2002 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

2002 ELANTRA HAS BEEN BLOWING BULBS SINCE THE CAR WAS 2WKS. I HAVE REPLACED ALL BULBS IN THE CAR APPOX. 40TIMES. HYUNDAI HAS REPLACED BULBS AND NOW EVEN CHARGES ME FOR BULBS I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR 3 YEARS NOW. HYUNDAI SAYS THERE IS NO SHORT. MEANWHILE MY TRUNK ALARM HAS NEVER WORKED. MANFREDIY WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW SAID THE FACTORY INSTALLED ALARM DOES NOT ALARM THE TRUNK. GUIFFRE HYUNDAI SAID THE TRUNK WAS ALARMED AND JUST DOESN'T WORK. GIVE ME A BREAK, IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A [XXX] SHORT IN THE CAR. THE REGIONAL OFFICE DID NOTHING AND DID NOT EVEN MEET WITH ME. I WAS TOLD TO CALL AN ARBITRATION COMP. MORE TIME LOST I SENT THEM 350.00 IN BILLS THAT I PAID ON THE OUT SIDE TO REPLACE BULBS AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE BULBS THAT HYUNDAI HAD THE NERVE TO CHARGE ME. NOW TODAY I GET A LETTER THAT MY CAR IS TOO OLD TO GO THROUGH ARBITRATION. HYUNDAI JUST JERKED ME AROUND AND I WILL BE STUCK WITH THE BILLS AND CONTINUE TO PAY FOR BULBS. I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO DO EXCEPT GO TO THE MEDIA. IF YOU HAVE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.HYUNDAI ALSO EXPECTED ME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT EVERYTIME A BULB OR BULBS BLEW. THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE CAR MORE THAN ME IF THAT WAS THE CASE. THEY HAVE INSULTED MY INTELLIGENCE. AND HAVE LOST ME FOR A FUTURE CUSTOMER. AND THE PROBLEM IS, I REALLY LOVE MY CAR AND THE WAY IT DRIVES. IF ONLY IT WOULD NOT KEEP SHORTING OUT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ACCIDENT ON 4/13/05 DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER CAUSING DRIVER TO SLAM INTO STEERING WHEEL HITTING HEAD FIRST AND THEN CHEST AREA. THE RESULTS WERE SEVERE BRUISING TO THE CHEST AREA. THE SEAT BELT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE HYUNDAI SAYS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

MY 2002 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GT DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK WHICH DRIPPED JUST BEHIND THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. ASSOCISTED WITH THIS PROBLEM THE ENGINE BEGAN TO STALL AND DIE. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM INVESTIGATED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE LEAK COULD HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF MY OVERFILLING THE FUEL TANK. I HAD JUST REFULED THE CAR BUT DID NOT "TOP-OFF" THE TANK DURING THE PROCESS. SINCE I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE CAR HAS OVER 100,000 MILES, I FEEL THAT I KNOW HOW TO PUT GAS IN IT BY NOW. THE FOLLOWING HYUNDAI PART#S WERE REPLACED: 31420, 31430, 31453, 31135, 31155, 31190 (BASICALLY ALL OF THE FUEL VALVES/CANISTERS IN THE SYSTEM). WHEN I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, AFTER CALLING HYUNDAI CUSTOMER AFFAIRS, HE INFORMED ME THAT THE VALVES WERE REPLACED DUE TO FUEL SATURATION AND AS A PREVENATIVE MEASURE. HE ALSO INFORMED ME, DURING OUR CONVERSATION, THAT OVERFILLING OF THE FUEL TANK CAN AND HAS RESULTED IN SIMILAR FAILURES IN THE PAST. I FEEL THIS DAMAGE TO A FUEL SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF NORMAL FUELING OR COMPONENT FAILURE IS A EXTREME FIRE HAZARD AND SAFETY CONCERN.

I WAS REAR-ENDED AT HIGH SPEED AND STRUCK THE CAR TO MY FRONT WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. MY CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. MY FRONT END IS CRUMPLED IN HALF, BUMPER COMPLETELY TORN OFF AS WELL. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. OFFICERS AT THE SCENE AND OTHER CREDIBLE SOURCES SUGGEST IT SHOULD DEFINITELY DEPLOYED BASED ON THE DAMAGE. I SUFFERED COMPRESSED NECK VERTEBRAE.*AK

ANY TIME IT IS VERY COLD, THE WASHER SOLVENT FREEZES IN THE LINES AND YOU CANNOT SQUIRT TO CLEAN THE WINDOWS. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS, BUT I GUESSED AT 5.*AK

CONSUMER INQUIRY REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT ANY RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON THE AIR BAG FAILURE IN THE 2002 HYUNDAI ELANTRA.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *NM

HEAD ON COLLISION, DRIVERS SIDE, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THREE PEOPLE IN THE CAR ALL SUSTAINED INJURIES, DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL....DAMAGE TO THE CAR FROM THIS ACCIDENT IS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS.......MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHY DIDN'T MY AIRBAGS DEPLOY?*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAIN MAJOR INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION.*AK

WHILE COMING TO A STOP THE RPMS TEMPORALLY RACED AT A HIGH RATE. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO DRIVE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK *TC

WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE ACCELERATOR THAT CONSUMER PRESSED BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK THE ENGINE WOULD EXCEED THE BRAKING POWER AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SPEED UP INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN. THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO STEP ON THE BRAKES HARDER WITH THE VEHICLE SPEEDING UP EVEN MORE. *SC THE BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. *JB