Used 2017 Hyundai Elantra Consumer Reviews
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Spunky Little Thing
K. P., 03/16/2017
2017 Hyundai Elantra SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Leased this car 7 months ago and I absolutely love it! Great value for a great price. I have the SE, so it doesn't come with all of the bells and whistles (i.e. bluetooth, back up camera, etc.), but that doesn't matter at all. Both the front and back are extremely spacious, and I can tell you that both the front and back seats are incredibly comfortable. All of the controls and devices are within reach, and the lighting (both naturally and artificially) in the car is sufficient. The stereo system is crisp, clear, and easy to navigate. As far as performance goes, this car does surprisingly well. The engine is powerful yet soft--it isn't noisy from the outside nor the inside, which helps with hearing the radio, fellow passengers, and emergency vehicles. Steering is sharp and takes little effort, and the turning radius is above average. The car handles bumps very well, and the braking system is superb. As far as acceleration, the '17 Elantra SE starts out normally but quickly picks up speed as you move into second gear in regular mode (my SE is an automatic). In addition to regular, the SE also has an eco mode (for saving gas) and a sport mode (especially useful for 0-60 highway merges), which, again, plays into the great value-great price mantra. The outside lighting is perfect--the headlights provide great visibility and the taillights are both easy to see and are really sporty looking (look up some pictures). I recently drove my Elantra SE in the snow, and I must say that this may have been the thing that impressed me the most. The car cuts through the snow like a knife; the tire grip is better than some snow-ready SUV's I've driven. Obviously, it's not going to cut through 6+ inches of snow, but for accumulations less than this, blow-over snow, ice patches, and small snow/ice piles, the Elantra SE passes with flying colors in my book. There are only two "cons" that I might see with the car: 1. it sits pretty low to the ground, so it's sometimes a little hard to get into if you're a tall person and 2. it tends to get blown around more than the average car during a windy day on the road--but you can control the car just fine. Seriously though, if you're looking for a compact car with great value, comfort, and safety, you'd be unwise not to consider the '17 Elantra.
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overall a very good car for the money
Dan Johnson, 01/29/2017
updated 01/31/2019
2017 Hyundai Elantra Value Edition 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
After owning this car for two years, here are the things I'm pleased with: great interior and exterior styling. Quiet smooth engine, good power, amazing gas mileage (42-43 mpg on the highway) loads of features, incredible rebates to bring down the price, love the heated seats, transmission is superb, handling is excellent for this price range. Negatives: bucket seats are extremely hard and uncomfortable, bottom seat cushion is too short from front to back (doesn't support things enough), leather steering wheel is very slippery when new, sunroof sits back too far, can't see the sky unless you tilt your head back, volume knob and up/down volume controls on steering wheel are slow to respond, very quiet in general but some tire noise gets into the cabin at highway speeds. I wish the speakers put out a better quality of sound.
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1000 miles in and I absolutely love the 2017 Sport
brundagefamily@comcast.net, 02/25/2017
2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
I have completed just under 1000 miles in my new 2017 Elantra Sport manual transmission and I can honestly say that I love it. My prior car was a 2013 Sonata 2.0T and I was a bit concerned moving into the Elantra Sport for several reasons. First, it is a smaller car. Second, the Sonata 2.0T was a wolf in sheep's clothing as far as acceleration. My concerns were unfounded. The Elantra Sport has plenty of room, especially in the front seats. The leather bucket seats have excellent support and are quite comfortable (I am six foot and 215lbs). The acceleration in the Elantra Sport is well above average. I certainly haven't been in any situation where the car was under powered. Finally I am getting about 31 mpg in a mostly suburban driving environment - much better than I was expecting and a significant improvement over the Sonata. I highly recommend this car!
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Turned into a big hassle quickly
James, 02/01/2021
updated 05/10/2023
2017 Hyundai Elantra Value Edition 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
The car looks very sharp, and the gas mileage constantly returns 30-40 mpg. The warranty is great too; unfortunately I have had to use it several times. Every one of the door locks have stopped working at different times, requiring eight separate trips to the dealer (one for initial diagnostics and to order the part, and one to replace the part). Things got so bad with the rear doors that they actually had to cut the interior door panels off to get the doors open. Without the warranty, this would have been a huge repair cost. Next, the heater was initially horrible. I could drive the car for an hour and the heater will still blast lukewarm air. Thermostat was replaced, coolant was flushed, etc. Finally this past fall I was able to get a computer update that magically fixed the heater. The ignition coils in this car also all had be replaced before 50k. This again required two separate trips for each coil. After the 2nd coil failed, Hyundai refused to change the remaining two coils at the same time, so when they went bad I changed them myself. I’m nearing the end of the bumper to bumper warranty and have zero intentions of keeping the car when the warranty expires. If you are looking at one of these cars, I would definitely do your research. The problems I experienced are quite common. An update a year after the original review. Car now has 77k miles. Past the bumper to bumper warranty. Had to replace all four ignition coils and replace spark plugs at 72k due to misfires again. Hyundai has extended the warranty for the door latches; my passenger rear door does not open from the inside or outside. My air conditioner has a leak inside the dash, so the vehicle is without air conditioning. I do not drive hard, nor fast. I’m a stickler for vehicle maintenance as well. I am not happy with how the vehicle has lasted and can not recommend anyone purchasing one that does not come with a warranty. It still gets terrific gas mileage, but if the vehicle market was not so bad I would not still be driving it. Update; 83k ignition coils started to fail again. Dealership had no way to open the rear door that was stuck and Hyundai refused to pay to have the interior door panel ripped apart and replaced. Received a notice from my insurance company that because of recent events regarding thefts, my premium was jumping. Scheduled the car for the theft recall, but unfortunately while shopping a few days before I was to bring the car in, some nice people decided to break into the vehicle and steal it before literally launching it off a bridge. I guess that was one way to solve this nightmare. I will never buy a Korean car again. Good luck to anyone that buys these things used. Expect to fix a lot of things that don’t normally break, or have some teenagers attempt to steal the car from videos they saw on TikTok.
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That Warranty Comes In Handy!!
Robert Johnson III, 01/28/2019
2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 7AM)
10 of 12 people found this review helpful
Before my Elantra Sport DCT, I was driving a 2014 Mazda 3i Touring 6-Speed, which was a fantastic car to drive. It didn't have many features but just knew how to put the smile on your face. Sadly that car was totalled in early 2017, forcing me to find another vehicle. I had heard the Elantra Sport was coming so I immediately went searching (having been working for Hyundai for 5 years now) and came up with my Electric Blue 2017 Sport Pkg 1 (no Premium Pkg). I wanted the manual transmission but my dealer(s) all said they didnt have any (which was a lie as the next morning I went over to the sister store to my local one and they had 5 in stock that had been there for days), so already the experience wasn't great, having been lied to and put in a car I didn't necessarily, whole heartedly want...and this was just the beginning. Within the first few hundred miles, the Dual Clutch automatic transmission started jerking and kicking a bit but I knew since the car was new, I figured it was just the transmission breaking in, but it progressively got worse, so I put the car into service which turned out to be a total farse. Time after time I was told there was nothing wrong with it, saying, and I quote "that's just how it behaves..." but it simply got even worse over time (stalling out, jerking around, poor acceleration or losing power altogether). After a call to Hyundai USA, they had my car put into another dealer's service shop, where I was told the transmission needed a reflash (at 5500 miles now). Got it done and that seemed to work...for about a month, then it did it again, but this time it was more intermittent than before, so I continued to drive the car just as it was until my next oil change (now at 10K+ miles). After a check over, the tech said nothing was wrong, sent me on my way and left me clueless if my car was broken or if this really was the transmission's normal behavior. Fast forward to January 2019, the car has seen the shop 8 TIMES and no actions taken by Hyundai to repurchase the car after all these constant issues. Reason being? Apparently Hyundai's wonderful technicians (as they say) were not writing up the RO's (receipts) for my service work, so therefore Hyundai wasn't seeing all these issues that were consistently occurring nor had any documentation to prove it. So now at 32300 miles, I'm still having stalling, sputtering, and overall garbage performance from the car and still the company refuses to fix it properly..and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Other issues? No power seat so my back is getting demolished (had back surgery in 2009 after a 4 car accident that put me in the hospital for a good while) and I cant drive it for more than 30 minutes without my legs going numb-ish. Had the touch screen radio go out a couple times/ back up camera spazzed out (green screened) which was fun to watch for awhile and above all, the factory Hankook tires are ATROCIOUS on road noise and ride so prepare to be deaf when you get out of the car after a sizable drive. At this time I am stuck paying $500 a month for a leased car I don't want, that has depreciated like a ROCK (now worth $12K after my $26K+ purchase price), and one that has cemented my notion that I will NEVER buy another Hyundai product again (have had 2 so far). Currently shopping for a 2018/ 2019 Toyota Camry SE/ XSE (had a drive in one already and LOVED it). It may be a fun car to drive, but in some slightly reworked words of the great Jeremy Clarkson..."Hyundai can make a car as good as it can be....briefly".
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