CAUTION: Parking your Hyundai on the grass during extended rainfall

Im sharing this to caution you about parking your car on the grass
during an extended rainfall.

Statistics : 2002 SantaFe , 2.7 litre, 36,000 miles. Almost full tank
of gasoline.

It rained fairly steady for the past two days where i live in Northern
Illinois and i had parked my SUV on some fairly tall (6" high) grass .
After the rain had ended, i went to start the SUV and it cranked fine
but did not start, nor did it sound like it was firing (I didnt touch
the gas pedal) . I tried it a couple more times to no avail. Popped
the hood and had a look around, nothing looked abnormal. I waited
another 15 minutes
and it still didnt fire yet still cranked fairly fast. I tried it a
total of about 10 times before i gave up and called Hyundai Roadside
Service toll free phone number. Within 30 minutes, they had a local Tow
Truck at my house. I explained what i did so he gets in the SUV and
tries cranking it...and after about 2-3 seconds...it fires up ! I was
numb ! It blew some black smoke out the tailpipe for a few seconds. We
let it run for 5 minutes then shut if off and tried restarting it. It
fired right up.

He told me this : 'Sometimes when you park a car on the grass when it
has rained heavily for some time, it will affect the ignition system and
you can flood the engine ; dont park on the grass unless the conditions
are dry outside' .

I found this pretty hard to believe as i was sure i had parked on the
grass before during rain... and was sure there was something still wrong
with the SUV...perhaps an intermittent problem still lurked. So, after
he left, i took it for a 30 minute spin to see if it was going to act up
, and, if it would restart. I had no problems and havent 2 days since.

If HyundaiTech is reading this, could you please shed your thoughts on
this situation described ? Have you experienced this with Hyundais ?
Thanks.

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up so you can take the necessary
precautions.

Dave






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why parking on grass in heavy rainfall causes starting problem

10. Green chlorophyll molecules stick to solenoid in hyper-moist
climate
9. A typical trick by the mischievous gremlins at <remote-glitch.org>
8. Prank by Fescue Dept at Seoul Agriculture & Mechanical
University--hahaha
7. Hey, if ya don't like it, then next time get a GM Humvee with
extended warranty
6.--1. If no help here, try Tom 'n Ray at "Car Talk" on NPR for more
bad jokes

 

HMMA must not be worried too much about this: they've got thousands of
Santa Fe and Sonatas parked in unpaved dirt and grass lots behind the
factory.

 

The tow driver has *no idea* what he's talking about. There was some
problem with the vehicle that's gone now.

Did it crank faster than normal or just normal speed?

 

'The tow driver has *no idea* what he's talking about. There was some
problem with the vehicle that's gone now.
Did it crank faster than normal or just normal speed?'

REPLY: It cranked over at normal speed each time i tried it (about 10
different times total). Did not fire . What do you make of this ? Did
the moisture on the ground have anything to do with it ? Id really like
to get a rational explanation to what happened as im really shocked
about it. Its been fine ever since .

Dave



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I'd suspect an intermittent crank sensor failure or something similar.

 

Ok. Will keep and eye on it. Has started right up ever since parked on
the driveway. Thanks.

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