2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT Complaints

ABOUT: 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT PROBLEM HAPPENS SHORT TIME AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR HAS A SUDDEN LARGE LOSS OF POWER, OVERDRIVE CUTS OUT. PROBLEM MAY PERSIST FOR A DAY OR TWO THEN GO AWAY AND COME BACK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE GOING AWAY. SITUATION: MY WIFE WAS CROSSING A STREET AND COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. SHE JUST BARLEY ESCAPED. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES IN 14,000 MILES OF DRIVING. IT NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE GAS TANK IS FILLED. DEALER INDICATES THAT THIS IS ON PURPOSE WHEN THE GAS CAP IS NOT SECURED PROPERLY. HYUNDAI PUTS DRIVER'S LIVES AT STAKE ON PURPOSE!*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH , THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE DRIVER CHANGED THE TIRE AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *AK *JB

THE MOTOR OVER-ACCELERATES EVEN WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS NOT PRESSED. THIS ONCE CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM A STOPPED POSITION WITHOUT MY PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT. * CB

THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AT 22,000 MILES. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM A NEW ENGINE WAS INSTALLED. AFTERWARDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AS A RESULT, THE RELAY SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. CD, REAR WINDOW AND DIFFERENTIAL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH

WHILE DRIVING IN THE SNOW, THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID DIN NOT SPRAY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY. *AK THERE WAS NO VISIBLE KINK IN THE HOSE LEADING TO THE DRIVER'S SPRAYER. ONCE THE TEMPERATURE HAD GONE ABOVE FREEZING, BOTH THE SPRAYERS WOULD WORK. *SCC *JB

WHILE BACKING OUT IN REVERSE, THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT TO REPORT. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR ASSEMBLY. WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH ALMOST CAUSED HER TO HIT HER FATHER. WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO REV, IT WAS IN PARK, THEN THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. *SCC *JB

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING CONSUMER TO TRY TO START THE IGNITION NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALERSHIP NOTIFIED, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE TRAPPED THE DRIVER INSIDE, BURNING HIM TO DEATH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT AIR BAG PROBLEMS, NON DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO DIFFERENT FRONT COLLISIONS WHILE DRIVING 40-45 MPH, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 40-50 MPH IT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND CONSUMER SUSTAINED UNJURIES.*AK *TS