2000 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

3 MONTHS AFTER BUYING MY CAR, THE TRANSMISSION GASKET CRACKED AND THEY HAD A RECALL ON IT WHO KNOWS HOW LONG I DROVE BEFORE IT FINALLY FROZE. THEY FIXED IT BUT NOW IM HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE SLIPPING, BUCKING AT STOPP LIGHTS AND A TINGY SOUND WHILE EXCELLERATING THE DEALER SAYS THEY TESTED AND FINDS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT . SO ALL OF US WITH THIS PROBLEMS ARE JUST IN A CONFUSED STATE HUH. *AK

FRON/TLEFT RESTRAINT BELT RETRACTOR WOULD LOCK UP DURING ALL BRAKING MANEUVERS, AND WILL NOT RELEASE TO ALLOW MOVEMENT OF DRIVER. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND REPLACED DRIVERS RESTRAINT BELT RETRACTOR. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN ELIMINATED, AND IT STILL LIMITS MOVEMENT OF DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

RECALL 00V259001 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2000. HOWEVER, IN MARCH OF 2001, ENGINE STARTED STALLING DURING NORMAL OPERATION WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE SIX TIMES, AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY PROBLEM. ALSO, DURING COLDER WEATHER ENGINE WOULD SURGE AND CAUSE RPMS READING TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A NO START CONDITION AND WOULD STALL WHILE THE CAR WAS STOPPED AND WHILE BEING DRIVEN, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS (TP SENSOR, CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, AIR FILTER, KICK DOWN SWITCH, COIL ASSEMBLY) BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE PROBLEM MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH RECALL 00V-259 OF THE MAF SENSOR WHICH WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEALER. NLM

ENGINE IS STALLING OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING OR WHILE STANDING STILL. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON WET PAVEMENT, CONSUMER AND ANOTHER VEHICLE COLLIDED HEAD ON, CONSUMERS SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, NOR DID THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUSTAINED SEVERAL INJURIES AND HAD TO BE RUSHED INTO SURGERY. *SLC

BODYGUARD CORROSION PROTECTION DEVICE WAS INSTALLED BY CUTTER OF MAUI AT TIME OF PURCHASE. HYNDAI EXAMINED THE CAR AND SAID THAT THE BODYGUARD DEVICE HAD CAUSED THE FIRE. CUTTER MAINTAINED THAT IT DIDN'T CAUSE THE FIRE, BUT A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE FIRE, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CUTTER INDICATING THAT ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES HAD OCCURRED ON VEHICLES HAVING THE BODYGUARD DEVICE INSTALLED AND THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL A FUSE TO PREVENT THE FIRES. WHEN BUYERI RETURNED TO CUTTER WITH THE LETTER, THEY TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK FROM BUYER, CLAIMING THAT BODYGUARD DID NOT CAUSE THE FIRE.BUYER. *AK

RECALL 00V259001/ ENGINE STALLING. DEALER RE ROUTED MAP SENSOR CONNECTOR WIRING HARNESS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM. WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ENGINE CONTINUES TO COMPLETELY SHU DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FELL APART SOON AFTER THE CONSUMER INSTALLED CAR SEAT AND PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO BUCKLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE.*AK

THE CAR HESITATES, WHEN I PRESS THE BREAKS THEN GAS, THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED. I WAS TAKING MY CHILDREN TO DAY CARE SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AFTER I STOPPED AT THE STOP. THEN PROCEEDED. MY 4 YRS OLD SON NOTICED WHEN THE CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY AND I HAD TO START IT AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD PUT SOME PARTS AT THE CAR BUT IT KEPT DOING THE SAME THING AFTER SEVERAL OF WEEKS, MY NAE USED TO BE FRANCES STEVENS WHEN THE CAR WAS BOUGHT. I DONT REMEMBER WHEN I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE I JUST MOVED AND THE PAPERS ARE IN BOXES, I DID SEND THE PAPERS THAT THE DEALER GAVE ME TO SEND TO MOTOR VEHICLE IN CONNECTICUT OF THE FOUR TIMES THAT THE CAR WAS TAKING INTO REPAIR AND MOTOR VEHICLES HAS NOT RESPONDED. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME I DONT WANT TO GET KILLED IN THAT CAR WITH ME AND MY CHILDREN. I WILL SEND A 2ND REQUEST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN CONNECTICUT SO THEY CAN GET THIS RESOLVED.*AK