18 complaints reported

2014 Hyundai Elantra Air Bags

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
18
Crashes
9
Fires
0
Injuries
9

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Nov 2025

There is a light is always on and it says passenger airbag off

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Apr 2025
Oct 2024

Airbag sensor on dash board states air bag is off and driver dashboard still reflects issue. Air bag fuses were checked:they are okay.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2024
Jan 2024

Air bag warning light repeatedly on due to a bad harness connection under the drivers seat. This is the fourth time.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2024
Oct 2021 Crash Injury

I was involved in an accident where I was rear ended at a high rate of speed and pushed into the vehicle in front of me. I was thrown forward, hitting my head/left eye on something inside the vehicle. I received significant facial injuries and neck pain. My car was totaled from the impact but not a single airbag deployed. I cannot believe this is how airbags are intended to function, why have them if they are not going to deploy in a situation like this!

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Oct 2021
Sep 2020

I PURCHASED MY HYUNDAI ELANTRA IN 2018 FROM A DEALER IN GILBERT. THE VEHICLE WAS PRE-OWNED BUT RECORDS DO NOT INDICATE ANY ACCIDENTS. RECENTLY I HAVE STARTED TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ILLUMINATED. IT STARTED OUT AS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE BUT NOW THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. I LEARNED THE ILLUMINATED AIRBAG LIGHT MEANS MY AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. I'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH AIRBAGS IN ANY VEHICLE I'VE OWNED. SOME HAVING OVER 300,000 MILES. HYUNDAI HAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE AIRBAG SYSTEM FAILING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY HYUNDAI AMERICA. I'VE TRIED CONTACTING THEM FOR SUPPORT THRU EMAIL BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Dec 2020
Jul 2020

FRONT AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING BAD. AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER STATES NOT PART OF WARRANTY. OTHER HYUNDAIS WITH SAME PROBLEM HAVE WARRANTIES THAT HAVE BEEN EXTENDED. THIS NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED ALSO

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jul 2020
May 2020 Crash Injury

CAR HYDROPLANED ON INTERSTATE CAUSING CAR TO SLIDE INTO CONCRETE GUARD RAIL. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS. SOMETHING HIT PASSENGER IN FACE WHEN DEPLOYMENT HAPPENED CAUSING FACIAL LACERATIONS AND A FRACTURE TO THE FOREHEAD WHICH ENDED UP BEING A DEPRESSED FRACTURE THROUGH THE FRONTAL SINUS CAVITY. PASSENGER HAD TO BE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR CT SCANS AND CLOSURES OF LACERATIONS. THE SURGEON SAID THE BONE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HIT IT WITH A BALL PEN HAMMER PERFECTLY ROUND SHATTERED.*DT*JB*DT CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.*JB *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2018
Dec 2018

SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH, THIS MEANS THAT THE AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT SEES AN ISSUE IN THE SYSTEM AND DISABLED THE SYSTEM. THIS MEANS THAT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Dec 2018
Aug 2018 Crash Injury

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER BEING HIT BY COMMERCIAL BOX TRUCK GOING OVER 50 MPH

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jul 2018
Feb 2018 Crash Injury

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND THE FRONT END WENT UNDERNEATH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT THE CONTACT STRUCK. THE POLICE, AMBULANCE, AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE CONTACTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE WITHIN THREE WEEKS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND SENT SOMEONE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE INSPECTOR STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND THEY CLOSED THE CONTACT'S CASE; HOWEVER, THE CASE WAS OPENED AND CLOSED A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES. THE CASE WAS CURRENTLY OPEN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,215. *TT *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2017
Dec 2017 Crash Injury

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON 11/30/17 THAT HAD THREE IMPACTS AND NOT ONE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN 10/2016 AND IT DID NOT DEPLOY EITHER, BUT I FIGURED MAYBE BECAUSE IT WASN'T AS VIOLENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THE NOVEMBER ACCIDENT WAS HARD AND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WERE SHOCKED THEY DID NOT DEPLOY INCLUDING A DEPUTY, A COUPLE OF DOCTORS, AND TWO INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES. MY CAR WAS TOTALED SO I DO NOT OWN IT ANYMORE. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45-50 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD AND A PERSON CAME FROM SIDE STREET STOP SIGN AT ME TO CLIP THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, CAUSED FRONT DRIVER SIDE TO HIT A GUARDRAIL, AND FINALLY THE CAR WENT HEAD FIRST INTO SHALLOW DITCH (HIT ROTTEN POST AND A LOT OF BUSHES). DRIVER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN ALL THE WAY, A HOLE WAS IN THE DRIVER FRONT TIRE, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE LOOKED CONCAVED/MISSHAPEN ON THE CAR.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Nov 2017
May 2017

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THE 2014 ELANTRA GT MODELS AS WELL. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOUND ONLINE. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLS ON PREVIOUS MODELS. THE 2014 SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2017
Oct 2016 Crash Injury

I WAS IN A FRONTEND COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT WORK. I STRUCK THE VEHICLE GO 50 MPH WHICH WAS A FRONT END COLLISION. I ONLY SUFFERS MINOR SHOULDER INJURIES. MY CONCERN IS WHEN THE COLLISION SHOP COMPLETES THE WORK FIXING MY CAR, WILL I FEEL SAVE IF ANOTHER COLLISION OCCUS. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY RECALLS AT THIS TIME.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jun 2016
May 2016

THE SRS LIGHT ON MY 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SE STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE CAR IS ON

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2016
Mar 2016 Crash Injury

AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING, 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA ON 1 APR 2016, ATLANTA, GA, I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THE 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. I WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, IN FRONT OF THE TIRE WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. ALTHOUGH THE IMPACT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO BREAK RIBS; HOWEVER, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY . THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND STOPPED WHEN I SAW A VEHICLE HEADING MY WAY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2016
Feb 2016

AIR BAG SRS LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 30000 MILES ON IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Oct 2016
Aug 2015 Crash Injury

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH LANES, A TRACTOR TRAILER CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND UNKNOWN INJURIES WERE REPORTED, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Apr 2015
Jun 2015 Crash Injury

I AM THE FINANCED OWNER OF A BLACK 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA THAT I HAD PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF 2014. I WAS DRIVING SOUTH BOUND ON I-95 TRAVELING IN THE FARTHEST LEFT LANE WHEN A CAR TO THE RIGHT OF ME, LOST CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE AND HIT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR WHICH PUSHED THE FRONT END OF MY CAR INTO THE WALL, WHICH THEN CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DO A 360 SPIN. AFTER THE 360 SPIN MY VEHICLE HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FACING NORTH BOUND IN THE SOUTH BOUND I-95 LANES, IMMEDIATELY AFTER STOPPING I WAS HIT HEAD ON BY AN ONCOMING CAR. AFTER BEING HIT HEAD ON I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND WOKE TO MY CAR IN THE EMERGENCY LANES TO THE RIGHT OF THE SOUTH BOUND LANES OF I-95. I HAD REALIZED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW CURTAIN AIRBAGS WERE THE ONLY AIRBAGS THAT HAD DEPLOYED DURING THE ENTIRE CAR ACCIDENT. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE FRONT FRAME OF MY VEHICLE WAS DEMOLISHED RIGHT WHERE THE AIRBAG SENSORS ARE LOCATED. I AM HIGHLY CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A DEFECT OR MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRBAGS OR POSSIBLY THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, NOT ONLY FOR WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE CASUALTIES, BUT A FRIEND OF MINE HAS A 4 YEAR OLD AND PURCHASED THE EXACT SAME MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE. AS WELL AS, WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, I WAS ASSURED THAT IT WAS A SAFE CAR AND THAT ITS SAFETY FEATURES WERE UP TO PAR. I WOULD FEEL REASSURED KNOWING THAT THIS WAS TAKEN INTO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BECAUSE I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE UNKNOWN REASON OF WHY MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2015

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The 2014 Hyundai Elantra has 18 Air Bags complaints on file. 9 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.