2008 Hyundai Elantra service brakes problems
32 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2008 Hyundai Elantra — 10% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The car was being driven nomore than 1hr. It began to smoke under the hood. The ABS EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE Then the EPS lights were on. The vehicle was pulled over and stopped. Fire was then observed falling from under the car. The hood was then popped to see the engine mainly on the…”
filed Nov 30, 2025
“The engine bay of my car caught fire due to the abs pump and module not turning off. I bought a part but never opened the box because I received a piece of mail stating the recall of that exact issue that they would replace all parts damaged. Which they didn't just installed their relay After…”
filed Aug 20, 2025
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- On February 21, 2020 Hyundai expanded the recall to include 46,425 model year 2007-2008…Campaign 20V061000 · Feb 4, 2020
Service Brakes problems in other Elantra years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Elantra | 2 | 10% |
| 2024 Elantra | 2 | 4% |
| 2023 Elantra | 8 | 9% |
| 2022 Elantra | 6 | 6% |
| 2021 Elantra | 8 | 6% |
| 2020 Elantra | 13 | 5% |
| 2019 Elantra | 5 | 2% |
| 2018 Elantra | 15 | 5% |
| 2017 Elantra | 44 | 6% |
| 2016 Elantra | 15 | 5% |
| 2015 Elantra | 29 | 11% |
| 2014 Elantra | 41 | 11% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2008 Hyundai Elantra
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.