2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA — Complaint #784111
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT filed April 28, 2010
NHTSA complaint #784111 (ODI reference 10327847) concerns a 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA and was filed on April 28, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 10, 2010. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline:constant velocity joint, 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 power train:driveline:constant velocity joint 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 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT END CV JOINT BOOT ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WERE BROKEN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 167,314. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 784111 |
| ODI Number | 10327847 |
| Date Filed | April 28, 2010 |
| Failure Date | February 10, 2010 |
| VIN | KMHDN45D81U |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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