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car like a trade in. They made it sound like the lemon law was tough to prove and I didn't want to get stuck with the vehicle. They took off a few thousand on the 2011 toward the 2012. We probably didn't loose too much but their attitude was horrible when we brought up the lemon law.
We still feel stuck with a car probably won't last more than a couple of years.
At 17,000 miles, my Tucson shuddered while going up a hill, I took it into the dealership and they repaired it. At 60,000 miles, while on a trip in Mexico it started jumping from Overdrive into 3rd, or 2nd gear. If I turned the car off and on again, it would be okay until I put even the slightest load on it (hill). This was back in 2008 or 2009.
We called the dealership, they said no service in Mexico, so we just babied the car for the next 4,000 miles and completed our trip......... without turning back.
When we got back, Hyundai repaired it, and 5,000 miles later it happened again. Instead of turning it off, we went to the dealer, and they were able to download the black box information. I was sure that somehow the main shaft was out of round or something like that.
1st off, Hyundai said naw, 3 times must be the way I drive. I searched on the internet and found something similar in England for a Tucson transmission, so I printed the email and showed it to them. The gave the repair to some tech from Yugoslavia and he spent two weeks going through the entire computer program and found the glitch and sent in a Service Bulletin (it should have been sent to all Hyundai agencies).
Now we have 114,000 miles on it, not a single problem since. Besides this tranny problem we have not experienced any problems with the car, and the Elantra, still in the family, hasn't had any problems except the battery (at 80,000 miles) and somehow the carpet locking tab broke off and my daughter called stuck somewhere cause the carpet had gone under the gas pedal and she didn't realize it.
I think Hyundai's are wonderful, the Elantra kicks butt with the 16 valve and Rack and Pinion, and my Tucson will dust off most Honda's (I have the 2.7) ha ha.......... Both cars have leather, oooh so comfy......... sunroof on the Elantra.
I now drive a Mustang 2009, wife drive the Tucson, daughter drives the Elantra, and my son a 1967 Mustang.
best wishes!
The brake switch was the culprit. It was replaced and so far so good. The computer should store the codes for the dealership.
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Never thought that basic components like struts, defrosters, transmissions would be a problem in a modern day vehicle.
I was merging onto a pretty busy highway today when I stepped on the gas and the car wouldn't go...glad there was no one behind me!
2007 Hyundai Tucson Maintenance Schedule
Choking for gas sounds different from a broken belt though.
Try asking here too:
"No Start" Problems
Gates.com says that both the 4 cylinder and V6 engines are interference, meaning if your timing belt breaks, you may damage the valves or worse. So you may want to try to get that work done soon.
The trouble was the crankcase position sensor. On JUne 1. 2011, I went to Auto Zone and purchased a new crankcase position sensor for $60.00 minus a 10% do-it-yourself discount otherwise known as a senior discount.
My local mechanic charged me $40 to replace it. He had to take out the radiator first.
I'm sure my local Hyundai dealer would have charged me $150 for the 1-1/2 hour job.
I now have 25, 800 miles on my odometer without any other problem.
I have had no other problems since it was new. I suppose I'm lucky after listening to the problems of people in this forum.
I have a 2004 crdi with the same problem between 1500 / 2000 rpm mainly in 4th and 5th gear. Ive recently put new clutch in still the same ,
i am wondering if its a gearbox or transfer box problem ?
Like yours ive had car for 6 months now and i tow a caravan and it hasnt got any worse
When I came to a stop and tried to shift into park, it would not move past neutral and would not go to reverse or park of course, I could only drive forward or if I wanted to stop, I would have to put into neutral with the emergency brake on. But of course could not remove the keys in neutral.
I drove it around a bit and then noticed the icons had turned off, so I came to a spot where I could pull over and tried to shift and voila! it shifted into park and reverse, did not have any problems for a few days until today when I went to start the car- same problem, so I drove to the dealer and as soon as I drove into the service aisle, the icons went off!
So now she is at the dealer, not where it was bought, it was bought in another city a ways away. This dealer says they will do a diagnostic but cannnot promise anything unless the offending icons come on while they are testing her.
anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions?
Dealership has car and will run a diagonostic, should I tell them about the "brakeswitch" problem or let them figure it out in case that is not my issue?
How is your car running now?
I have only had one problem, the transmission went out on my Tucson at 17,000 miles and again at 70,000.
The first time they went out of their way to replace it, but the second time I was stonewalled. .. ..
They told me various things, like I drove it hard, and also they looked at the tow hitch and claimed I was towing something heavy (actually the small hitch came with the Tucson for the bike rack option, so there) .. ..
The failure was peculiar, so I did an intense internet search of a similary problem, printed it out and took it to the dealer, where I found someone in England who experienced the same problem.. ..
So I went back to the dealer, and he had his best specialist ride along with me and when the failure occurred, he had me leave the car running and attached some kind of black box reader.... ..
Two weeks later (they gave me a loaner) they figured it out, the software that recognizes up to 4 different drivers got confused and it was making it jump from driver to driver, that caused the erratic shifting. A few lines of code were added, and a Service Bulletin sent to all Hyundai dealers worldwide.. ..
The point is, you might need to find some similar problem that is occurring in your vehicle and use that as leverage, include the words 'class action', 'lemon law', but in a casual friendly way. They will respond.. .. good luck.
After a thorough investigation, the technician (who was of European descent and brilliant) figured out that the software that recognizes the habits of up to 4 drivers had become confused.
One of the causes was that I received that bike rack option along with the small trailer hitch, and my bike weighed a lot.
There was a service bulletin issued, your shop must not have done a good enough job to find it.
My Tucson now has nearly 138,000 miles on it, just passed the smog check two days ago.
There was another problem I had not too long ago, when I gassed up, the car was hard to start, and the engine check light was on. Well, needing to fix that, and being out of warranty, I went to my local mechanic friend who investigated that and found that the valve that allows vapor into the charcoal canister was sticking. A few suck and blows later, it unstuck.
I urge all who own Hyundai's to use the search engine wisely and find your same problem and print it out and take it to the dealer.
My other Hyundai is a 2004 Elantra GT, 110,000 miles, never a single problem, ever. Then again, I take good care of my cars.
For that nagging tranny problem I suggest you contact svelasco.frankhyundai@gs.reyrey.com
3150 National City Blvd National City, CA 91951
(888) 355-2980
I once belonged to an Acura Forum and a question or comment posting would generate 2 to 4 replies the same day. I guess them Rich Guys had nothing better to do but spend time in front of that screen.
Good luck with the Ford.
Wow.... I've been driving sticks for 39 years.. replaced plenty of clutches when I was younger.... but, I've never had any manual transmission issues, other than shifter bushings on a 25 year old 325iS, with 190K miles...
That sounds like incredibly bad luck... or, a defective design from Hyundai..
I'm sorry that I don't have an answer to your question, though...
regards,
kyfdx
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