intermittent Hyundai Accent starter problem

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Jim Byrd

I have a 2001 Hyundai Accent L with 11000 miles. Occasionally (more
often lately) I run into this problem: I will try to start the car,
and nothing happens. It does not crank, but sometimes (but not always)
I hear a fan somewhere.

I tried turning off everything electrical, and sometimes it starts
right away. I have no idea if this helped or not. Sometimes it starts
after I get out and bounce the front end up and down a few times, but
not always. Sometimes waiting a couple of minutes works.

There is plenty of juice in the battery, and I see no correlation to
weather conditions or anything else.

I took this to a dealer to be fixed under warranty, but he couldn't
make it happen.

Does anyone have any idea what might be happening?
 
This may be due to a bad relay and or a defective start switch in the
ignition
switch assembly. Anyway I would check the relays first and then go to the
start
switch on the ignition box.
 
Is it an automatic transmission? If it is it could be the gearshift
safety switch (prevents starting except in "Park"). Try wiggling the
gear shift when it won't start.
 
Bob said:
Is it an automatic transmission? If it is it could be the gearshift
safety switch (prevents starting except in "Park"). Try wiggling the
gear shift when it won't start.
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And 5-spds have the same safety on the clutch pedal.
Jim
 
Is it an automatic transmission? If it is it could be the gearshift
safety switch (prevents starting except in "Park"). Try wiggling the
gear shift when it won't start.
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It's manual transmission.
 
I had a bad safety swtich on my 2004 Elantra GT that wouldnt let me start
the car.. the switch is on the clutch pedal.. to stop the car from beings
started unless the clutch pedal was pushed in... might be an intermitant
problem with that switch???

Pete..
 
I have a 2001 Hyundai Accent L with 11000 miles. Occasionally (more
often lately) I run into this problem: I will try to start the car,
and nothing happens. It does not crank, but sometimes (but not always)
I hear a fan somewhere.

I tried turning off everything electrical, and sometimes it starts
right away. I have no idea if this helped or not. Sometimes it starts
after I get out and bounce the front end up and down a few times, but
not always. Sometimes waiting a couple of minutes works.

There is plenty of juice in the battery, and I see no correlation to
weather conditions or anything else.

I took this to a dealer to be fixed under warranty, but he couldn't
make it happen.

Does anyone have any idea what might be happening?
Click to expand...

The problem is solved. It got a lot worse, and I took it to the dealer
again (3 years later), and it was fixed by replacing a switch.
According to the printout I got, the "ignition lock switch on clutch
pedal" was shorting out. On the phone, the service guy called it the
"neutral safety switch". A little while back, I got stranded in a
parking lot because the car wouldn't start, and the tow truck guy got
it started by pushing down on the clutch pedal really hard.

Things are fine now.
 
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