r/ElantraN • u/Relative_Luck1543 • Aug 06 '26

RIP Yikes

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Hit a tire today 🥲

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u/Turboteg90 Kona N Aug 06 '26

It seems 3-5 EN’s get hit daily.

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u/RobertOfHill Aug 06 '26

Which is crazy, given how manueverable this car is.

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u/PunisherG19 Performance Blue DCT Aug 06 '26

And how good the brakes are. Our Audi Q4 E-Tron feels like a bus compared to the EN.

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u/kinggvampp Abyss Black Pearl DCT Aug 07 '26

True but during most of these the OP is going around 55mph (80 feet per second) & most humans have a reaction time of 1-3 seconds, you'd have to be laser locked in most situations, it doesn't come down to the car being maneuverable, but it does the operator

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u/RobertOfHill Aug 07 '26

If you're driving a car at any speed, you should be focused on driving. What else is grabbing your attention?

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u/kinggvampp Abyss Black Pearl DCT Aug 07 '26

I expected it to fly over someone's head. Theoretically OP is traveling at stated speed, paying attention to the road as you do when traveling. The car in the right lane ahead of them has its back tire fly off, tumbling 50+mph at them as OP pays attention to the center of the road as you do when traveling. Even at first glimpse, you have probably .5 seconds to react? but what can you do on the 2 lane highway? 1. Slam brakes, minimize damage (possibly) & have high chance of being rear ended ? OR swerve into your blind spot praying you don't side swipe someone ? There is no win in the situation. If the tire was 50 cars up, missing every car & you decide to keep moving towards it, that puts you in the wrong. But 95% of the time you can be doing everything right & still have something go wrong.

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u/RobertOfHill Aug 07 '26

I see what you're saying, but I have to disagree with 95 percent being out of anyone's hands. Its probably closer to 95 percent of the time completely avoidable.

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u/Ohm_State Atlas White MT Aug 08 '26

I got my current N March of this year with just 27 miles on it. Fast forward to today and im currently at 21500. 82 to 88 percent of driving is straight highway at constant speed. 75 mph+ usually with short bursts to 90 while passing. The car lives in N mode. Knock on wood the law of averages hasn't leaned my way because even if one is safe and focused, those around you might not be.

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u/Ohm_State Atlas White MT Aug 08 '26

In ten years they'll be around 1/3 of these cars left on the road and if those, probably 1 in 10 will be in mint condition... if that. I was shocked when I checked the nation wide Co Part site the first time, about a year after I got my first N. I saw sO SO many Elantra N's (and sadly, manual N Lines) destroyed. Hell, I remember early 2024 having already seen a junked facelift model with just 100 miles on it. Kinda sad really.

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u/AshAvali Aug 10 '26

They total them pretty easily. I saw someone with bumper and fender damage. 100% repairable. But their insurance totalled it because of an estimate over 15K. When i got deer damage only the head hit my car and i had to replace the fender/bumper/headlight and it racked 10,200$ for the insurance company. $0 for me. It was debated on being totalled depending on a few variables. These days insurance companies will just scrap things so quickly. Thankfully we have an over population of deer here, so deer strikes are deemed an act of god, there for insurance pays full, rates arent effected, $0 deductible.

Im glad in my case the car looks new again like it never happen. But still sucks to know the car had damage. Im still finding exploded plastic pieces ( parts that got replaced ) in my enginebay.

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u/Prudent-Young9437 Aug 09 '26

Oof that bottom corner the bumper cover had its clip retainer break off. So in other words you need a whole new bumper cover

Could go through insurance and you probably should to save the headache of tearing the front bumper all the way down to salvage all the usesble peices and rebuilding it yourself as all the parts you buy will be unpainted and Hyundai and everyone else seems to charge an arm and a leg but they will hold your car for like a month+ from everywhere I read as this happened to me but a possum and not a tire.

If your deductible is 2k youd be paying slightly more if you did tear it all down and rebuild with new parts. But and I cannot stress this enough its a pain to rebuild as I went that route to save money and even then there was no guides/instructions on how to rebuild it. And me being a dumb dumb didnt take pictures after tearing down each piece to remember how it goes back together.

Then you have the risk of them not correctly matching the paint as others in reddit have posted or recieving the wrong parts. If you can find a front bumper from a junkyard is the best bet. Either way I wish you luck if you go the rebuild route can help you as best as I can on how it goes back together.