FaultScore

Worst years for a Hyundai Elantra Touring

Owners have filed 234 complaints about the Hyundai Elantra Touring with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2013. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2010 Hyundai Elantra Touring

97 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2009 Hyundai Elantra Touring

48 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai Elantra Touring 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
2013 C 19 3 0 43,000 Wheels
2012 D 28 2 1 18,000 Suspension
2011 C 41 6 1 70,250 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2010 F 97 8 4 49,000 Steering
2009 B 48 0 0 77,555 Steering
2008 1 0 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers

What breaks on a Hyundai Elantra Touring

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

Steering 53 22.6%

Worst in 2010

Airbags 23 9.8%

Worst in 2009

Electrical System 18 7.7%

Worst in 2010

Wheels 14 6.0%

Worst in 2013

Engine & Cooling 13 5.6%

Worst in 2011

Brakes 13 5.6%

Worst in 2010

Suspension 13 5.6%

Worst in 2012

Acceleration & Cruise Control 13 5.6%

Worst in 2011

Tires 13 5.6%

Worst in 2009

Stability & Traction Control 13 5.6%

Worst in 2010

Other & Unspecified 12 5.1%

Worst in 2013

Transmission & Drivetrain 11 4.7%

Worst in 2011

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 7 3.0%

Worst in 2010

Body & Structure 5 2.1%

Worst in 2009

Complaints filed over time

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

Mar 2010 peak 10 Aug 2026

Compare the Hyundai Elantra Touring

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