Hi, I have a 2004 Hyundai Elantra GT 5sp that I bought in March of 2004 (car was built October 2003) with about 24,000 miles on it. Recently the car has been giving me alot of problems. Heres a list of everything Iv had go wrong since March.
First thing was the vent slider on the center console fell off, minor thing no biggy. Next was a wiggly drivers seat. The Dealer replaced the seat track without fuss about 3 months ago. Its wiggly again.
The Check Engine light kept coming on, code was something to do with the canister close valve, so they replaced it, they replaced it 2 more times within a month also. It finally turned out to be a faulty DPS sensor (Distributor Position Sensor I beleive.) The engine would ping when the light was on also.. Every now and then the check engine light still comes on, but goes out about 20 secs later (this is while driving). No code was found.
Now this week i noticed that my car seemed to almost stall when i gave it gas on the highway to pass someone.. the next day i noticed that the clutch was slipping every now and then. Its snowy now so I can’t tell. But i have an appointment Tuesday so I hope they can figure out what is wrong. The car only has 24K miles and my old hyundai’s have had well over 100,000 and i never needed to replace a clutch. I’ve also noticed that some gears i shift into i notice a grinding.
Iv had a few occurrances which happended only in the morning on the first "stop" of the car. My brake pedel went to the floor and did not stop the car, I had to use the E-Brake untill all of a suddon the front brakes would finally engage. I mentioned it to the dealer but they couldnt reproduce it..
When the dealer had to fix the aux. power outlet because circut city forgot to plug it back in when they installed my amp, i noticed that the red area on the tempature control was now rippped (its a plastic backing where it turns blue (cool) to red (warm) and it cracked and when the lights are on it shows through as white instead of red.....
I love Hyundai’s, iv had a couple Excels, a 98 Accent a 00 Elantra and this one the 04, and I plan on going back to Hyundai again. But this Elantra I have has been in the shop multiple times 3 or 4 times for the CCV and DPS sensor, and now the clutch.. Oh the seat track wigglings. there’s other quirks with the car, but the ones mentioned here are really bothering me.
I feel like i got a lemon Hyundai because iv never had trouble with my past Hyundais... I don’t know what I am going to do or whats going to happen with the car. I no longer have confidence in this car and I’d be happy with them giving me the book value of the car and I’d put it to another Hyundai. I doubt i’d qualify for the Lemon Law.. and I doubt Hyundai would give me a new one.
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First thing was the vent slider on the center console fell off, minor thing no biggy. Next was a wiggly drivers seat. The Dealer replaced the seat track without fuss about 3 months ago. Its wiggly again.
The Check Engine light kept coming on, code was something to do with the canister close valve, so they replaced it, they replaced it 2 more times within a month also. It finally turned out to be a faulty DPS sensor (Distributor Position Sensor I beleive.) The engine would ping when the light was on also.. Every now and then the check engine light still comes on, but goes out about 20 secs later (this is while driving). No code was found.
Now this week i noticed that my car seemed to almost stall when i gave it gas on the highway to pass someone.. the next day i noticed that the clutch was slipping every now and then. Its snowy now so I can’t tell. But i have an appointment Tuesday so I hope they can figure out what is wrong. The car only has 24K miles and my old hyundai’s have had well over 100,000 and i never needed to replace a clutch. I’ve also noticed that some gears i shift into i notice a grinding.
Iv had a few occurrances which happended only in the morning on the first "stop" of the car. My brake pedel went to the floor and did not stop the car, I had to use the E-Brake untill all of a suddon the front brakes would finally engage. I mentioned it to the dealer but they couldnt reproduce it..
When the dealer had to fix the aux. power outlet because circut city forgot to plug it back in when they installed my amp, i noticed that the red area on the tempature control was now rippped (its a plastic backing where it turns blue (cool) to red (warm) and it cracked and when the lights are on it shows through as white instead of red.....
I love Hyundai’s, iv had a couple Excels, a 98 Accent a 00 Elantra and this one the 04, and I plan on going back to Hyundai again. But this Elantra I have has been in the shop multiple times 3 or 4 times for the CCV and DPS sensor, and now the clutch.. Oh the seat track wigglings. there’s other quirks with the car, but the ones mentioned here are really bothering me.
I feel like i got a lemon Hyundai because iv never had trouble with my past Hyundais... I don’t know what I am going to do or whats going to happen with the car. I no longer have confidence in this car and I’d be happy with them giving me the book value of the car and I’d put it to another Hyundai. I doubt i’d qualify for the Lemon Law.. and I doubt Hyundai would give me a new one.
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