The Lemon Index$7,000 middle bill · most between $6,000 and $8,000
Lower than the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 85,000 miles (12 reports).
Hyundai Elantra owners reported paying a median of $7,000 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $6,000 and $8,000. That's from 30 owner reports (30 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5007%
- $2,500–$5,0007%
- $5,000 and up87%
Share of the 30 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Hyundai Elantra1too few for a middle
- 2011 Hyundai Elantra4$5,500 middle bill
- 2012 Hyundai Elantra2too few for a middle
- 2013 Hyundai Elantra5$8,000 middle bill
- 2014 Hyundai Elantra6$5,400 middle bill
- 2015 Hyundai Elantra1too few for a middle
- 2016 Hyundai Elantra1too few for a middle
- 2017 Hyundai Elantra6$8,000 middle bill
- 2018 Hyundai Elantra3$10,000 middle bill
- 2019 Hyundai Elantra1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2013 Hyundai Elantra50 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Hyundai Elantra43 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2017 Hyundai Elantra41 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2018 Hyundai Elantra38 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2019 Hyundai Elantra32 complaints name it12% of that year's complaints
- 2020 Hyundai Elantra25 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Keep going
- Hyundai Elantra reliability by year
- Engine replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Hyundai Elantra owners reported
Steering column repair (31) · Airbag module and clock spring replacement (10) · Brake repair (7) · Clutch replacement (6)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11717588, 11683682, 11655354, 11623607, 11609484, 11547464, 11515884, 11513860, 11507885, 11504307, 11480602, 11466640 and more.
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Hyundai Elantra?
Hyundai Elantra owners reported a median of $7,000, and the middle half paid $6,000 to $8,000, from 30 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Hyundai Elantra engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Hyundai Elantra middle bill of $7,000 is lower than the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Hyundai Elantra repair costs come from?
From 30 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Hyundai Elantra years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2013 (50), 2014 (43), 2017 (41) Hyundai Elantra named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.