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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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5NPD84LF7LH••••••2020 Hyundai ELANTRA
This build draws 3.4× more complaints than the average 2020 Hyundai ELANTRA build (18 vs 5).
18on this build
240on the model
46builds in total
2involved a crash
Most reportedEngine 9Power Train 6Steering 4Vehicle Speed Control 1
What owners of this build wrote
SteeringcrashFeb 2020
I was sold to me new I took it in for an inspection in the first week of ownership and the tech slipped me a notice of a accident and repair completed at 0-5 miles of its life I purchased at only 6 miles they keep telling me I'm lying. Incident date 9/1/19 repair date 2/10/20…
EngineMay 2026
The contact owns a 2020 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving, the vehicle unexpectedly stalled. The vehicle was able to restart. The check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic Camshaft sensor failure. The camshaft sensors…
Fuel SystemJun 2025
Fuel pump keeps on failing I replaced it 3 time
Power TrainApr 2024
This vehicle recently had a new engine and new transmission installed into it in february of this year. Less than 10k miles on it. The engine light came on on 4/12/2024 and I took it back to the dealer immediately. They called me on 4/15/2024 stating that their engineers and…
Service BrakesJun 2023
Normal driving, applied brakes and pedal very hard to push down and stop and very fortunate to stop at all, now has happened twice. (what to do?) scared to drive the vehicle!
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5NPD84LF7LH517482 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.