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I am recommending Goodyear Assurance Comfortred as a replacement for the stock Michelin tires as they ride well after break-in and have excellent winter traction and rain-water dispersion (they replaced the Aquatread).
Speaking of tires for the Elantra, I've heard some good things about Kumho Ecstas. I haven't read as much about the Goodyear Assurance ComforTred, though, but I'm sure it's a perfectly fine tire as well. All I can say is that I'm not paying $120+ each for the stock Michelin tires... ouch!
One other note (that others have mentioned on here before): Make sure that whoever touches your wheels puts them back on without overtightening the lugnuts (80 ft lbs is the max on the Elantra). That can cause a shimmy, and it can also warp your rotors.
Has anyone else had similar problems and had success in getting a dealer to fix it without it costing a small fortune?
I have been happy with this car and my family has owned and still owns several Hyundai models, but this continuous power window dollar eater is souring me to replacing this car with another Hyundai when I decide to buy a new car.
The Fulda's were smooth for about 5K miles, then couldn't get them to balance out. Shame, too, because they handled great.
Earlier in the week, my wife and I visited a Saturn dealer. They agreed to pay off what we owe (and not tack on anything on our new car). All I had to do was get the car to them running.
I had my car towed out of the lot on Friday, 5/27/05 by AAA. AAA needed to verify that I didn't owe anything so I called the Hyundai (No) Service Dept. to give them a heads up that AAA might be calling. The service guy says" Well, there is the $85 charge for having us look at it". I replied "Give me a break! You're already screwing me over with the warranty and I have to fix the car myself" He replies,"Well, I suppose we'll let this one go." What a punk. I can't believe he actually had the nerve to say that. So my friend and I changed the water pump on Sunday. That set me back $120 but it got the car running. But by the time we got it done, we realized we also needed a thermostat. It was too late because everybody was closed. I called Saturn Monday morning and told them that we still needed to change the T-Stat. They told me not to bother and to just get them the car. So we did.
Monday was the day my Hyundai nightmare has ended. We traded that turd in and got a 2005 Saturn Vue with a "real" warranty. The service and people were excellent. Hyundai lost out on a sale of around $25,000 because they wouldn't honor "The Country's Best Warranty" which would've amounted to about $300-$400 worth of work. A word of advice: Don't buy Hyundai! Thank you Saturn!
By the way, I'm not through with Hyundai yet. I'm just getting started.
Not from your dealer, anyway. Who was it again, so we all know to avoid them? :mad:
I'm glad to hear that you've gotten a satisfactory replacement for your Elantra. I hope your warranty experiences in the future are better. It all sounds like a dealer-level experience totally soured you the brand as a whole; I'm extremely interested to hear what happens when you escalate it to regional/national HMA levels.
2) My AM radio never had a reception problem. I removed the factory antenna and installed a black 17" wire wound antenna and AM is still fine. I have a diff radio than you though.
3) On all my cars I have adjusted the low beams to MY liking. If your low beams are too low simply adjust them up. Directions in the owners manual.
My GLS has the basic radio/cassette and my GT has the factory-installed Pioneer MP3 unit. Both have pretty good AM reception except when I am near power lines, then there is static. But that is pretty common. In other cars I've had AM problems that were due to a loose ground wire--you might ask the dealer to check that.
Low beams are not a problem in either car--in fact I think they're pretty bright compared to other cars I've owned.
I've noticed with wind noise (more like a whistling when there are heavy cross-winds), rolling down the window ever so slightly (maybe a fraction of an inch) makes the noise go away. It only happens a few times a year for me, though, so I don't want to have the dealer mess with it and potentially make it worse.
One new issue I've had as of late -- belt noise. There's a bit of a chirping/rattling noise up front if I'm running the a/c or if I turn the steering wheel in either direction. I only notice it when a door opens or a window is rolled down. It goes away for the most part if the a/c isn't running or if it's not so damp and humid outside. The dealer said my belts are fine, so I guess I can put up with some extra noise (that will hopefully go away when I get new belts down the road). BTW, my Elantra is an 02 GLS with a little over 36K miles.
Niels
I need a reputable Hyundai dealer in the Southern Connecticut, Eastern New York area, at least to have the oil-change done. Can anybody recommend one, from personal experience?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
If you still need a dealer in Conn. I have friends that use Lia Hyundai in Enfield, Conn and have been very happy with their service.
The trim is around the outside of the wheel wells on the surface of the car, so the dealer probably installed it. I'll try to fix it myself or bring it to the dealer. Thanks!
duckied
I went to Danbury Hyundai, fir the oil change, and it was a pleasant experience.
I will try to find a good mechanic to do the inspections.
i found two problem today, but maybe they are not a problem just a common.
one : when i use key start my car but not start engine only open the circuit, i can heart a "ka ka" sound, like a some electronic power on.
two: when i brake down my car, and the car totally stopped, i can heard a "shashasha..." noise, it is short ,in few second ,this noise disappear.
these problem is normal??
thanks lot
I just bought an '05 Elantra GLS and like the car allot. I do, however, notice that when upshifting into 3rd gear there is a slight problem. The car protests a little bit with a very slight grind (emphasis on "slight", sometimes its hard to notice). All other gears give me smooth and fluid shifts, but going into 3rd it seems I have to baby it more. I've driven stick ever since I was a kid and this is the first time I've ever felt this. Although a minor issue, I'm just wondering if it will eat my clutch. Should I have the dealer adress it? Thanks!!
Jim
Jim
I replaced the factory radio with a reputable and popular name brand radio and don't have the feedback type of problems any more and the signal to noise ratio is much better. It is still AM radio so it isn't crystal clear everywhere but at least I can listen to it without the noise drowning out the broadcast.
I hope this information is helpful to those of you who, like myself, searched the web but never saw anyone post something that definitively stated that a new radio helped the AM reception problem. In my case, I consider the issue to have been fixed with a new radio.
Before I replaced the radio I took the car in to a dealer to have them inspect all of the grounding and antenna cabling to make sure there weren't any issues in those areas, which don't get replaced by swapping the radio. I don't know if it made any difference, but I soldered all of my wiring connections rather than twisting the wires and crimping them when the radio was installed.
I chose the radio that I purchased based on the tuner sensitivity and anti-feedback circuitry in the radio design. Now that I know that replacing the radio made a big difference in my particular case, I would imagine that just about any reputable aftermarket radio will give better results than the Hyundai factory radios do.
Anybody looked into the intensity of sunspot activity lately?
I imagine most people would never experience the same issue I did unless they happened to listen to AM stations in the lowest and highest ranges.
With today's modern manufacturing and test processes, it is much more difficult for issues such as this to occur, in autos, appliances, etc. With 12K miles on the car this may not be considered a "manufacturing defect" right off as the car has been on the streets for seven months and 12k miles. An independent inspection by an accident recontructionist would be warranted before persuing legal action.
Did you buy this car new, or used? From a dealer, or individual? There have been documented cases of used cars being sold which had been totaled in earlier accidents and rebuilt and sold with a fraudulent title. I ask this because of your indication that the air bags did not deploy in what appears to be a major accident. This is something that is seen often in rebuilt salvage cars where the airbags are not replaced.