2021 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID — Complaint #1761083
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL filed August 3, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1761083 (ODI reference 11427566) concerns a 2021 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID and was filed on August 3, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 29, 2021. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition:coil, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID cohort independently describe similar electrical system:ignition:coil failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYBRID shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
According to the dealership where I bought this car, the ignition coil failed. This has happened two times so far, resulting in two separate trips to the dealership to diagnosis and repair the issue. They were able to reproduce and confirm the problem; however, what caused the coil to go out is unknown. The component has not been inspected by any other sources outside of the Hyundai certified mechanics at the dealership. No warning lights or messages appeared at time of occurrence; however the engine would rev up when switching between hybrid and gas modes causing the car to lunge forward. The car also would lose power and not accelerate placing me in extremely unsafe conditions as this has occurred on the highway both times. The car is currently at the dealership getting another ignition coil installed. The second time these symptoms appeared caused me to lose power while turning into a gas station from the highway almost resulting into a t-bone crash with a semi-truck. I purchased t
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1761083 |
| ODI Number | 11427566 |
| Date Filed | August 3, 2021 |
| Failure Date | July 29, 2021 |
| VIN | KMHLM4AJ5MU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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