2001 Hyundai Accent

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WAS ENGAGED AND WHEN HE SHUT OFF THE DEFROSTER, THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION SOUND. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE IN THE REAR WINDOW WITH SMALL WEB0LIKE FRACTURES SURROUNDING THE HOLE. THE WINDOW THEN DISINTEGRATED AND FELL IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WAS HESITANT TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,955.

SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR, IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP 5 TIMES, FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR BEGINS TO HAVE PROBLEMS SHIFTING GEARS, IT LOSES POWER, AS NOT GOING HIGHER THAN 20-30 MILES. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS APPLIED, THE CAR GETS STUCK FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE IT JERKS AND BEGINS TO RUN AGAIN. EVERYTIME WE TAKE IT IN THEY REPAIR THE PULSE GENERATOR. THE PULSE GENERATOR HAS BEEN CHANGES TWO TIME IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS ALONE (JUNE, AUGUST), AND NOW ITS READY TO GO BACK INTO THE SHOP AGAIN. IT IS GETTING WORSE, IT IS BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT GETS STUCK ANYWHERE, AND CAN GET HIT FROM BEHIND, OR GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROSS SECTION. *JB

DT: CONTACT STATES HIS CAR WAS LUNGING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION DUE TO WARRANTY COVERAGE. THEY HAD THE CAR WITH 29,000 MILES THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE SAYING THE OIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED, AND DID NOT CHANGE THE OIL, EVEN THOUGH CONTACT HAD RECORDS INDICATING IT HAS BEEN CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES. CONTACT FELT DEALER WAS NEGLIGENT BY NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THERE WAS A PROBLEM AT THE BEGINNING.*AK THE CONSUMER EXPLAINED THAT THE DEALER DIDN'T RECOMMEND OR SUGGEST TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGES EVEN WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR ONE. THE DEALER REFUSED TO PROVIDED ANY ASSISTANCE UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER WAS SUPPLIED WITH TRANSMISSION SERVICE RECORDS OF FLUID CHANGES. *NM

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SHIFTING PROPERLY.*MR THE CONSUMER HEARD A TICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND A BENT BAFFLE IN THE VALVE COVER. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE IT SLAMMED INTO GEAR. THIS OCCURRED ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS WARM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PULSE GENERATOR. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT GRADE THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS DIFFICULT TO MOVE FROM PARK. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT HE CONSUMER APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PRIOR TO PUTTING THE SHIFTER INTO PARK. *NLM

I HAVE A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT GL 1.6L ENGINE THE PULSE GENERATOR SWITCH HAS BROKEN 4 TIMES ALREADY EACH TIME I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TELL ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT KEEPS BREAKING AND THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING WRONG ONE TIME THE TRANSMISSION SWITCH BROKE, THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OUT, THE CAR HAS BEEN POORLY ACCELERATING AND SLOWING DOWN WHILE I AM ON THE HIGH WAY, ACCELERATING CRAZILY AND USING UP MORE GAS THAN NORMAL, IT HAS MADE SUDDEN JERKS WHEN I ACCELERATE AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR HAS STALLED FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE CAR DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER AND THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS AFTER I TAKE IT INTO THE DEALER THEN ITS BACK TO THE SAME ROUTINE. LATELY I HAVE BEEN HEARING A TICKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE. *LA