Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 05/01/2009 | |||
| Can fill gas, constantly stops pump when not filled | |||
| 07/20/2004 | 5 | 03/04/2001 | |
| I have had nothing but problems with this vehicle. the headlight constantly were blowing out, it guzzles gas like crazy! then now two sensors are bad and per the dealer they have been having numerous problems with these sensors but won't replace them? i love hyundai always had one but this one turned out to be a pain in the butt. *jb | |||
| 04/15/2003 | 40000 | ||
| Car died just driving down the road. 1st hyundai dealer told me my fuel was dirty, needed 1 new fuel injector and i should pay $330 to flush the other 3 injectors. not covered under warranty.i called the dealer where car was purchased and was told to not have them do the flush - get the car and bring it up to them. before i could get it up to them, the car did the same thing within 72 hours and had to have it towed to them. they told me i had purchased bad gas and all 4 fuel inj/fuel rail/gas tank needed to be replaced - $1187. 5-6 weeks later,same thing happened-out of town and they are telling me it's my fault and will not help-now its $1900 and hyundai will not help at all. the dealership will not guarantee the work they did 6 wks ago. the car is in tulsa, i live in kansas city and have been without my car for about 3 wks. hyundai will not loan me a car or help me get a rental. all they keep telling me is i keep buying bad gas. there is no way that i am buying bad gas. i purchase gas at the same place and so does everyone else in my family and noone else is having problems. i do not have the money to pay them and do not feel that this is my fault. i have called regional offices, etc and no one will help me. the impression i am getting from the service mngr in tulsa is that the car was not correctly fixed at my dealership. he won't come right out and say that but he is implying that more should have been done - hence the $1900 this time. please let me know what i can do. i am not letting this go. i should not have to pay for this work and i'm not going to budge. | |||
| 06/15/2003 | 27694 | ||
| It is back at earnhardts, for the elec. system again 4th time. it started in 3/02 and went out again last fri. 6/6/03 but they don't consider it a problem. because i filed a lemon law on the previous accent and replaced it with the elantra 2001 and i filled out a survey saying they had bad customer service, the normal use of a rental while they fixed it for days was not granted. i am so upset i spent a day out in the az sun waiting for a tow of 205 miles to the next dealership and they tell me i have a bad record with them and don't deserve the courtesy of a rental car. this is my second hyndai and i have had nothing but trouble with it and the dealership. i have sent letters to the attorney general, three on my side, hyndai and earnhardts dealership. i want out of this car and don't feel safe in it any more. i was going down the salt river canyon (if you are not from az picture going down the twisting road to the grand canyon) without any power steering, brakes and trying to keep control of the car with kids in it. and they tell me i shouldn't be excited! 1 1/2 hrs in the sun waiting for the tow, the next dealership 200 mi away, no rental cars authorized, so my husband has to drive up and get me (198) miles from my house and go back so he could be at work in 3 hrs. no sleep for him. the dates are 3, 4, 6 of 2002 and now 6/6/03. the mileage is 27,694. the cost is theirs because it has the 100,000 warranty. just the mental and physical anguish and inconvience of another car that won't work right now. | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - DELIVERY - HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | |||
| 02/26/2008 | 78000 | 1 | 02/05/2001 |
| The car caught on fire! the cause of the fire was a leak in the fuel line. *tr | |||
| 06/08/2004 | 1 | ||
| While starting vehicle consumer noticed it would not turn , and a strong fuel smell came from inside vehicle. consumer inspected vehicle, and notice rear seats and carpet were soaked with fuel. vehicle was towed to dealership, and technician determined that a rodent chewed through fuel line. *ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM - INJECTORS | |||
| 08/14/2006 | 40000 | 4 | 08/04/2001 |
| Headlights burning out frequently was the first sign of problems, replaced them as the dealer said this was inherent to the 2001 elantra. in august 2006 check engine light came on. also, the air bag sensor light was on, headlight out again, took car to dealer, they called back and said that the alternator had been over charging and not only was the over charging burning out the headlights it also had taken out the cruise control module, and air bag module. car had only 42000 miles on it, and was 2 weeks from being out of the 5 year bumper to bumper warranty. well here it is 6 months later and 47000 miles and check engine light is back on, i have since purchased a diagnostic tool to read the codes. the car was running rough at idle. the codes came up as mis fire on cylinder 3, tps sensor failure and map barometer failure. i replaced the plugs and wires, engine still ran rough. took car back to dealer they replaced the tps, still running rough, they suggested that because of the faulty tps that the excessive dumping of fuel into the jets could have caused one of them to be clogged. i had them clean the jets as well as replace the plugs and wires again (they had also found that #3 wire had been arcing.) this took care of the idle problem. i took the car home and the next day driving the car would surge between 3rd and 4th gear, engine light back on. still have the map error. dealer ended up replacing the map sensor. it has been about a month since this last occourence and all i can do is cross my fingers until i trade it in. *ak abl.pco | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY | |||
| 12/15/2002 | 1 | 05/12/2001 | |
| The jack collapsed, and center stem fell over and punctured the fuel tank while in use.*jb | |||