance.

Cleanest on record

2021 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid

48 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai Elantra Hybrid year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 9 0 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
2024 9 0 3 Electrical System
2023 D 94 10 0 1,500 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 C 69 3 0 7,600 Electrical System
2021 B 48 0 0 17,325 Electrical System

What breaks on a Hyundai Elantra Hybrid

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2021

Other & Unspecified 24 10.5%

Worst in 2023

Engine & Cooling 22 9.6%

Worst in 2021

Transmission & Drivetrain 20 8.7%

Worst in 2023

Brakes 14 6.1%

Worst in 2021

Fuel & Propulsion 10 4.4%

Worst in 2021

Steering 6 2.6%

Worst in 2023

Lights 6 2.6%

Worst in 2022

Airbags 4 1.7%

Worst in 2023

Seat Belts 4 1.7%

Worst in 2022

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 3 1.3%

Worst in 2022

Body & Structure 2 0.9%

Worst in 2023

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Hyundai Elantra Hybrid, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2021 peak 11 Aug 2026

Compare the Hyundai Elantra Hybrid

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.