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The left tail light was not working. A friend tried to run/split the working wires from the right side to the left. the left tail begun to work but only did for like 5mins.(both tail light workin)
Now both tail lights won't come on. We checked the fuses by making sure all power off, then attaching the electrical tester to battery-then pulling out every fuse to see of the light on the tester goes off.
The power fuse cause the light on tester to go off indicating, a possible blown fuse.
First of all, how bad is it an idea to extend wires from the working side(right) to the left side(nonworking)?
Then what was done wrong to make both tail lights to completely go off?
Thank you very very much....
1. BFGoodrich - Advantage T/A®
2. Michelin - Energy™ MXV4® S8 - I have this with the car now, came with the new car.
How are BFGoodrich tires, I saw some bad reviews saying they wear down quickly and have more noise and so on, is it worth it to go for it. I can save around 250-300 dollars on 4 tires. Please let me know. Thanks.
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Ron
Just thought I'd give you that site in case the printed option doesn't ever materialize.
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Thanks for the info. I will keep that in mind.
Ron
The oil filter is located in the front of the engine on the 2.4L. There is an access hole in the plastic splash shield that you can see the oil filter. My advice is to take the extra time and remove the plastic shield because the top side of the shield has foam on it and will absorb any spilled oil, and you will be getting drips thinking you have a leak.
Hyundai offers this free.... Log on to www.hmaservice.com
Fill out the info and that will allow you to look at all of Hyundia manuals FREE
Ron
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If the check engine light starts flashing, the problem is more serious and the car should be serviced immediately.
When driving the car previous to that trip, I had been playing music from a flashdrive. When I went to select random play with the menu, the radio completely froze. You couldn't select any other modes such as radio, etc., but it was powered on.
So I shut the car off, restart it, and then the radio was off. And it won't power back on now.
This is just the latest in it's problems since new. The first monthly Blue Link monthly vehicle report notification showed a problem with the Electronic Stability Control, yet there were no indicators showing on the dash. Then, the tire pressure monitoring system DID show as having a problem on the dash, yet the tires were fine, and had the correct pressures all around. Yet Blue Link didn't show that.
Then, the tire pressure monitoring system cleared itself a week later. The funny thing is that the TPMS has been fine for the last two months, yet the latest Blue Link monthly vehicle report says that there is a TPMS problem now. LOL.
I'm just waiting for this car to strand me somewhere with some type of electronic gremlin.
My vehicle is a Ford rather than a Hyundai, so it may be different, but I wanted to pop in with that word of experience before you just decided to go ahead and do it.
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Thought maybe it was out of fluid, although it shouldn't have been since it has less than 5000 miles, and hasn't been driven much in inclement weather. When I checked the fluid level, sure enough, there was plenty.
The list of issues continues to grow.
I went to the parts store and purchased a Washer kit, a manual one! Installed it by cutting the rubber line coming out of the fluid container and wired it right from the electric line near the old pump. Now I have a washer fluid system that gives me only a squirt at a time, not the four or five squirt thing. I can now control the amount of fluid I spray.
It was a pain to install but it works fine. You have get inside the front fender on the passenger side. Bend back the plastic inner fender enough to cut the old rubber line and put the tee in the output line and wire the pump (two wires). Time about an hour, total cost $ 20.00 and it does what I want!!!
Now the latest Blue Link monthly vehicle report says that the TPMS has a problem again, as well as the electronic power steering. But of course, there are no lights on the instrument panel indicating a problem. Oh, and it says my odometer reading is 7 miles. LOL.
I'd say there are problems to be worked out with Blue Link, or the cars electronic systems. Or both. I don't honestly know if I would buy/lease another one, or recommend it to anyone else.
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But while you're here, I'll offer my advice (I am also an appraiser).
You should hire an appraiser who specializes in DV; also you can buy a DV report online for $39 from www.mycarisworthless.com. It's helpful, but I wouldn't totally rely on an online report to support your DV case---however, it would be a good supplement to the appraiser's report.
In any event, you HAVE been deprived of value, even IF the car is repaired perfectly---this is called "inherent diminished value" and does not relate to the quality of the repair at all---it is inherent because your car has been, so to speak, stigmatized for life.
I would definitely file a DV claim with the help of a qualified appraiser. There's a bunch of money on the table here for you.
Thanks so much for the consideration.
Hopefully, you haven't fried anything with your little boo boo. Warranty coverage for your mistake will be at the discretion of the dealer if they figure out what happened. Good luck.
Dealership changed front wheel speed sensor and problems disappeared for two weeks.
That chime is annoying and real problems are masked when these lights stay on.
If someone can help me I'll be very gratefull¡¡
I'll try to describe correctly my problem. My Sonata GLS has been a very good car since many years ago, then suddently start failing. On past holydays, far from Santiago ( my home ) I parked the car for a 15 or 20 mins and the car not start. I called a service and they told me that the sparks plugs haven't energy. According their diagnosis , the problem were the crankshaft sensor . I bought the original one and they change it. They delivered me the car and was happy. I not used the car until I need to go to near village to make some shopping. Then again the same problem, when I try to start the car, don't started . Thinking that the work perfomed by the mechanical service was bad, don't called they again. When I was waiting for my brother thinking tow the car, I try to start again, and the engine started absolutely normal. Well, I return to city and left the car in my mechanical service, explaining they all above descripted.
There are no any signal of the failure in computer, and no "check engine" light. The mechanical told me that the problem were the engine coil. I changed the coil for a new one. And the problem still exist.
In abstract , the car has stalled, when I was driving, about two or three times. Start fine when is cold, and no present problems of power or any other when ins running , except the stalling times commented. But when you stop, the car do not start till is really cold (1 or 2 hours after). Hyundai told me that could be the Computer, other that could be the Air Flow sensor ( MAF), or could be an electrical problem. I'm really lost and don't want to lost more money without a correct diagnostic.
If somebody can help me , I'll be really gratefull.
Sorry about my English, I'm Chilean.
How difficult is it to change the spark plugs? What is the OEM brand of spark plugs that I can use and what spark plug wires should I buy. There are plenty of compatible spark plugs, however, can't seem to figure out what wires to buy.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I have 2006 Sonata......recently I started facing the exact same problem as you have described. I was just wondering if you could find any solution to this problem. When this happens I unplug couple of fuse and start again. But I am not quite sure how to fix this problem. I would be of great help if you could let me know if there is any solution to this problem.
regards
Not yet. I still have no solution. Yesterday I found a new mechanical service that told me that they were able to solve the problem trough an exhaustive diagnosis of all systems involved, anyway expensive and slow.
When I have news I will inform you. Wish me luck ¡¡
Regards
So maybe it really was valves? Would this be a warranty issue or not?
Any thoughts on whether timing could be off again, problem with chain itself, or something else?
Thanks!