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2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA — SERVICE BRAKES

crash1 injured · 1018708 · 2013-10-30

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
ELANTRA
Year
2008
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
80,000
Speed
20 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

IF SOMEONE HAD NOTIFIED ME ABOUT MY NEW CAR AND ITS PROBLEMS I WOULD OF NOT BEEN IN THREE DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS FRONT END ALL OF THEM AND CHECK FOR YOUR SELF MY RECORD IN DRIVING WAS PERFECT LAST TEN YEARS OR MORE WHEN I HAD MY OLDER CAR IN YEAR AND NO ACCIDENTS .. HI I HAVE BEEN IN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN DEC OF 2012 A FEW MONTHS GOES BY AND I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK ,, KEEP IN MIND BEFORE I HAD A JETTA OLD MODEL NO ACCIDENTS SINCE THE DAY I GOT MY LICENSE .. I FELT WHEN I TRIED TO JAM ON BRAKES TO NOT GET IN ACCIDENT MY BRAKES STOP ALITTLE BUT LUNGED FORWARD I PUSHED VERY HARD STILL AGAIN STOP LUNGED FORWARD .. NOT EVEN A MONTH AFTER IT WAS FIXED AND I SPRAINED MY NECK ANOTHER FRONT END DAMAGE OCCURRED BRAKES AT FAULT BECAUSE PUSHED HARD TO STOP IN SUDDEN ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY I HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT ANY DEFECTS OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD LET ME THINK BREAKS ARE NOT PERFECT AS THEY SHOULD BE .. I HAD A PERFECT DRIVING RECORD SINCE I WAS SIXTEEN FOR THE MOST PART LAST TEN YRS NO ACCIDENTS . BUT AS SOON AS I PURCHASE THIS ELANTRA THREE ACCIDENTS I WILL NOT BE PUNISHED FOR REASON I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALLS . *TR

Source

Authoritative
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ODI Number
10550101
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