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My driver side seat belt will not retract back in, making the snugness very lax and looking like a bent-out-of-shape rubber band(not to mention safety).
Re A/C whistle, that is defintely not the same noise as my Elantra has--mine has a soft high-pitched noise that is not hard to listen to at all. I wonder if it could be a slipping belt on the A/C? They can make high-pitched noises. What does the dealer say about it? If they claim it is normal, ask to drive another car off their lot with the mechanic with you to see if it has the same noise.
hey, all cars have quirks, and that is why warranties were made. haha. anyhooo...
i only have 9000 miles on my car and i am starting to get a grinding noise when i stop. not when i ease into a stop mind you..but if i stop on a hill, or come to a sudden stop OR when i start to ease to a stop, then press a little harder on the brakes for the final stop...
i only got the car, brand new, in sept. and since then, i have taken a road trip to colorado (from ohio) and have driven into the mountains, as well as across kansas in a white out snow storm..
all the time the car performed FLAWLESSLY. i even had my 6k check before i left colorado and they said all was fine...
do you think that this trip may have caused this?
should rotors/brakes go bad within a year? i have never had that happen before with my other cars..
i am assuming rotors and brakes are a wear and tear item not covered by warranty? is this true? (i am new to the warranty scene)...
and if it is true...if they go bad within a year, isnt that justification to have them covered?
ps.. i have a 2001 elantra gls...
thanks!
Also, has the actual stopping performance changed, i.e. is it taking longer to stop?
Is this grinding coming from the front (disc) brakes or from the drums (rear)?
If from the front, are the rotors scored?
Disc brakes squeal even when there is a lot of 'meat' on the pads. To correct this, anti-squeal compound is put on the backs of the pads.
When they get worn down, the wear indicators cause a deliberate squealing, telling the owner that they need to be changed.
If it is a squeal and you have a lot of pad left (which you should after only 9000 miles) and the rotor is not scored, then try spraying the pads with brake cleaner and see if that helps.
Brakes are a wear and tear item and would not normally be covered under warranty, as far as I know. At best they might pro-rate your brakes, but I would bet that they don't have to.
only when it completes the stop..
i havent noticed anything different in the braking patterns tho..
and i checked out hyundais warranty and they are covered for a year or 12000 miles.
i agree with backy tho, they should last way longer than 9k miles...so even if i had more than 12k on it, i would fight it. hehehe
Did anyone get this repaired... what did it turn out to be?
I guess this could be my first problem on my 01 Elantra GLS. My driver side front left yellow reflector light went out. What I don't know how to do is replace the bulb. Do you have to remove the yellow plastic lenses. If so how do you do that?
Any help would be appreciated.
Happy motoring
Shawn
P.S. Anyone in the Twin Cities looking for a GLS or GT, looks like Denny Hecker's Rosedale Hyundai has lots of them, all lined up out front. They have lots of Sonatas on the lot too.
Approaching 11,000 miles with no problems; in fact, Betsy III seems as smooth and quick as new.
"This is the fourth service related issue with my vehicle. Car delivered with an unbalanced wheel. Next visit for a broken windshield wiper motor. Another visit for a broken power mirror motor and now I have to make appointment for a transmission that feels like it is failing. This combined with all the rattles and buzzes described in previous posts is making me feel like I made a poor decision purchasing this vehicle."
I am sorry to hear of the troubles you are having with this car. Maybe if this were to persist you should consider trying to get the car replaced under the "Lemon Law".
Not all Hyundais have the problems you are having. For instance, I have had 4 since 1989 and have not had any of the problems that you have had. My problems had to do with crappy busings in the 1989 Sonata and 1993 Elantra GL that "going" and leading to clunking in the suspension. This was essentially cured in my 1996 Elantra.
My 2002 GT has no problems thus far and I have over 5000 miles on mine as well.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
As for driving with your lights on during the day, I'm right there with you. I've been in two severe accidents where drivers turned in front of me because they didn't see me coming, and I figure that the extra visibility afforded by having the lights on is worth it.
Drive with my lights on......Hell yhea.... too many old people around here that seem to look through you. The lights seem to catch there attention! I'm so glad these cars turn the lights off for you, though. I've needed a jump more than once in other's that don't!
Not to pick on old folks, (but I'm gonna do it anyway), the second of my two not-seen accidents was an 83 year old lady hanging a left in front of my motorcycle. I flew over her hood and landed on my head, helmeted of course. A cop later told me "She was so high on her medication that she literally didn't know she'd been in an accident. She'da kept right on going if your bike wasn't jammed under her bumper!"
Yup. Headlights all the time now.
If this had been my new Hyundai I would have been VERY angry.
There should be a MANDATORY retest for driving after age 55. I know this would be a pain for many, but it sure would help. I gave up my motorcycle after three very close calls in one week (all having to do with old people)!
This would be a great Edmunds Townhall discussion, but it would probably be squashed.
Also, I sometimes hear a rattle coming from the dashboard, sounds like it's coming from the speedometer area. Any ideas?
Thanks
For those who have reported this noise, I empathize. However, I do not feel that it is characteristic of the Hyundai AC system. I have not heard any noise from my AC system and I use it pretty much all the time in Houston.
In my 1989 Sonata I did have a noisy compressor clutch that used to "clack" every time it engaged, but no whine.
I suspect that it must be a problem with select cars as opposed to across the line.
Nevertheless, they should be able to fix it.
I usually get about 30 mph (at 65 to 75 mph). I upgraded to the CD, six speaker sound system.. what a smart move on my part. I'd go for more braking power and a bigger engine, but I've really enjoyed my car; no noises or rattles.
Recently, the trans started to slip or stall in gear. Sometimes it would seem to hang up in a gear, then go into gear and surge forward. I put two quarts of trans fluid in it, and that seemed to correct the problem... for a while. The slippage is just now starting to reoccur (three months). My new mechanic said that he had heard that some of the Hyundai trans had been installed too tightly at the factory. This was causing the seals to break down and allowing the fluid to weep out. I'm getting set to make an appointment with the dealership for repairs or replacement.
This is really a hassle for me because I can't be withot a car. I've read some of the posted notes and there was mention of a "loner car". Who do I ask about that? Or a cheap rental? Will I get a hassle from the service department on the repairs?
Any advice is better than were I am now. I havn't dealt with a dealership service department in over 20 years. My long time mechanic (30 years) recently died, so I am forced to use a new mechanic. He suggested I use the dealership because of the warranty. Thanks for any help.
Also, when I first turn over the engine, it revs to about 1500 rpm and stays there a few seconds, slowly working it's way down to normal idle speed. But sometimes it'll rev to 1500 rpm, and immediately drop down to normal idle speed. Is this normal as well? And why isn't it consistent?
This is my first automatic car and I wasn't sure if these are common traits. Thanks for any comments.
I am seriously thinking about buying an Alantra mostly because Hyndai offers such a great warrenty. What I want to know is if it is a dependable car that would last until or past its warrenty, also if delerships are good about fixing the car and the problems are minimal. So far I see that there could be problems with the transmission and air conditioning, but overall is the car good quality...would you recommend buying one.
What transmission problems were you referring to? The "flare" problem? That is easily correctable with a software update. With the A/C problem mentioned by some owners, you can help avoid that by running the A/C on your (long) test drive and listen for any odd noises. But it's hard to avoid all problems in a car--your safest bet there would be Toyota, Infiniti, or Subaru. Check out the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla boards and see the problems reported by those owners--radios winking out and lots of squeaks/rattles on the Civic, and vague-bordering-on-unsafe steering on the Corolla (problem or feature?). Elantra has its share of problems, but so do competing cars.
I believe that the throttle position sensor might be defective or might need adjusting. This problem does sound related to the problem jimpimms had in msg 85.
I also noticed the engine *sometimes* racing up in speed after coming to a stop and depress the clutch pedal. It also motors along quite nicely in 1st gear after coming to an almost complete stop, pressing the clutch and then smoothly letting it back out. I never tried seeing what it would do in second gear. No reverse problems here.
I went to the dealer and naturally they could not reproduce the problem. The service "adviser" said that it was behaving as it should and that the EC (computer) was doing a heel-and-toe for me. Well, I thought that it was a pile of crap at the time but I did not have time to argue.
Now that you mention this problem, it seems as though I am not the only one with this experience. Please let me/us know what happens at the dealership. Mine will be due for a service soon and I will insist this time that they fix my TPS. My email is wmoses@houston.rr.com.
"I am the only person that owns an 02 Elantra that has had persistent wind noise and hood vibration while driving."
I have had 4 Hyundais (earliest neing a 1989 Sonata) and have never had any wind noise problem -- from under the hood or elsewhere.
This is not a fault of the make of car, and maybe the lack of response would serve to indicate that your problem is a "one-off".
The hood vibration can be easily cured by tightening the hood when it is closed. There are usually adjustable bumpers that will allow this to happen.
As for the wind noise -- I am at a loss to know how you could hear this from under the hood while driving, over and above the noise of the engine. Nevertheless, I am sure that of you use a piece of cardboard and a wind baffle in different places under the hood, you could more accurately diagnose what is causing the problem, and then know how to fix it. The dealer might be glad to have that information.
As for the windshield wiper blade bowing under snow and ice ... use a winter blade with a rubber boot over it. That is what I did when I lived in Canada for 20 years. Never a problem with wiper blades in winter.