The Power Train Goes Down Apparently From Lack of Coolant...

Here is the deal as much as I currently am aware of

A 2003 Elantra with automatic is apparently now dead

A lack of coolant, claims Hyundai, killed the power train, and so the
terrific power train warranty doesn't apply in such a case

The car is out of the extended warranty that we had purchased with it

Suggestions are welcome

The car had been tranferred to my married daughter a coupla years ago

 

Suggestions for what? You list a few chopped sentences with nothing to
relate them, and then ask for suggestions. Ok - here's my suggestion:
Don't let your car run out of coolant, because yes, it most certainly will
damage the engine, which is the primary component of the powertrain.

And you expected what else?

 

Overheating will kill a cylinder head on one of these in a hurry.

Any word on why the coolant was low? If the water pump was leaking (o
otherwise failed), you should still be able to claim powertrain coverag
(as the water pump is a powertrain component). If the original faile
component was the thermostat, radiator, or a hose, then you're out o
luck

 

Thanks, techy, that enlightening info could make a substantive
difference.

But now i hear (over an upsetting supper) there is a contract process
obstacle

My wife tranferred her vehicle's govt registration to our daughter,
tho did not tell Hyundai & also copy them "birth certificate and
marriage license"

So, if tranferring car to a son, daughter, parent , then be sure to
notify company and include copies of those documents

Apparently non close relatives, friends and others aren't eligible for
the power train coverage benefit, by the way

 

On 2003 models, Hyundai's policy makes it clear that it's allowable t
transfer ownership to what they consider immediate family members an
still keep the powertrain warranty intact. I've never heard of needing t
submit significant evidence.

There's a form that the dealer is required to submit for each powertrai
warranty claim (after 5/60). On it, the owner simply attests that the
are the original owner or checks the appropriate relationship to the owne
on the form.

This entire discussion could be moot, however. Has the dealer determine
why the coolant was low

 

You have my sympathy. Young women can be very tough on cars. I've seen
a couple murdered before their time.
-

Bob

 

hyundai offered 2000 trade in on new elantra

instead she chose a new sentra

she has not had good luck with hyundais

when she was teenager she drove a red hyundai 1988 that was a lemon

i traded for a 1991 or 1992 hyundai, and she wrecked it

so i don't think she likes the boogers, because that was a good car
imho

 

when she was teenager she drove a red hyundai 1988 that was a lemon



Wasn't every 1988 Hyundai a lemon?

 

this '88 was so badddd that it didn't have pick-up. you'd step on the
gas pedal and it was sluggishhhhh

couldn't get out of its own way

it was so baddd that the outside door handles were replaced

a lot of damne is over the water-cooolant<i don't know what this means
either>


the person that bought it when i traded it to the dealer found my
phone number, and called asking how i liked it

i think i said "sorry, no comment"

my other daughter likes her white accent, which is a 2003 too, so
it'll be interesting to see what she eventually trades it in for

 

"this '88 was so badddd that it didn't have pick-up. you'd step on the
gas pedal and it was sluggishhhhh

couldn't get out of its own way

it was so baddd that the outside door handles were replaced"

So far, as Edwin says, I think you've described every 1988 Hyundai

 

My suggestion is to teach your daughter (and her husband) how to perform
basic checks on their cars. Checking fluid levels is very basic and
every drive ought to know how to do this and do so regularly. If you
don't ... well, you know what happens.

Matt

 

I do know they had it srerviced w/ln the past 2 or 3 months,
because the surveyor of customeer satisfaction had called
my home since that's the number in her computer