1999 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

WHEN THE DRIVER PRESSES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED AND SOME TIME POWER DOES NOT GET TRANMITTED TO WHEELS WHEN ACCELERTOR PADEL IS PRESSED. THIS BECOMES VERY DANGEROUS WHILE CHANGING LANES OR MERGING INTO HIGHWAYS. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. *AK THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT HARD WHILE ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. *NM

I PURCHASED A USED HYUNDAI ELANTRA (1999). DUE TO CREDIT ISSUES I UNDERSTAND SO HAD A VERY SLIM CHOICE OF VEHICLES. I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE I CHOSE HAD A "25 POINT INSPECTION" COMPLETED ON IT, AND IT IS IN "GREAT" SHAPE. WHEN I TOOK IT FOR TEST DRIVE I MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE BRAKES GRINDING, AGAIN I WAS REASSURED BY LUVERT ALLEN THAT THIS "INSPECTION" HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ONCE I GOT HOME I NOTICED MORE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. THE BRAKES PADS ARE JUST GRINDING ON METAL, AND IT SEEMS AS IF ONE OF THE AXLES IS READY TO BREAK. WHEN I CALLED BACK DAVE PHILLIPS CLAIMED I WAS HAVING "BUYERS REMORSE", AND THAT I "GOT WHAT I PAID FOR". ALTHOUGH THIS LEMON, IS PAST THE LEMON LAW STATUS YOU WOULD HOPE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BUSINESS ETHICS. NO ONE WAS WILLING TO HELP ME, WHEN I EXPRESSED MY SAFETY CONCERNS, DAVE PHILLIPS AGAIN SAID IT WAS "BUYERS REMORSE" AND I WAS "OVER REACTING". PERSONALLY WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH VEHICLE SAFETY I CAN'T BELIEVE A CAR "PROFESSIONAL" WOULD SAY THAT A CUSTOMER WAS OVERREACTING WHEN EXPRESSING HER SAFETY CONCERNS IN THE VEHICLE HE SOLD HER. *JB I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 24 HRS. AS SOON AS I LEFT THAT LOT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. LUVERT ALLEN SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT IF THIS HAPPENS WE CAN TAKE IT BACK. THAT TOO WAS A LIE. SINCE WE DROVE IT OFF THE LOT IT IS...HOW DID THEY PUT IT.."MY PROBLEM". I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GET HELP THESE AND THEY REFUSE, WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IS SO CARELESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. AFTER READING THE OTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT SOUTH TOWN RIVERDALE I GUESS MY QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED.

REAR DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY WENT OUT. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED WATER SOMEHOW GOT INTO THE WIRES, BUT COULD FIND NO CRACKS IN THE LIGHT COVERS. ALSO, ENGINE OIL AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. DEALER MADE SOME REPAIRS, BUT THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO STAY ON. *AK *JB

I PURCHASE MY CAR A 1999 HYUNDAI ELANTRA, SEPT 0F 1999, SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS CAR I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR NOT ACCELERATING WHEN PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR DECELERATING WHILE DRIVING, I'VE CONTACTED HYUNDAI NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET HYUNDAI TO FIX THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH I'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 99V178000, THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS RECALL, EVEN AFTER TELLING HYUNDAI MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING ALL THE PROBLEMS MENTION IN THIS RECALL, I INFORMED HYNUDAI THAT THIS PROBLEM IS PUTTING MY FAMILIES LIFE AT RISK, AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOW ACCURRING EVERY TIME I DRIVE. I DONE ALL THE THINGS HYUNDAI RECOMMENDED WHICH WAS HAVING A DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH SO FAR I'VE HAD 2 DONE, AND GETTTING A COMPLETE TUNE-UP, THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE .AFTER THE FIRST DIAGNOTIC I WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER RESET ITSELF, SO THAT NOW NO PROBLEM SHOWS, AND THEY CLAIM THEY CANNOT GO IN AND CHECK WITHOUT THE DIAGNOSTIC SHOWING A PROBLEM, I THINK THIS IS A DESPECTIVE PRACTICE SINCE THE COMPUTER RESETTING NOW HIDES ANY PRE-EXTISTING PROBLEMS. THIS SITUATION IS CAUSING ME A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF STRESS AND FEAR FOR MY FAMILY SAFETY AND I FEEL I AM NOW STUCK WITH A CAR THAT IS NOW UNDRIVABLE AND THAT HYUNDAI IS PUTTING MY FAMILIES LIFE AT RISK.*AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED REPEATEDLY. *AK

WHEN FUELING, THE PUMP SHUTS OFF APPROXIMATELY EVERY FIFTY CENTS OF GASOLINE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT A REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL TANK MUST BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH VEHICLE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TROUBLE PUMPING GAS. VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCING JERKING UPON ACCELERATION AS WELL AS FREQUENT STALLING. REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THAT FUEL TANK MUST BE REPLACED.*MR

NAR 9-8-03. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER . THE DEALER FIGURED THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE FUEL DELIVERY RELATED AND ASKED PERMISSION TO PURSUE A REMEDY. THE DEALER REMOVED THE FUEL TANK AND FLUSHED THE FUEL LINES AND INJECTORS AND REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER IT OPERATED AS IT SHOULD. *NM

WHILE DRIVING, ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONSUMER'S, AND CAUSED HER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT A TREE AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK *PH *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL JERK AND ENGINE STALL. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK