2023 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid

Typical pattern

29.8% of complaints about the 2023 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2023 vehicle — around the middle of the 177 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 1.4 yr in service. The most-reported system is collision avoidance (17 complaints), typically at 1.3 yr or about 1,500 miles.

Complaints: 94
Median age at failure: 1.4 yr
Median mileage: 1,500 n=8
Crash / fire / tow: 11.7% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Collision avoidance mileage not reported 4 mo in service

DRIVING APPROX 40 MPH ON CITY STREET WITH NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. CAR DASH FLASHED RED ADVISING ENGAGING EMERGENCY BRAKING AND THEN DID. BRAKES APPLIED FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND THEN STOPPED AND WARNING WENT AWAY.

Collision avoidance mileage not reported 10 mo in service

On highway, no issues/no bad weather emergency brake came on for approximately 20 seconds for no reason while travelling 70 MPH

Collision avoidance 750 mi 1.0 yr in service

The contact owns a 2023 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, the Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking brake light illuminated, and the vehicle experienced phantom braking, causing the tires to skid and the speed to be abruptly reduced. Moments later, the Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking light turned off and the vehicle operated normally. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 750.

Electrical system mileage not reported 8 mo in service crash / fire / tow

I was rear ended and the air bags didn't deploy. The police and body shop said they should have. The car is unmodified and dealer serviced

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2023 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

How to read this