2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA — Complaint #1775312
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH filed October 25, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1775312 (ODI reference 11438103) concerns a 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA and was filed on October 25, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 24, 2021. The vehicle had 79,152 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:brake lights:switch, 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 cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:brake lights:switch 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 2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the brake light was illuminated, and the brake pedal stopper pad detached. The dealer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V769000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic). The failure mileage was 79,152.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1775312 |
| ODI Number | 11438103 |
| Date Filed | October 25, 2021 |
| Failure Date | October 24, 2021 |
| VIN | 5NPDH4AE6EH |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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