Owners have filed 21 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the lane keeping and brakes. The 7 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
2025Tick items off on your phone at the car, or print it. Ticks stay on this device.
0/7 checked
2025 Hyundai Elantra: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/1
Engine off, key in hand0/2
Ask the seller not to warm the car up first0/1
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/3
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
Nearby years usually share most parts, so their problems are worth checking on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
EPA figures for each version of the 2025 Hyundai Elantra. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.
| Version | Drive | EPA rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6L 4-cylGas | FWD | 31 mpg |
| 2.0L 4-cylGas | FWD | 36 mpg |
| 1.6L 4-cylHybrid | FWD | 54 mpg |
NHTSA complaints for the 2025 Hyundai Elantra, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
A driver-attention alert reading "consider taking a break" goes off far too often and cannot be switched off by itself. Reports describe a chime and on-screen message every few minutes. Wind, steering around road debris, construction zones, or simply driving in the center of the lane can trigger it. The alert lowers audio and can cut into navigation prompts. The only way to silence it is to mute all safety chimes, including lane departure, forward collision, and blind-spot warnings. No crashes are reported, but drivers say the alert pulls their attention off the road.
Brakes fail to stop the car in both reports, though only two exist. In one, the car stalled while pulling into a driveway at 5 mph. It rolled back into a parked truck with the brake pedal pressed, would not restart, and showed no warning lights. The driver was injured. In the other, the brakes stop working above 35 mph. The pedal clicks repeatedly, grinds, and pushes back until the car coasts to a lower speed. In that case, dealers refused to accept the car or diagnose it.
Excerpts from complaints Elantra owners filed with NHTSA, as written. Listen for the same symptoms on your test drive.
“Consider taking a break” pops up constantly, especially if you’re driving through construction and just in general. It’s distracting to have to ding at me every 5-10 minutes. It will turn down my audiobook on CarPlay and make me miss information ad well as impacting my GPS giving direction. It’s pointless, frustrating, and I can’t turn it off. It should be optional.
Filed with NHTSA, October 2025
The “consider taking a break” warning pops up way too frequently and cannot be disabled. It completes the exact opposite of its intended purpose, and actually is a danger to driving, as it diverts your attention away from the road. It has no maximum warnings either - so it can divert your attention and distract you every few minutes for as long as you are driving.
Filed with NHTSA, October 2025
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2025 has the fewest owner complaints of the 8 Elantra years we cover, well under the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Cars shoppers compare with the Hyundai Elantra, with their own 2025 checklists.
2025 owner complaints, side by side
