Used 2017 Hyundai Elantra SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A) Consumer Reviews
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Neward Thelman, Chicago, IL, 09/06/2018
Hyundai Elantra SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
16 of 37 people found this review helpful
The internet's full of car reviews - especially on the Elantra. Many may be found on Youtube. Many, if not most, of those are paid shills for cars companies, car dealers, and the like. If they're not getting cash, then they're getting other perks and goodies. Most of those guys will tell you - and sell you - two things: how a car looks, and how it drives. What these honchos won't tell you are all of the potential problems that a vehicle may have - even when those issues are well known. When was the last time you saw a review that said, "Yeehaw! This baby is sharp, fast, and handles like a dream. But, hell, this generation of the car burns oil like a smoke stack, needs the head gasket replaced by about 70 thousand miles or so; has lots of transmission failure; and if you get a sun roof, sooner or later, it's going to leak all over the place...". In the case of the Elantra, nobody, but nobody, has bothered to noticed how narrow the side windows are. Tank gun turret narrow. Indeed, the front and especially the rear windshields are pretty narrow as well. As a result, it's basement-interior dark inside. Additionally, the rear pillars are fairly wide. And, of course, as on all new cars, the head rests are freakishly huge, and jut your hard head forward so much that your spine will be permanently rounded. All of these things add up to a dark, claustrophobic interior with markedly poor visibility. You have almost zero chance of seeing anything over your left shoulder. Better get blind spot monitoring if you're seriously considering this car. But, that technology depends on a camera, and how well will that work during a big snow? Yeah, when you need it most, it'll be OTL. Oh well, put all of that out of your mind - and focus on the really important things you'll spend your hard-earned Kopecs on - stuff such as the infotainment screen size and Apple Car Play. Yeehaw.
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Painful Driver's Seat
Kat, Mount Pleasant, SC, 02/10/2017
Hyundai Elantra SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
6 of 15 people found this review helpful
I rented a 2017 Hyundai Elantra sedan for a day trip (a 4 hour drive on the interstate one way and 4 hours back, all in the same day). The car 'looks' really nice, but the driver's seat is incredibly uncomfortable. After only an hour of driving, I had pain in my spine from the top of my neck to my lower back, and in my arms, hips, butt and hamstrings. Also, my right big toe kept going numb as my foot was on the gas pedal. I adjusted the seat a million ways - up, down, forwards, backwards - nothing would relieve the pain. I tried adjusting the steering wheel up and down - nothing helped. I don't typically get pain like this from driving, other than my body just getting tired from sitting for too long. Bottom line, I shouldn't get prickling pain after just 1 hour of driving. There is something ergonomically incorrect with these seats. I really think the seats are too low to the floor and that's why no amount of adjustment helps. On a positive note, the headrests were not a problem. They didn't push too forward like they do in some cars. Personally, I never want to rent this car again. It's just too uncomfortable. Maybe it's the right fit for some people, but not for me. The pain that I had from driving this car continued into the following day (after I returned the car to the rental car company). The only thing that started to relieve the pain was going to a yoga class. Last year, I rented a 2016 Hyundai Elantra sedan for a trip and experienced similar pain, but not quite to this extent. I read that Hyundai is making Elantra's seating out of a different material for 2017 (SoyFoam - which seems really cool), but I don't know if that's part of the problem, or if it's just the fact that the seats are too low to the floor. It's unfortunate because if the seats were comfortable, I would consider buying this car... but painful seats are a deal breaker.
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Avoid Hyundai at all costs
4x4er, New Windsor, NY, 06/01/2023
Hyundai Elantra SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
This is the worst car we have ever had in the family. 90k miles the upper end of the motor went out under warranty. Very well taken care of car. after fighting Hyundai to honor their own 100k mile warranty it was back on the road. Now at 105 the lower end of the motor goes out, Hyundai could care less and even stated this is a wide spread problem. Even while at the dealership a newer Elantra was being towed in for losing it's motor. Do not buy any Hyundai made after 2011. They can not make a motor to save their lives. These ill milling of the oil pathways in the motors continues into 2023 with every new model.
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Have airbags checked out by a pro before buying
Roberta T., Boise, ID, 09/17/2019
Hyundai Elantra SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
For 2 years I absolutely loved my 2017 Hyundai Elantra. It was everything I wanted in a car & then some. Two years to the day after purchase I survived a head-on crash. There was nothing left of my car in front of the windshield with the folded-up hood up against it. The engine and all else in the engine compartment were hanging from the front of the other car. My airbags did deploy, but it was questionable whether they deployed at the moment of impact. It felt like a couple of seconds after my chest slammed against the steering wheel, fracturing my sternum in half, I felt the airbags deploy. But the size of my deployed airbags left me speechless afterward. They were slightly larger than a basketball. They were not visible at all in police dept. photos from all angles of my wrecked car in the accident report. Police photos of the other car which hit me showed its deployed air bags covering its entire windshield & its driver & passenger suffered no injuries. I was hospitalized & had 50K in medical bills due to the negligence of the other driver, who was at fault. In spite of this, I really do like the Hyundai brand and my replacement car was a 2019 Hyundai Accent. If there's ever a class action suit due to defective airbags in the 2017 Elantra, I'll probably join in with my foot high stack of medical bills. Lawyers told me any lawsuit from an individual due to defective airbags is tied up in the courts for many years, thus they're only handling the injury portion of this accident. But they said if the airbags in other 2017 Elantras are like the ones in my car were, a class action suit in the future will probably occur.
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Not quite the lifespan we expected
Cowfam, Lincoln, NE, 03/06/2022
Hyundai Elantra SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
We purchased our 2017 Elantra brand new in June of 2016. Price was acceptable, and stated gas mileage would work well for the 100 mile round trip daily commute. No real problems other than a faulty coil (not covered in the 100000 mile powertrain mileage). Always taken to the dealer for service for the duration of the factory warranty. When I took over changing the oil after the 100000 mile mark, the oil consumption became quite clear. It's been steadily getting worse, now consuming a quart every 1100 miles (165000 miles on the car) Oil consumption is now fouling spark plugs. Both front door latch mechanisms stick all time, progressively worse the colder it is. Passenger side rear door latch fell apart at 110000 miles, and we left with no way to open that door. Speaking of cold weather, the heater is TERRIBLE. If you attempt to put the heat on the floor setting, the windshield fogs up. Setting the heat on split foot/defrost, the windshield stays clear, but you'll eventually lose toes to frostbite. Choice is yours. Car hates anything other than the OEM spec tires. Were on our fourth set of tires, and no other tires behave as well as the stockers. At least they're available at tire shops and not the stealership only. Car has now developed the annoying habit of stalling out during decel/low speeds. Suspect the torque converting is locking up randomly. This vehicle will very soon become a backup/vehicle of last resort. Car shopping to begin shortly; won't be visiting the Hyundai dealer either. Sorry, previous bad experience with a Kia Optima and now this Hyundai Elantra have soured us on this company in its entirety.