2013 Hyundai Accent Powertrain & Transmission Problems

2013 HYUNDAI ACCENT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER INFORMED HER THIS WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRES.

ENGINE/POWER TRAIN THE ENGINE WENT OUT ON MY VEHICLE WHILE I WAS TRAVELING FROM HOUSTON TO DALLAS TEXAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WHO DIAGNOSED THE ENGINE PROBLEM. I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWED OIL CHANGE MAINTENANCE WAS BEING PERFORMED FROM 70K-82K MILES. I PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONDUCTED A PRE-APPROVAL AND SENT IT OVER TO HYUNDAI CORPORATE. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS WAITING AND STRANDED IN DALLAS, I RECEIVED THE NEWS THAT THE CLAIM WAS DENIED FOR IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT TOLD WHAT TYPE OF MAINTENANCE WAS NEEDED SINCE I PROVIDED THE DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED THAT SHOWED I DID HAVE MAINTENANCE. I CALLED HYUNDAI CORPORATE TO FILE A COMPLAINT AND GET A BETTER REASON FOR DENIAL. I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A CALL WITH MORE INFORMATION AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK. I VISITED A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP BACK IN NOVEMBER WHO TOLD ME MY ENGINE WAS GOING BAD AND PROVIDE PAPERWORK. I WAS NOT INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THIS INFORMATION WAS NEEDED AND HOW SOON. I TOOK THE CARE FOR AN OIL CHANGE AFTER VISITING THE DEALERSHIP AS IT WAS TIME AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. I FEEL HYUNDAI IS NOT HONORING THEIR WARRANTY FOR MY CAR ALTHOUGH I PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED TO SHOW I WAS KEEPING UP WITH OIL CHANGES. I HAVE NO VEHICLE AND PURCHASED THIS CURRENT VEHICLE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THEY WOULD HONOR THEIR 100,000 WARRANTY. MY CAR IS UNDER 100,000 SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY ARE NOT FIXING MY ENGINE.

I NOTICE MY CAR HAD A 'KNOCKING'/ 'PINGING' SOUND AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET SERVICED ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO. THE DEALER CLAIMED THEY 'COULDN'T REPLICATE THE NOISE' WHICH IS FALSE BECAUSE I TOOK ONE OF THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES FOR A RIDE TO SHOW HIM THE NOISE. THEY DECIDED TO CLEAN THE INTAKE WHICH HELPED, BUT THE PRE DETONATIONS ARE BACK AGAIN, THIS TIME THEY ARE MORE NOTICEABLE. I'VE READ SEVERAL ACCENT OWNERS IN FORUMS COMPLAINING ABOUT PINGING, KNOCKING, AND PRE DETONATIONS. HYUNDAI MUST ACT ON THIS ISSUE!

TAKATA RECALL: I HAD TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT GETS STUCK WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND WON'T PICK UP THE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING. WHILE THE ON THE HIGHWAY IT DRIVES HORRIBLE AND THE STEERING IS UNPREDICTABLE. EACH TIME THAT I TOOK IT INTO THE HYUNADAI DEALERSHIP THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WRONG WITH IT. WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I DID TAKE IT TO OTHER PLACES TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD SAY AND THEY ALL NOTICED THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT IT APPEARS THAT IT'S WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I DID CONTACT HYUANDAI DIRECTLY AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND NOW THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I AM SCREWED!

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT LOSES ELECTRICAL POWER AND THE VEHICLE STALLS, WHICH CAUSES IT TO LOSE LIGHTS, GAUGES, STEERING, ETC. THE CAR WILL NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY AFTER STALLING OUT, SOMETIMES UP TO AN HOUR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND HAS HAPPENED OVER 8 TIMES NOW. THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER SAID IT MIGHT BE THE IP JUNCTION BOX OR IT MIGHT BE A LOSE GROUNDING WIRE AND THEY WILL NOT GIVE US A DEFINITE ANSWER FOR A FIX. THE CAR CONTINUES TO LOSE ELECTRICAL AND STALL AND IS NOW UNABLE TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO THE FACT OF THE MILEAGE IS AT 60,100. I SEE THIS AS A MANUFACTURING FAULT WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND HYUNDAI SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER.

TRY TO START CAR AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I HAD IT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAULTY NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED.

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND WENT TO GET OFF ON AN EXIT AND PRESSED THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AND PRESSED THE CLUTCH IN TO START GEARING DOWN AND AS SOON AS I PRESSED THE CLUTCH SOMETHING BROKE IN THE CLUTCH AND IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE ANYMORE. I COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE OFF RAMP AND CUT THE CAR OFF. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE CAME OUT AND TOWED MY CAR TO HYUNDAI OF DECATUR. MY CAR SAT FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE THEY WOULD EVEN PULL IT IN. WHEN THEY FINALLY DID, THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER TO TEAR THE ENGINE DOWN. ALL HE DID WAS TAKE OFF THE VALVE COVER AND AUTOMATICALLY TRIED TO BLAME THE ENGINE BEING LOCKED UP ON IT HAVING LOW OIL WHICH IT DID NOT CONSIDERING IT HAD AN OIL CHANGE ON THE 20TH OF JUNE AND THE CAR BROKE DOWN ON THE 29TH. THE MECHANIC DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT WHERE THE PROBLEM ORIGINATED. OH, AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR LOW OIL LIGHT CAME ON SO THAT TELLS ME THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OIL. IT TELLS ME THAT THERE WAS FAULTY PARTS IN THE CLUTCH AND NOW THEY ARE TRYING EVERY WAY THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO GET OUT OF REPAIRING MY CAR UNDER THE WARRANTY. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO ALL YOU CAN TO GET THIS OUT THERE THAT HYUNDAI OF DECATUR ARE HATEFUL AND TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS LIKE TRASH AND DON'T ABIDE BY THEIR WARRANTIES. I ADVISE ANYONE TO NEVER PURCHASE A CAR FROM THEM EVER. *TR

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON OCTOBER 14, 2013 WHERE I STRUCK A DEER HEAD ON AT 50MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I WROTE TO HYUNDAI AND COMPLAINED, AND AFTER THEIR "INVESTIGATION", THEY DETERMINED THAT I WAS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY ASSISTANCE. WELL, TWO NIGHTS AGO, ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013, I STRUCK AND WENT UNDER A FORD F150 TRUCK. I WAS PINNED IN THE VEHICLE. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY - AGAIN. HOW AM I TO FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE? THEIR "INVESTIGATION" SAID THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE IN WORKING ORDER AND THAT SIMPLY HITTING A DEER WOULD NOT MAKE THEM GO OFF. WELL, THIS TIME I HIT AND WENT UNDER A VEHICLE AND WAS PINNED IN MY VEHICLE AND THEY STILL DIDN'T GO OFF. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN HYUNDAI. THIS WAS MY FIRST NEW CAR. AND IT HAS LASTED ME 1 1/2 YEARS, NOT EVEN. I WAS NOT CITED FOR THE ACCIDENT AS THE OFFICER SAID IT WAS NOT MY FAULT. MY INSURANCE COMPANY IS CONSIDERING TOTALING THE VEHICLE. I AM BEYOND UPSET. I'M OPENING ANOTHER COMPLAINT AGAINST HYUNDAI, MAYBE THEY WILL "GET IT" THIS TIME. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!! *TR

THIS VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING IN THE SNOW. I HAVE DRIVEN A NUMBER AND VARIETY OF VEHICLES IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I HAVE CERTAINLY DRIVEN IN WORSE CONDITIONS AND IN LIGHTER VEHICLES IN WORSE CONDITIONS. THERE HAS BEEN A LIGHT SNOW ALL DAY 3-6 INCHES. I WAS DRIVING ON BOTH THE INTERSTATE AND COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS, ALL PAVED. TRAFFIC WAS MEDIUM HEAVY, IT WAS AROUND 6 PM. THE VEHICLE HAS NO TRACTION (IT WAS NOT ICY OUT) AND KIND OF "BOUNCED" THROUGH THE SNOW, LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. I STARTED OUT AT 45 BUT WHEN I REALIZED I HAD NO CONTROL, I SLOWED DOWN TO BETWEEN 35 AND 25. IF I ACCELERATED IN THE LEAST, THE VEHICLE DIDN'T REALLY RESPOND. IT FELT LIKE DRIVING A BOAT IN THE WATER WHERE THERE IS A DELAY. THE CAR WENT WHERE IT WANTED TO GO. I COULD KEEP IT SOMEWHAT STRAIGHT, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSIVENESS. I WAS AT THE MERCY OF THE OTHER DRIVERS. I STAYED IN THE OUTSIDE LANE WITH MY HAZARDS ON. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT IT WAS LIKE IT WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR IN RESPONSE TO IT DRIFTING, IT CHOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. IT BEHAVED LIKE A STICK BUT ITS AN AUTOMATIC. AND IT WAS LIKE THE TIRES "BOUNCED" IN THE SNOW. ITS THOSE LITTLE TIRES. THE REASONS TO NOT OWN THIS CAR JUST KEEP ADDING UP. I'M TERRIFIED HOW I'LL GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE WINTER BASED ON DRIVING LAST NIGHT. I'VE NEVER FELT SO OUT OF CONTROL IN SUCH CONDITIONS. IT WASN'T THAT BAD OUT. I SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE CONTROL. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE ROAD IN THE WINTER TIME. THEY SHOULD RECALL THE VEHICLE OR HAVE TO BUY THEM BACK AT THE COST OWED. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S LEGAL TO ALLOW A VEHICLE THAT PERFORMS SO POORLY IN MODERATE WINTER WEATHER TO BE ON THE ROAD. HOW WILL I GET THROUGH THE WINTER? I NOW WANT TO GET RID OF THIS VEHICLE ASAP BEFORE I END UP DEAD. *TR

MY WIFE AND I, BOTH OVER SIXTY, WERE DRIVING BACK FROM OHIO TO CONNECTICUT ON THE PENN RT 80, IT WAS SNOWING AND THE ROAD SURFACE WAS SLIPPERY BUT DRIVE-ABLE. ABOUT FIVE MILES BEFORE THE MILESBURG, PA EXIT, THE CAR BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER AND THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WIPERS ICED UP SUCH THAT OUR VISIBILITY WAS IMPAIRED. I HAD TO STOP ON THE UNPLOWED SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY TO CLEAR THE ICE. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AS LARGE SPEEDING TRUCKS AND CARS WERE PASSING CLOSE BY. THE TRAFFIC INCLUDED AN IRATE PENN STATE PLOW DRIVER WHO BEEPED AND YELLED AT US. WHEN WE RESTARTED OUR TRIP, THE HYUNDAI ACCENT WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN ABOUT 15 - 18 MILES PER HOUR. WE MANAGED TO GET OFF THE EXIT WHILE RIDING ON THE SNOW COVERED SHOULDER AFTER A VERY LONG AND STRENUOUS RIDE. THE NEXT DAY WE DROVE THE CAR, WHICH RAN PERFECTLY, TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AT STATE COLLEGE. THE CAR CHECKED OUT FINE. THE DEALER GUESSED THAT THE CAR WENT INTO A "LIMP HOME" MODE BECAUSE OF THE ROAD CONDITIONS. I CONCERNED THAT THIS CAR COMPANY WOULD DESIGN A SYSTEM THAT WOULD PUT A COUPLE OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN SUCH LIFE THREATENING PERIL. I FEEL THAT WE WERE VERY LUCKY, ANY ONE OF THOSE BIG RIGS COULD HAVE EASILY CRUSHED US. OTHER DRIVERS, PUT IN THE SAME SITUATION, MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. WHY WAS THIS UNSAFE "LIMP HOME" APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT? *TR