2002 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

ENGINE DIES AT ANYTIME. GEAR SHIFTER WILL NOT GO FROM PARK TO DRIVE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER SAID GEAR SHIFTER BROKE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STUCK BETWEEN GEARS, AND VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHOOK. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR VEHICLE ELEVEN TIMES BY DOING AN ALIGNMENT AND CHANGING THE TIRES. CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

BRAKE PROBLEMS, CONSUMER DOESN'T EXACTLY THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER SELECTOR WAS SET ON FLOOR, AIR BLEW ON THE FLOOR AND WINDSHIELD, CAUSING WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP, OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VIEW. DEALER HAD INSPECTED VEHICLE SIX TIMES, AND DENIED THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER. CONSUMER APPLIED FOR LEMON LAW.*AK

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING OUR 2002 HYUNDAI ELANTRA WHEN SHE HIT SOMEONE FROM BEHIND. ALL OF THE INJURIES FROM THIS ACCIDENT WERE MINOR, BUT THE REAR SEATBELT BECAME A MAJOR CONCERN. OUR GRANDSON, WHO IS ALMOST 2 YEARS OLD, WAS IN HIS CARSEAT IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE. HIS SEATBELT DID NOT HOLD HIS SEAT. HE AND THE CARSEAT WERE THROWN FORWARD AGAINST THE BACK OF THE FRONT SEAT. HE HAD SOME BRUISING ON HIS KNEE AND STRUGGLED TO WALK FOR A DAY OR TWO AND THIS SEEMS TO BE THE EXTENT OF HIS INBJURIES. HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THIS HAD BEEN A MORE SERIOUS CRASH. I SPOKE WITH THE LOCAL DEALER, HUNTERS CHEVROLET, AND THEY GAVE ME SOME CRAP ABOUT SOMETIMES THEY WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. IT ALL DEPENDED ON THE AMOUNT OF ENERTIA THE CAR SEAT GENERATED WHEN IT FLEW FORWARD. THIS DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT OR SAFE TO ME. ALSO, I AM INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT WHY THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

BRAKES LOCKED UP AND SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. AT BELOW SPEED LIMIT CAUSING REAR END COLLISION. CAR BUMPER WAS PUNCTURED BY TAIL PIPE OF VEHICLE IN FRONT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES BRAKES WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

AFTER ABOUT 4,000 MILES THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A FLAT SPOT IN THE ENGINE RIGHT AT ABOUT 4000 RPM.IT IS ANNOYING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO PASS ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE TO RESET THE ECM ABOUT EVERY 1500-2000 MILES. AFTER I RESET THE ECM. THE FLAT SPOT,OR LAG, IS GONE FOR ABOUT 1500-2000 MILES. I HAVE HAD TO RESET IT ABOUT 5 TIMES SO FAR. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS HAVE BEEM ABLE TO LOCATE ,OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE PARKED THE ENGINE REVVED UP, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TT *JB