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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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5NPDH4AE8GH••••••2016 Hyundai ELANTRA
This build draws 2.1× more complaints than the average 2016 Hyundai ELANTRA build (13 vs 6).
13on this build
277on the model
45builds in total
1involved a crash
1involved a fire
1injuries
Most reportedElectrical System 3Power Train 3Engine And Engine Cooling 2Fuel/propulsion System 2
What owners of this build wrote
Visibility/wipercrashJun 2016
The visibility on this car is so bad. In 40 years of driving I had 1 accident until I got this car. I have had 3 minor accidents in less than a year all due to backing up and looking out passenger side. When you back up you can't see out of the passenger side in the front due to…
Electrical SystemfireApr 2016
Vehicle spontaneously ignited 4/5/2016 @ ~3:45pm (see pictures attached) while parked in a fenced, guarded, private corporation employee parking lot, destroying itself & both vehicles parked on either side of it. 5 months old, 11,000 miles on odometer, only prior services were…
Power TrainSep 2024
I own a 2016 Elantra with around 140,000 miles and the car just stopped going forward the car only goes in reverse, no warning light came on, no other issues or warnings that there was something wrong with the car
Unknown Or OtherJun 2024
The sun visors on both the driver and passenger sides of the car are made of plastic (under the fabric material). Both visors no longer work properly. The plastic body of the visor has cracked and broken which causes the visor to no longer stay in the up position. The passenger…
EngineAug 2023
So we went to Take Five in Kenosha for an oil change on the way home the oil filter snapped off completely
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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 5NPDH4AE8GH736662 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.