2000 HYUNDAI ACCENT Complaints

REAR BRAKES WERE SQUEALING, AND CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO PUT REAR DUST COVER OVER BRAKES, ALSO REAR BRAKES STARTED HAVING SAME PROBLEM, BRAKE HAD CUT INTO DRUM OF WHEEL, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT BRAKE SHOES WERE DEFECTIVE BECAUSE A PIECE HAD BROKEN OFF, DEALER WILL FIX REAR BRAKES UNDER WARRANTY.*AK CONSUMER WAS BACK TO DEALER, DEALER PUT BACK THE DRUMS, PUT ON NEW SHOES, FRONT ROTORS RESURFACED AND NEW FRONT PADS PUT ON, BUT THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEELING AGAIN ON 13-DEC-2001.

TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR ITS STILL THE SAME, CLUTCH WILL NOT ALLOW SHIFTER INTO SECOND GEAR REPLACED 3 TIMES *AK

IN SNOW, ICY OR WET ROAD CONDITIONS THIS UNPREDICTABLE LOSS OF RPM'S AND POWER TRAIN RESPONSE MAKES CAR HANDLING AND CONTROL VERY DIFFICULT. WE ARE AWARE OF OTHER COMPLAINTS LOGGED ON AUTO FORUMS IN THE USA AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE REPORTING THIS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO A POTENTIALLY MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN FOR WARRANTY REPAIR 8 TIMES OVER 10 MONTHS. THEY SAY THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM, YET THERE ARE OTHER INTERNET REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIX IT, WHICH MEANS, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL CARS ARE ON THE ROAD. WE HOPE THIS HELPS THE US CONSUMERS IDENTIFY THIS PROBLEM IN AN IMPORT VEHICLE IN YOUR COUNTRY. *AK

VEHICLE FAILS TO SHIFT APPROPRIATELY, WHEN SHIFTING IN DIFFERENT GEARS THERE'S A VIOLENT SLAM, THEN VEHICLE SHAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS SWINGING LEFT TO RIGHT. SHE HEARD A NOISE, THEN LEFT AND RIGHT AXLES BROKE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. *AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE HAS SHIFTED INTO GEAR IT WOULD STALL OUT. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS TO BE WARMED IN THE SUMMER AND WINTER OR IT WILL STALL, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *SLC

HAD JUST OPENED PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR DOOR WHEN THE HINGE BROKE OFF AND THE DOOR SWUNG FORWARD AND HIT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR, CAUSING DAMAGE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC WOULD NOT REPAIR THE DAMAGE. INFORMED CONSUMER OF THE NEED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS. WIDOWS TEND TO RATTLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CAN'T FIX PROBLEM.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON. I TOOK TO A HYUNDAI DEALER. THEY SAID I HAD A BAD RELAY SWITCH. THE FIXED IT. A FEW DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAD PUSHED THE SWITCH BACK IN PLACE AND IT POPPED LOOSE. THEY THEN REPLACED THE SWITCH THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT FOR REPAIR AND I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS SINCE THEN.*AK

WHILE TRYING TO LOCK CSS INSIDE VEHICLE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE . DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK