2001 Hyundai Accent complaints

I BOUGHT A 2001 HYUNDAI IN 2001 AND SINCE I HAD IT. IT HAS 1 NEW BRAKE I NEW TRANSMISSION MOLDING HAS FALLEN OFF OF IT COULDN'T REALLY TELL WHAT ELSE HAS GONE WRONG WITH IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS OF TIMES AND THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. I HAVE TO PAY FOR RENTAL CARS TAKE OFF WORK AND OTHER TIME WASTING THINGS. I AM REALLY DISCOURAGED ABOUT OWNING SUCH A PIECE OF JUNK. WHAT DO I DO?*JB

I WAS GOING 60 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY, WHEN I TRIED SLOWING DOWN TO 50 MPH THE RPM'S KEPT GOING UP AS WELL AS THE SPEED. COULD NOT SLOW DOWN, PULLED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE COMPLETELY, STILL DID NOT STOP, UNTIL I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS WAS AFTER PICKING UP MY CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP FOR A 15000 MILE MAINTENANCE. DEALER CLAIMED LATER THAT IT WAS DUE TO A SENSOR THAT WAS BURNED OUT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH THE CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND SLID AT 20 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NLM *SCC

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE FROM UNDER FRONT END. ALSO A CREAKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE RIGHT FRONT WHEN CAR WAS AT IDLE AND WHEN THE STEERING WAS TURNED BACK AND FORTH. CUSTOMER FELT NOISE WAS RELATED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND AT THE TIME. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. *TT *JB

THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT RECALL#02V167000, DUE TO THE FACT SHE EXPERIENCED PREVIOUS HEAD INJURIES. SCC *JB

VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DECELERATE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

THE VEHICLE IDLED ROUGH. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THE PULSE GENERATOR WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND STILL EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WITH NO RESULTS. TS SCC

I HAVE HAD MY HYUNDAI ACCENT 2001 FOR A YEAR NOW, SO FAR..I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY BRAKES CHANGED 4 TIMES, NEW ROTORS 2X, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON...THE DEALER TELLS ME THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR....HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS LATER....NOW MY DOOR HANDLE IS COMING...I CHECK THE RECALL WEBSITE...MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED 2X AND I HAVE NOT ONCE RECEIVED NOTIFCATION OF THIS...MY CAR IS ALSO HORRIBLE IN ANY KIND OF WEATHER OTHER THAN DRY AND SUNNY...IF IT RAINS, I SLIDE, SNOWS- I SLIDE..ALREADY GOT INTO 2 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS....

CONSUMER STATED THE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. SCC *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING THE A-PILLAR, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVE IS TOO FAR, AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED IN HIS LOCAL AREA.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER IS TAKING TO LONG TO PERFORM THE RECALL#01V346000 POWER VALUE HOSE. FORT MEYER HONDA 239-277-1222 PLEASE PROVIDE THE ADDRESS. TS

CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A NOISE COMING THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE DRIVING. TS *JB

CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS, WHEN THE VEHICLE REAR MIDDLE WINDOW SHATTERED. CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS SOME GLASS IN VEHICLE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

REC'D RECALL NOTICE #02V167000 IN MAIL. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. INFORMED BY MECHANIC NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALL REPAIRS. MR

THE CLUTCH MALFUNCTIONED AFTER THE CONSUMER MADE AN EMERGENCY STOP. CLUTCH DISC FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS CHANGED WHILE IT WAS BEING SERVICED. *YH *CB *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SHE LET OFF THE ACCELERATE AND SURGE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

CONSUMER STATES WAS DRIVING APPROX 35-40MPH AND INVOLVED IN A RIGHT FRONTAL COLLISON. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NLM

THE VEHICLE DOESN'T GO OVER 20 MPH AND SOMETIMES IT WON'T SHIFT ABOVE FIRST GEAR DUE TO POWER TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *YH *CB

WHEN AT A STOP, AND BRAKE APPLIED, VEHICLE WILL SURGE AND ENGINE WILL REV. VEHICLE WILL ALSO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND BUCK WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, THE PULSE GENERATOR WAS REPLACED TWICE.*JB ALSO THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, ALSO A TIRE BLEW OUT.*JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT IS BURNING A LOT OF OIL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED HOWEVER UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AKTHE DOOR WINDOWS ARE LOOSE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED TWICE. THERE IS DECOLORIZATION WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED FOUR TIMES. *JG

VEHICLE HAD A DECREASE IN ACCELERATION. CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED RECALL 01V346002 FOR PCV KIT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED PCV KIT. PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. . *AKCONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL IDLE SPEED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO THE RECALL. THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE HEARD RESULTING IN BRAKE DUST ON THE RIMS. THE VEHICLE REMAINS SLUGGISH IN ACCELERATION. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN OVER DRIVE AND IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATES. CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUEMR HAD STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, CONSUMER LET UP OFF THE BRAKE AND WITHOUT GIVING ANY GAS TO THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE SLID INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. *JG

BRAKES GRIND, THERE IS BRAKE DUST ALL OVER HUB CAP, AND SOMETIMES WHEN BRAKING BRAKE PEDAL HAS TO BE PRESSED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR TO STOP. *AK IN ADDITION TO PERIODIC SQUEAKING NOISES, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THIS WAS NORMAL. *JG

THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND VEHICLE SHAKES,/JERKS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THERE IS A BOLT THAT HAS A 1/2" GAP ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE UNDER THE FRAME THAT WAS NOTICED WHEN REPLACING THE FRONT BRAKE PADS. THE PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION BOLT IS FLUSH WITH THE FRAME OF THE CAR. THIS CAN ONLY BE SEEN IF THE CAR IS ON THE GROUND. THIS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD. WAS NOTIFIED BY THE MECHANIC THAT IS WAS A DEFECT WITH SUSPENSION AND TOLD TO GET THE CAR IN ASAP. THIS COULD POSE A SERIOUS RISK TO THE DRIVER AS WELL AS OTHERS ON THE ROAD.*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND NEITHER FRONT DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 40MPH AND COLLIDED INTO BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT, AND TIRE SHREDED WHICH KNOCKED OUT TIREWALL, AND RIPPED OUT WIRING HARNESS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A SUDDEN STOP IN FRONT OF CONSUMERS VEHICLE, AND A REAR END COLLISION OCCURRED, UPON IMPACT, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK ALSO THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*MJ

VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND HAS DIFFICULTY STARTING IT UP. PROBLEM USUSALLY OCCURS MORE OFTEN WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING OVER NIGHT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE TOTALLY METAL TO METAL AND LEFT FRONT ARE LIKE BRAND NEW. *TS *NLM ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS****762194

DURING A CRASH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND SHE SLAMMED ON HER BRAKES, SHE REARENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT, PASSENGERS HEAD BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. *SLC

ACTION REPORT, CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THOTTLE BODY IDLE SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT, NHTS CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V346000. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE DEALERSHIP CHEVROLET HYUNDAI 1100 WASHINGTON AVE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. (304 529 2301). *AK CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, HE WAITED ABOUT 4 ? HOURS AND HE WAS TOLD TO RESCHEDULE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. *YD

DEALER FIXED WHEEL BEARINGS AT NO CHARGE IN 1 DAY. DEALER REPLACING TRANSMISSION BY END OF THE WEEK - NO LOANER OR RENTAL CAR AVAILABLE; I HAVE TO RENT A CAR. SERVICE REP. COMPLAINED ABOUT CAR BEING OUR OF WARRANTY; I REMINDED HER CAR WAS BOUGHT MAY 11. DO I HAVE A LEMON? ARE MY KIDS SAFE IN IT? I'M VERY DISPLEASED WITH DEALER ABOUT THIS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE STARTING VEHICLE UP USING THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEATER THERE IS A POWDER SMELL THAT COMES OUT OF THE VENTS CONSUMER STATES HAVING TO NOTIFY DEALERSHIP MECHANIC STATES ITS JUST FUEL THAT NEEDS TO BURN OFF.

CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE DEFECT IN RECALL # 01-V-346-000. DIDN'T RECEIVE RECALL LETTER UNTIL APRIL 2002. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *MJ

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DOWN INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, DEALER HAS REPLACED A SENSOR 5 TIMES. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED, CONSUMER HIT A TREE, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID AND OFF THE ROAD, CONSUMER WAS INJURIED. *YH

VEHICLE WAS GOING 55MPH AND FRONT END HYDROPLANED INTO MEDIAN, CAUSING AIR BAGS NOT TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A THIRTY-FIVE MILE PER HOUR FRONT END COLLISION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DURING AN ACCIDENT SEAT BELT DISENGAGED AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

BRAKES--THIS VEHICLE WAS IN THE DEALER'S SHOP 5 TIMES FOR BRAKE REPAIRS, STARTING AT 4,100 MILES. CALIPERS AND MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, BUT STILL EXPERIENCING BRAKING PROBLEMS. DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING MORE WRONG W/BRAKES. ONE TIME WHEN TAKING IT IN FOR SERVICE, FRONT BRAKES MEASURED AT 5/32. SIX DAYS LATER STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS, TOOK IT TO DEALER AND FRONT BRAKES MEASURED 1/32!!!!! DEALER ALSO "ADJUSTED" THE REAR BRAKES, WHICH WAS NEVER FULLY EXPLAINED TO ME. TRANSMISSION: EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS W/ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON.....DEALER REPLACED PULSE GENERATOR. FIVE DAYS LATER, ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN--VEHICLE VERY LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID, MAKES LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS (ESP TO DRIVE OR REVERSE). DOES NOT SHIFT UP FROM EITHER 2 TO 3 GEAR, OR 3 TO 4 GEAR. REPORTED PROBLEM TO DEALER, WHO CAN'T GET THE CAR IN FOR 2 DAYS TO LOOK AT IT. WILL HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS COMING AND WHENEVER I FILLUP GAS THE CAR TAKES TOO MUCH TIME TO START BUT ONCE ITS ON RAOD IT RUNS FINE AND AGAIN WHEN I FILLUP THE GAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THE CAR WAS TRAVELING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT AND THE DRIVER BEGAN TO NOTICE AN UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND IT STARTED TO ROLL TWICE OR MORE INTO AN ENBANKMENT. VEHICLE WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CRAWL OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH WITH REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER ON, CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. SHE TURNED OFF DEFROSTER, AND REAR WINDOW SHATTERED.*AK

AT 35-42 MPH THERE WAS A FRONT IMPACT AND DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING SEATBELT. BOTH FRONT SEATBELTS RETRACTED AFTER IMPACT INTO DOOR MOUNTS TO THE POINT OF BREAKING THE SIDE MOUNTS. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OFFICER WILLIAM ELBERT. PLEASE ADD $ AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT END SUSPENSION CONNECTORS HAVE FALLEN OFF OF VEHICLE FOR SECOND TIME, RESULTING IN LOSS OF A TIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

GAS WAS LEAKING FROM TANK TO THE INSIDE OF THE CAR UNDER THE BACK SEAT AROUND THE PLATE THAT COVERS THE FUEL PUMP. GAS POOLED UNDERNEATH THE THE BACK SEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN SEAT WAS REMOVED THE FOAM ON THE UNDERNEATH SIDE WAS SATURATED WITH GAS AND FROM THE TOP OF THE SEAT YOU COULD PUT PRESSURE ON THE SEAT AND GAS WOULD LITERALLY LEAK OUT OF THE SEAT. THE WEEK BEFORE OUR GRANDCHILDREN WERE IN THE BACK SEAT AND WE ALL WERE COMPLAINING OF HEADACHES. THE SMELL IS STILL THERE AFTER 2 ATTEMPT OF THE CAR DEALERSHIP SPRAYING IT AND ORDERING A NEW BACK SEAT. WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW CAR OUT OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS NOT FIXED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SO DANGEROUS. THE PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US WE WERE VERY LUCKY PEOPLE. IF WE HAD SMOKED OR SOMEONE THREW A CIGARETTE OR MATCH IT WOULD HAVE EXPLODED. ALSO HE SAID AFTER THE PLATE GOT SO FULL, IT COULD HAVE GONE BACK ON THE EXHAUST AND IT WOULD HAVE BLOWN. WHEN I THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IT MAKES ME SICK. MY ONLY HOPE IS THERE IS NOT ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE LIKE IT BECAUSE IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. THIS CAR SHOULD NEVER HAVE MADE IT OFF THE LINE. THIS MAKES ME THINK THAT THEY DO NOT INSPECT THEIR CARS VERY WELL IF ONE OR MORE GOT BY WITH SOMETHING AS DANGEROUS AS A GAS LEAK.*AK

NGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED VEHICLE, AND TOOK FOOT OFF GAS, RPMS AND SPEED ODOMETER REVVED UP. WHILE STOPPING AT STOP SIGN, PUT FOOT ON BRAKES, AND VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 25-35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 25-35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT UNLATCHED UPON IMPACT, CAUSING PASSENGER TO BE THROWN FROM THE SEAT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK