2002 Hyundai Accent

PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT. I WENT TO PUT IT IN PARK, BUT THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO IN REVERSE. I WAS GOING FORWARD IN DRIVE AT THE TIME. IT STARTED GOING IN REVERSE. NO MATTER WHAT GEAR I TRIED, IT WOULD ONLY GO IN REVERSE. I COULDN'T TURN OFF THE CAR. I KEPT TRYING TO PUT IT IN PARK AND EVENTUALLY IT WORKED. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM ON LINE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. *TR

FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SPEED SENSORS AND OXYGEN SENSORS, SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS TAKING TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE PARTS WERE OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT MY MECHANIC STATED THAT IT IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERY TIME I HAD CHIPS REPLACED MY TRANS FLUID WAS DIRTY AND HAD TO FLUSH AGAIN AND AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, SAME CONCLUSION. HYUNDAI REFUSED TO REPLACE. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HYUNDAI. HYUNDAI STATED THEY WERE NOT CONTACTED BY DEALER, THIS STATEMENT WAS LATER RETRACTED BY THEM. THEY ARE STILL REFUSING TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. DID ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 77000 MILES AND IS ALMOST 10 YEARS. MY FUEL SYSTEM BEGAN ACTING UP EARLY 2011. CAN ONLY FILL TANK 1/4 GALLON EVERY 1MIN. THIS TAKES ME A VERY LONG TIME TO FIL1 TANK. DEALER GAVE ME A $1600 REPAIR ESTIMATE. I AM READING LITERALLY 1000'S OF COMPLAINTS ON BOTH ISSUES AND HYUNDAI REFUSES TO SPEAK ON THEM. THESE ARE DANGEROUS ISSUES: SENSOR CHIPS CAUSES CARS TO STALL, PARTICULARLY AT HIGH SPEEDS, IMAGINE BEING BEHIND SOMEONE GOING 60MPH AND THEN SUDDENLY THEIR CAR STALLS....CRASH WAITING TO HAPPEN AND THE FUELING ISSUE CAN INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CAR FIRES. IF THE GAS IS LEAKING OR SPILLING OUT DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP AND/OR DESIGN AND AN ACCIDENT OCCURS IGNITION OF GAS SPILLING OUTSIDE INCREASES, NOT TO MENTION ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. THESE CARS COULD NOT PASS EMISSIONS TESTING. THE MAIN ISSUE IS THAT HYUNDAI IS MISSING IN ACTION AND REFUSES TO HONOR THEIR WARRANTIES. SHAME SHAME HYUNDAI. SAYING YOU OFFER A 10 YEAR WARRANTY AND ACTUALLY HONORING IT ARE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT. WHENEVER MAKING TURNS THE VEHICLE WILL SLIGHTLY LOOSE POWER. ALSO WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE IT WOULD STILL MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP , AND THE TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 94000, FAILURE MILEAGE WAS AT 98000. UPDATED 12/07/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 12/09/09.*JB

APRIL OF 2008 OUR USED 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENTS TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. WE WENT TO A LOCAL DEALER TO GET A REPLACEMENT AND A "REFURBISHED" ONE WAS PUT IN. THE REPLACEMENT HAS NOW FAILED 4 MONTHS AFTER THE 1 -YEAR WARRANTY DEADLINE. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS COMPANY CAN MAKE SUCH BAD TRANSMISSIONS ? NO RECALLS TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAVE BEEN AWARDED. AS A SAFETY ISSUE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD STALL AND DROP INTO 80 KM SAFE MODE THIS IS A CANADIAN BOUGHT VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY DRIVE IN REVERSE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,407. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER INSTALLED A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION THE 2ND TIME. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND HAD TO PAY $439.62 FOR LABOR COST. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS. UPDATED 09/18/07 *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILING. PREVIOUSLY REVVED WHILE IN PARK. TOOK TO MECHANIC, PROBLEM SEEMED TO GO AWAY. WHILE ON HIGHWAY TRYING TO PASS OTHER CARS, AFTER STEPPING ON GAS - CAR WOULD JUMP/CLUNK/JERK INTO GEAR. ON BACK ROAD HOME, WAS REVVING HIGHER THAN NORMAL BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO WANT TO GO ANYWHERE. SLUGGISH AND JITTERY RESPONSE TO INCREASE IN SPEED. MECHANIC SAID IT HAS A WHINNY NOISE WHILE TEST DRIVING. EXACT MILEAGE 54,854. STILL PAYING ON CAR. PURCHASED USED. WILL CONTACT DEALER, ALTHOUGH NOT SURE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

WAS DRIVING ALONG AT 60 MPH. STOP AT LIGHT, WHEN READY TO GO, THE CAR "BOGGED" AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER, TESTED ALL AUTO. TRANS. GEARS, FINE. GOT TO OFFICE. TURNED OFF CAR FOR 1-2 HRS. GOT BACK IN CAR, STARTED UP, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOT ON AND THE PROBLEM WAS GONE?? I THINK THE "COMPUTER BRAIN" MALFUNCTION, IS THAT POSSIBLE AND WHY??? *NM

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2003 AT 46,856 MILES THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED; NOW THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT HARD FROM LOW GEAR TO THE HIGH GEAR. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH, IT TAKES LONGER TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THERE IS A VIBRATION WHEN SHIFTING OCCURS. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *JB