1999 Hyundai Elantra

DT: THE TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR OR DOWN SHIFT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTERWARDS WHILE DRIVING AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. BASICALLY THIS ONLY OCCURRED IN THE MORNING. SOMETIMES HOWEVER, IT WOULD FEEL AS THOUGH IT WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER. THIS STARTED RECENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO CHECK DIAGNOSTICALLY, IT WAS NOTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MANUFACTURED CONTROL MODULE, INPUT/OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR, AND THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SPEED SENSOR. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE OR CORRECTIONS TO THIS VEHICLE DONE AT THIS TIME. DEALER'S INFORMATION WAS UNKNOWN BY CONSUME AT THE TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT.*AK

(1) ON DECEMBER 20,2004, THE FIRST COLD DAY OF THE YEAR, MY 1999 ELANTRA WOULD NOT START. (2) THE NEXT DAY, DECEMBER 21, 2004, THE CAR STARTED, BUT AS I WOULD COME TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE WOULD BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE CAR WOULD STALL OUT. THIS ALSO OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS UNDER 20 MPH. (3) I DROVE DIRECTLY TO MY HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WHICH ASSESSED THE CAR AND TOLD ME THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR HAD GONE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. THE PART WAS REPLACED THAT AFTERNOON AT 275.00 PLUS LABOR= 391.00. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 23,2004 AFTER SEARCHING THE NHTSA WEBSITE, I REALIZED THAT THE 1999 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HAD BEEN RECALLED ON SEPT 7, 2000 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 00V259001/HYUNDAI RECALL # 040.) I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED HYUNDAI CONSUMER COMPLAINT DIVISION AND WAS TOLD MY A REPRESENTATIVE THAT MY VEHICLE VIN # WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN MANUFACTURED ON MAY 24, 1999 AND THE CAMPAIGN ONLY INCLUDED 1999 ELANTRAS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JUNE 1, 1999-JUNE 6, 2000. I FIND IT EXTREMELY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A 7 DAY PERIOD BETWEEN THE DATE MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED AND THE DATE THE RECALL BEGAN SHOULD BE THE REASON WHY THIS COSTLY REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED. I AM LOOKING TO HAVE THIS COMPLAINT INVESTIGATED, AND BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF PARTS/LABOR FOR THIS DEFECT, WHICH HYUNDAI WILL NOT ALLOW. *JB

I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW. AFTER ABOUT 8 MONTHS THE CAR WOULD GET STUCK IN SECOND GEAR WHEN SLOW DOWN. THE CAR ALSO KICKS VERY HARD WHILE IT DOES THIS. ONE TIME I WAS ROUNDING A TURN AFTER IT RAINED AND AS I SLOWED DOWN AROUND THE CORNER THE CAR KICKED AND THE REAR END OF THE CAR SLID OUT INTO THE PLASTIC DIVIDER POLES BETWEEN THE LANES. THE POLES CAUSED A DING IN THE CAR AN CRACKED A WINDOW. AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED SO FAST I THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING AND ONLY A WEEK LATER WHEN THE CAR KICKED AGAIN DID I REALIZE THAT WAS PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED. I BROUGHT THE CAR DOWN TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD I WOULD BE GIVEN A NEW PULSE GENERATOR UNDER WARRANTY. THEN THERE WAS A RECALL ON A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT WAS FIXED. THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED AND I HAVE HAD THE PULSE GENERATOR CHANGED FOUR MORE TIMES. MY WARRANTY IS NOW UP AND THE PROBLEM HAS COME BACK. I HAVE EVEN INSTALLED A BRAND KNEW TRANSMISSION. *JB