Federal complaint record · Hyundai Elantra · model year 1998

1998 Hyundai Elantra

Owners submitted 55 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 10th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1996 to 2000 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 21% · group n = 16Powertrain · 17% · group n = 13Other · 13% · group n = 10Airbags · 9% · group n = 7Brakes · 7% · group n = 5
55
Complaint records on file
21%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 16
10th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 26 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine21%

Engine reports

Hyundai Elantra · model year 1998

Reports in this group16
Share of classified reports21%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Stalling or shutdown · 11 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 1 of 31998 Hyundai Elantra
Transmission behavior · 10 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 31998 Hyundai Elantra
Airbag concerns · 5 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 3 of 31998 Hyundai Elantra

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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