Hyundai Elantra electrical problems

AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS TURNING ON. ON MARCH 4, 2004 MY CAR WAS SERVICED BY HYUNDAI FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE SERVICE REP. TOLD ME THAT THE WIRES THAT RUN UNDER THE SEAT HAVE A TENDENCY TO BECOME DISCONNECTED. THIS PAST WEEK, I MOVED THE SEAT FORWARD TO VACCUM THE INTERIOR AND THE ARIBAG LIGHT IS BACK ON. I MOVED THE SEAT BACK AND THE LIGHT TURNS OFF. ALSO, THE SAME ISSUE SEEMS TO BE CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE RADIO'S WIRING AS THE RADIO NO LONGER WORKS. ABL.PCO

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE SMELLED SMOKE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. VEHICLE BRAKES WENT OUT. THE CONSUMER STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND HER AND THE PASSENGERS GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITHIN SECONDS OF FLAMES. *TC

1. DAUGHTER DRIVING CAR ON HIGHWAY WHEN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SUCH AS RADIO, DOOR LOCKS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AND DOOR CHIME RANG CONTINUOUSLY. ON JAN 22, 2005 SHE STARTED CAR, DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW WENT DOWN BY ITSELF AND ELECTRICAL WINDOWS AND OTHER INTERIOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS STOPPED WORKING. AN ACRID BURNING SMELL THEN DEVELOPED AS WELL AS WISPS OF SMOKE FROM THE DOOR AND DASH. 2. AS A RESULT, AND DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE FIRE AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. OVERRIDING CONCERN WAS THAT POSSIBILITY OF FIRE AND FURTHER DAMAGE EXISTED. 3. INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION BY REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THAT THE MAIN ELECTRICAL HARNESSES RUNNING THROUGH BOTH FRONT DOORS WERE CORRODED, SHORTING OUT AND ONE HAD EVIDENCE OF SCORING AND MELTING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MANUFACTURER, HYUNDAI, HAD A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, #03-90-009 (WHICH SUPERSEDED #01-90-004) THAT ADDRESSED THE CONDITION THAT WATER COULD GET UP INTO THE AREA OF THE WIRING HARNESSES AND CAUSE CORROSION AND SHORTS. REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF FOUR WIRING HARNESSES, TWO ON EACH SIDE, AND SEALING THE AREA IN THE CAR STRUCTURE WHERE THE WATER COULD ENTER IN THE FIRST PLACE. REPAIR COMPLETED PER THE MANUFACTURER'S TSB. THE OLD WIRING HARNESSES WERE KEPT BY OWNER. *NM

(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

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE SHE WAS ON THE FREEWAY DRIVING AT ABOUT 65-70 MPH, SHE WITNESSED AN OBJECT FLYING BY. SHE STATED SHE LOOKED DOWN AND ALL OF HER GAGES WERE FINE, THEN SUDDENLY SHE SAW SMOKE, SHE STATES SHE PULLED TO THE SIDE AND GOT HERSELF AND HER CHILD OUT OF THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SAW PIECES WERE HANGING FROM THE ENGINE. SHE STATES BY THIS TIME ALL OF THE SMOKE THAT SHE HAD SEEN WAS GONE. SHE STATED THAT SHE CALLED THE TOW TRUCK AND HAD HER VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. SHE STATES SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, ALONG WITH HER INFANT. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*TC

REQUEST FOR REPAIR COST REIMBURSEMENT.*MR CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN LATE 2000 REGARDING ENGINE STALLING DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE AIR FLOW SENSOR. THE CONSUMER TOOK HIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON NOV 7,2000. MAY OF THIS YEAR THE CONSUMER STARTED EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT STALLING. AFTER FIVE ATTEMPTS FOR SERVICE THE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE STALLED THAT VERY NIGHT AFTER THE REPLACEMENT (RECALL #00V259001 ). *TC