1999 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Complaints

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS FAILED TO FUNCTION AFTER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR CAME ON.*AK. CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS MAKING A TURN AND THE SEAT BELT SENSORS WENT OFF, CAUSING THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT TO TIGHTEN AGAINST HER CHEST, NOW THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT ENGAGE, THE DEALER WANTS 1500 DOLLARS TO REAPIR THE SEAT BELT SENSORS.*JB

VEHICLE STALLS DAILY AT LOW SPEEDS, ALSO SPUTTERS AND HESITATES. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY.*AK *TT

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED. ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTERWARDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED SPARK PLUGS. CONSUMER STATED EVERY 10,000 MILE VEHICLE NEEDED SPARK PLUGS. CAUSE UNKNOWN, THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND THE HYUNDAI APPEARED TO HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THIS WAS NOT A RECALL AND THAT HYUNDAI DOES NOT HAVE TO HONOR THE WARRANTY.*AK *NLM *DT

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH AIR BAG COVER POPPED OFF, BUT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YD

TRANSMISSION MADE CAR BUCK SEVERELY WHEN IT DOWNSHIFTED.IT SLIPPED BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. FLUID WAS ALSO LEAKING.TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 23,000 MILES BY THE DEALER. THE CAR STILL SLIPS BETWEEN GEARS AND NOW MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN DECELERATING. MANUFACTURER SEEMED UNCONCERNED THAT TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR A SECOND TIME. *AK

BOTH AIR CONDITIONER AND RADIO HAD STOP WORKING SUDDENLY. CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HAD CONTACTED DEALER,AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

BOTH HANDLES IN FRONT DOORS HAD FALLEN OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

EARLY IN THE MORNING CONSUMER FOUND REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND COULD NOT RECALL HOW IT HAPPENED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE HESITATES UPON ACCELERATION. DRIVER FEELS ITS UNSAFE WHEN PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION AND VEHICLE HESITATES TO GO. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND COMPLETELY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED. *JG *AK