44 complaints reported

2017 Hyundai Elantra Latches/Locks

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

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44
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

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Apr 2024

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that upon attempting to enter the vehicle, the driver's side door failed to open, after which he became aware that the failure existed with all four doors. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed failures with the door actuator on all four doors. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Apr 2024
Nov 2023

My door handle requiring repeated attempts to open the door, same as in the TSB Number: 21-BD-006H (NHTSA Number: 10196574). It is possible that hyundai does not includes a lot of vehicles with similar problems.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2023
Sep 2022

Rear driver door will NOT open whether in the unlock position manual or power, or lock position. Has not been checked by a dealership, police, or otherwise. Has been "locked" and unable to open for about 2 months. Safety issue- if in an accident, such as car is on fire, or under water, or passenger side is damaged to impare door, persons will be trapped and can cause death. There are no sensors, lights, etc. to indicate a problem. Internet research shows other individuals with this same problem related to Hyundai vehicles.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Apr 2022
Sep 2022

Door handles have to be pulled multiple times to open the door, specially it’s at night it’s very dangerous for a girl and scary I can’t get into my car when I needed to.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2022
Aug 2022

While driving the trunk latch broke and the trunk flew open. There is no damage to the trunk or rear end of the vehicle. We did not hit any pot holes we were on a straight way driving and the trunk just opened. Now it won't close. The truck light won't go out. I am glad we weren't on the highway going at a higher rate of speed and this happened.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2022
Aug 2022

Door handles not functioning on my vehicle. Rear drivers side door will not open from inside or outside.Front passenger door does not open from outside only from inside. Front drivers door has had issues opening and closing door handle currently falling off. No known recalls or safety alerts for my vehicle even though Hyundai has released a 10 year extended warranty on door handles mine is not warrantable to my knowledge.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Nov 2021
Jul 2022

Right rear passenger door will not open. The door will not open from the inside or the outside. The latch is in the "unlocked position" and the child safety lock is off. The child safety lock is proven to be off, as the left rear door will open as it should. Unlocking, locking, child safety lock on or off, starting the car, turn the engine off-nothing allows you to open the door. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. PLEASE ASSIST IN HAVING HYUNDAI MAKE THIS A RECALL. Thank you. Mileage 82K.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jul 2022
Jul 2022

My back passenger door will not open from inside or outside.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2022
Jul 2022

The rear drivers side door will not open from the inside or outside. Something broke and the door is stuck shut.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jul 2022
Jul 2022

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that the rear passenger’s side door failed to open whenever unlocked. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed or repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer had been notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 102,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jul 2022
Jun 2022

The back door will not open after it is locked and then unlocked

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2022
May 2022

Driver side door handle has become inoperable. A manufacturer Technical Service Bulletin has been issued in response to repeated failures. This is a safety risk and should be a Manufacturer Recall (not a TSB). Vehicle occupants could become trapped inside the vehicle and unable to escape if the car is on fire, submerged in water or if the occupant needs to exit the vehicle for other personal safety reasons.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2022
May 2022

I just bought my car used on May 10, 2022. I have been unable to open my driver side door and having difficulty opening my passenger front door. I had the battery on the Key Fob replaced but It is getting more and more difficult. I have to climb into the passenger side to get into my car or have someone open the door manually from the inside of the vehicle.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Oct 2022
May 2022

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that the front driver's and rear passenger's doors were not able to open as needed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the door actuators needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 65,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2022
May 2022

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that the passenger's side rear door was unable to be opened from inside or outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Sep 2022
Apr 2022

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated the rear passenger’s side door failed to open. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic and was informed that the rear passenger’s side door latch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that shortly afterward, the front passenger’s and front driver’s side doors failed to open. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2021
Apr 2022

Back rear passenger door no longer can be opened from the inside or outside of the car, and it is not locked. This problem started about 6 weeks ago. Starting three days ago my passenger front door will no longer open from the outside but will open from the inside, and it too is not locked.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Apr 2022
Mar 2022

My rear vehicle Doors will not open, could not get my passenger out. My visually impaired son had to climb over front seat to finally, get out. Thankfully , there was no emergency. No warning lights about problem. Waiting for inspection by dealership. Very hard to get appointment for service.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Apr 2022
Mar 2022

Rear left door does not open from the inside or the outside

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Mar 2022
Mar 2022

Rear doors are locked unable to open them from the inside or outside

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Mar 2022
Mar 2022

Hyundai Elantra 2017 just starts shaking. First time it happened when I turned on the car (check engine light came on but went off again after restarting it). Second time it started shaking while driving on highway and almost caused an accident. I pulled off and restarted car and shaking stopped. Both cases the engine light came on but didn’t stay on for me to get it checked. I believe this to be a very common problem. Hearing a lot about faulty coils and spark plugs that lead to much worse problems. Also, both back doors will not open. I’ve been told this is due to a bad plastic part inside door that commonly breaks. Hyundai will not take responsibility for either. This is very unfortunate and causing a ton of problems for many people!

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Mar 2022
Mar 2022

Rear drivers side door Will not open from inside nor outside when unlocked by either key fob or door unlock control on front door panel???!!! Cannot open if there is an accident… Window opens with both windows buttons. Door will not open when unlocked… Also my passenger side front door has similar issue except, I can open door from inside but not from outside???!!! Key fob does not unlock the door???!!! But front drivers door opens all the time… Very disappointed with this vehicle.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2022
Mar 2022

The car is 6 years old (just past the 5 year warranty). Within the past week, the front and rear passenger doors are unable to be opened from either the outside or the inside. This is an incredible life threatening safety risk. When searching the internet, this is a common problem with Hyundai and is expensive to fix, yet there are no recalls on this.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Apr 2022
Oct 2021

The driver rear door will not open from the inside or from the outside. No matter how you lock/unlock it when you pull either door handle nothing happens basically leaving a rear seated passenger trapped.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2021
Sep 2021

the problem is with the door lock actuator rear driver side and front passenger side, 2 doors!!! they don't open even from inside and out side when the door is locked and unlocked its so dangerous at the accident time or emergency times when the car is in fire and doors don't open from both sides when they are unlocked

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2021

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The 2017 Hyundai Elantra has 44 Latches/Locks complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.