Hyundai Elantra electrical problems

AT LESS THAN 5 YEARS OF USE THE "CLOCK-SPRING" LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN BECAME "DEFECTIVE" CAUSING THE SRS IDIOT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND INDICATING THE ENTIRE SRS SYSTEM IS SHUTDOWN. THIS VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OF AGE WITH A DEFECTIVE CRITICAL SAFETY COMPONENT FAILURE THAT HYUNDAI REFUSES TO COVER FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN FORCE BY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. THIS COMPONENT IS NOT EXTERNAL BUT RATHER WELL PROTECTED AND NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLUIDS, OR EXTERNAL FORCES OTHER THAN ITS NORMAL OPERATION OF SIMPLY TURNING WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS COMPONENT CONNECTS THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG TO THE SRS SYSTEM HOWEVER INSTEAD OF SIMPLY DISABLING THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG, IT'S FAILURE DISABLES ALL THE AIRBAGS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER SAFETY DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE SRS SYSTEM. THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE OWNER OR THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE, THE SRS SYSTEM CAN SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING WITH NO AUDIBLE INDICATION OTHER THAN A SMALL IDIOT LIGHT ON THE DASH WHICH CAN EASILY BE UNNOTICED. IF A CRASH SITUATION OCCURS, THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE CAN BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. I CONTEND THIS PART IN THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN POORLY DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED AND BECOMES DEFECTIVE LONG BEFORE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE. THIS PART, AT THE VERY LEAST, SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY HYUNDAI. FURTHERMORE A STUDY OF EXISTING CLOCK-SPRINGS USED BY THIS MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE STUDIED AS THIS IS NOT A FIRST FOR THIS PART AND THIS MANUFACTURER. ATTACHMENT DOC SHOWS REPAIR, PART NUMBER, AND COST OF REPAIR. FURTHERMORE, THIS ITEM SHOULD NOT BE A MILEAGE WARRANTY PART...THE LIFE OF THIS PART IS BASED ON HOW MANY TIMES THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED, NOT HOW MANY MILES THE CAR IS DRIVEN..A CITY CAR WILL HAVE MUCH MORE TURNS THAN A HIGHWAY VEHICLE.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE THE "P" DOES NOT SHOW IN THE INFORMATION PANEL AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. VIGOROUS SHAKING OF THE GEAR SELECTOR SOMETIMES ALLOWS THE "P" TO ILLUMINATE AND THEN THE CAR WILL START. THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN MOTION AND HAS BEEN PARKED IN GARAGE. THIS STARTED IN OCTOBER AND HAPPENS MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY.

WHILE DRIVING CAR AT 50 MPH ON A COUNTY ROAD ON 10/11/2017, CAR SHUT ITSELF OFF, I HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. WARNINGS SUCH AS ANTENNAE DISCONNECT, BLIND SPOT DETECTION SYSTEM WARNING. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR I DROVE TO O'BRIEN HYUNDAI AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME AS THEY HAD NO AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS. FINALLY ABLE TO GET A APPOINTMENT AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP GETTEL 0N 10/21/2017 I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR IN 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE, 1ST TIME 10/21/17, FOUND PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, THEY DISABLED THE BSD SYSTEM AND THE WIRING HARNESS WAS ORDERED. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN ON 10/28/17 TO 10/31/17 AND THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED AND ALSO THE BSD ASSEMBLY. ON 11/3/17, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, CAR STALLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WARNING ANTENNA DISCONNECT, BSD SYSTEM WARNING. BOUGHT INTO SERVICE ON 11/4/2017, ENGINEER FROM CORPORATE FLOWN IN TO CHECK CAR BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX IT, REPLACED BSD SYSTEM LH AND BSD SYSTEM RH, ALSO A LOOSE PIN AT F18R. CAR WAS IN THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL 12/5/17. ON 12/20/17 ON THE WAY TO WORK, CAR STALLED, ELECTRICAL WENT HAYWIRE, DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED INTO DEALERSHIP, WIRING ASSEMBLY-FLOOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. CAR WAS IN SHOP UNTIL 12/29/2017. DRIVING INTO WORK 1/2/2018, WARNING ANTENNA DISCONNECT, I HAD TO TURN OFF BSD SYSTEM AS EACH PREVIOUS TIME THE ANTENNA WARNING WAS THE FIRST WARNING PRIOR TO BDS WARNING & CAR STALLING WHILE DRIVING. HAVE APPOINTMENT ON 1/8/208 AT DEALERSHIP.

THIS IS A PUSHBUTTON START VEHICLE. INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN THE BUTTON IS PUSHED, THE CAR WON'T START. THIS OCCURS WITH A FULLY CHARGED BATTERY, FOOT DEPRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, ETC. THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH MY LOCAL DEALER PROFESSED TO NEVER HAVE HEARD OF IT. CONSENSUS ONLINE IS THAT IT IS A FAULTY "RANGE SWITCH", RESULTING IN A FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE TO SENSE THAT IT IS IN PARK. DEALERS CLAIM THAT THEY "CAN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM", AND SO CAN'T FIX IT.

AT 11:15AM I WAS DRIVING SOUTH BOUND ON I-294 MILE MARKER 29 GOING ABOUT 60 MPH IN THE FAST LANE ON THE LEFT. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY ENGINE LIGHT, BATTERY LIGHT, AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD LIT UP, AT THE EXACT SAME TIME MY CAR BEGAN TO SPIN. I BEGAN TO SPIN 360 DEGREES, INTO 2 OF THE RIGHT LANES AS I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL I BEGAN TO SPIN 3 LANES BACK TO THE LEFT. BY THE TIME I STOPPED SPINNING I HAD SPUN INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE FACING SOUTH. FORTUNATELY THE SPEEDING CARS WERE ABLE TO DODGE HITTING ME AND I ENDED UP IN THE EMERGENCY LANE WITHOUT HITTING THE MEDIAN STRIP OR ANY CARS OR TRUCK. MY CAR APPEARED TO BE IN PERFECT CONDITION EXCEPT MY DASH BOARD LIGHTS WERE LITE BUT I HAD NOTICED THAT THE HEAT WENT OFF SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD TURNING ON. I HAD NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. I CALLED 911 AND A STATE TROOPER CAME ALONG WITH I-DOT WHO ADVISED ME TO CALL FOR A TOW AND THEY PULLED OFF LEAVING ME IN A DANGEROUS SPOT WITH NO HAZARD LIGHTS IN THE LIGHT DRIZZLE. IT BEGAN TO RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW. AFTER2 HOURS I CALLED *999 TO INFORM THEM THAT I WAS STILL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THAT CARS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE ME DUE TO THE SLEET AND THE SLIGHT FOG IT WAS CREATING. I ALSO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE TOW COMPANY DIDN'T WANT TO TOW ME FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I-DOT CAME, TRIED TO JUMP MY CAR, AND THEN LEFT ME TO WAIT FOR THE TOW TRUCK. AFTER A TOTAL 4 HOURS THE TOW TRUCK FINALLY ARRIVED AND TOWED ME TO PEP BOYS. ONCE AT PEP BOYS THEY STATED THAT MY BATTERY WAS DEAD BUT MY ALTERNATOR WAS WORKING PROPERLY. THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND I DROVE HOME 6 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. MY HYUNDAI GAVE ME NO WARNING AND TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I BLESSED TO HAVE ESCAPED DEATH AND A MASSIVE TRUCK AND CAR PILE-UP ON I-294 RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

MY TRANSMISSION SLIPS. THERE ARE AN ALARMING AMOUNT OF ONLINE FORUMS SHOWING THIS IS AN ALL TOO COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. I AM ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH 3 OUT OF THE 4 POWER WINDOWS. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE AMOTHER DEFAULT IN THIS MODEL CAR BECAUSE THERE WERE ALSO PLENTY OF OTHERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. ALL 3 WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. THE MECHANIC TRIED REPLACING THE MOTOR AND OTHER INTERNAL PARTS BUT IT STILL WILL NOT WORK. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.