Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

I bought the car used for $3000 at a local used car dealer, and it has been utterly reliable.

The Elantra commutes daily along the heavily congested 401 corridor in eastern Toronto, and never misses a beat, regardless of weather conditions.

Faults:

The transmission speed sensor failed at about 110000 miles.

General Comments:

This was the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned.

I got great gas mileage, 24 city/34 highway, all through the ten years I owned the car.

The car rode very well for its size, and was fairly quiet.

For the price, the car was well equipped. Automatic, air, cruise control, power windows and door locks with remote keyless entry, CD player and comfortable cloth seats. All this for $16,000.

Faults:

I have replaced the power steering pump, and front struts, both around 90000.

The car handles like a 67 Buick; when you go over a bump, the rear struts bounce about 3 or 4 times.

The safety rating is atrocious. Look it up on the IIHS's website. If I can stop someone from buying this car, I feel like I'm doing a community service. It's a death trap.

General Comments:

Handles poorly.

Seats get very uncomfortable on long drives.

Poorly built.

Faults:

Exhaust flexible ribbed portion rusted through, & driver's side auto power window switch "half-cocked" but works.

General Comments:

Currently in auto sales since 1991, and never imagined owning a Hyundai. But after selling my old Camry and driving a 2001 Elantra GT trade-in for lunch runs, I was impressed with its no nonsense power and handling. One more note, when cruising down the freeway passing traffic, I would often get chased down by surprised motorist who thought my Elantra GT was a Saab, and couldn't take the pass by the slanted H emblem. I was as guilty before owning one.

Faults:

Headlight bulb just went out... was VERY difficult to replace. This is the only issue I've had so far in the 8 months or so I've owned the car.

General Comments:

Compared to other "economy" cars I've driven, the Elantra seems to have more power and handles better overall.

The inside is much more stylish than other similar vehicles in my opinion. Although there's a good amount of plastic, it doesn't seem cheap at all... certainly nicer than the price would suggest.

The seats aren't the most comfortable, but I got used to them pretty quickly.

The interior is very roomy and is comfortable for a full carload.

The overall look of the car is quite unique and classier than other similar vehicles.

The paint is chipping on the front and rear bumpers (seems to be a common issue), but looks good elsewhere.

Considering everything, I am very proud of my car and would certainly drive it over any cookie-cutter Civic or Corolla. Always though Hyundai was a bad company, but now my opinion is completely changed!

Faults:

My wife owns a 2001 Hyundai Elantra and suffered from the "start one day, not the next" dilemma. We went through several car technicians and many months of wondering if the car would start or fail on us.

We also had the check engine light go on and off at completely random intervals.

We finally decided that only a Hyundai dealership could find the problem, so we brought the car there. They first said that the PCM was bad, and that we would have to purchase a new one at over $800 and pay for installation. After putting the new one in, they realized that the one they took out wasn't bad at all. Turns out that a bad circuit in the ignition system was pulling the power from the PCM and causing it to fail. The technicians at the dealership just guessed at the diagnosis instead of tracing the electrical problem.

I would never buy one again.