2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT Complaints

WAS DRIVING 40MPH AND HIT A LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER IN THE ROAD VEHICLE SLID AND DID 360 DEGREE TURN. HIT A LIGHT POLE, OFF CENTER AND THEN A FENCE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER/ FRONT AND REAR PASSENGERS SUFFERED INJURIES. HAD EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE.*JB

CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR TO HER NEW VEHICLE, AN ODOR/CHEMICAL ODOR BLASTED AT HER, WHEN SHE ASKED THE SALESMAN ABOUT THE ODOR HE INFOMRED HER THAT WAS JUST A NEW CAR SMELL, HOWEVER THE ODOR NEVER WENT AWAY EVEN WITH THE VEHICLE BEING AIRED OUT DAILY, THE DEALER NEVER RESOLVED THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER REQUESTED TO TURN VEHICLE BACK IN, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED IN ON A TRADE CONSUMER WOULD GET $2000 LESS THAT WHAT SHE PAID FOR IT, POSSIBLE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SMELL MADE HER DIZZY AND NAUSEATED.*JB

A "CLUNKING" NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DURING APPLICATION OF BRAKES. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED BRAKE DRUMS WERE NOT ROUNDED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FOUR DAYS LATER, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BEFORE BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED. CRASH OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 5, 2001 WHEN VEHICLE REAR-ENDED A STOPPED CAR WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH. *AK *TT

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD "BUCK" DURING ACCELERATION WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED FROM REVERSE INTO THE DRIVE GEAR. ALSO, STATES VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A "CLUNKING" NOISE WHEN TRANSMISSION "BUCKED". DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT REPRODUCE PROBLEM. THEN, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH MANUFACTURER, DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK *JB