Federal complaint record · Hyundai Elantra · model year 2000

2000 Hyundai Elantra

Owners submitted 197 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 38th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1998 to 2002 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 21% · group n = 54Airbags · 15% · group n = 40Electrical · 14% · group n = 35Visibility · 11% · group n = 29Powertrain · 9% · group n = 22
197
Complaint records on file
54,500
Median mileage at the reported problem · 76 complaints reported mileage
21%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 54
38th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 28 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 2000

Reports in this group54
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 · 42 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 1 of 32000 Hyundai Elantra
Airbag concerns · 34 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 2 of 32000 Hyundai Elantra
Transmission behavior · 16 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 3 of 32000 Hyundai Elantra

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

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