We Buy JunkHyundai Elantrasin New York

Almost certainly relevant to you. Hyundai recalled the 2013-2014 Sonata and Santa Fe Sport (NHTSA 17V-226) because machining errors could cause premature bearing wear, then in December 2018 recalled vehicles already repaired under it (18V-934) over a fuel pipe that could have been damaged during the engine swap. Engine leads the 2013 Sonata's file at 484 of 1,903 complaints.

If the campaign is still open on your VIN, a dealer performs it at no charge. Check before you sell: a Sonata with a replaced engine is worth considerably more running than seized. If you are outside coverage, we buy it as it sits.

Yes, and it is a common sale here. NICB counted the Elantra as the most-stolen vehicle in the country in 2023 at 48,445 thefts. Recovered cars come back with broken columns and punched ignitions, which are cheap parts to a buyer — a running recovered Elantra often prices as a used car. Keep the police report and any insurance letter with the title.

Engine immobilizers. In model year 2015 they were standard on 96% of other manufacturers' models but only 26% of Hyundai and Kia models, and among 2015-2019 vehicles theft claims ran nearly twice as often for the two brands as for everyone else. If your car is still on the road, get the free anti-theft software update; IIHS found whole-vehicle theft fell 64% on vehicles that received it.

Not much on its own. Steering leads that year's file at 182 of 454 complaints, so it is one of the questions the form asks. It changes the buyer, not usually the number.