2000 Hyundai Elantra Powertrain & Transmission Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25-40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AFTER 4-5 SECONDS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS INTERNAL FAILURE WITH THE TRANSMISSION'S FOURTH GEAR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 81,000. *UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF

SHIFT LOCK STICKS IN A 2000 AUTO ELANTRA WITH AROUND 99,600 MILES. I LOCK UP IN PARK IN WILL NOT GET OUT OF PARK OUT U PUT PENCIL DOWN SHIFT LOCK HOLE. OR HIT SHIFTER HARD FORWARDED IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. HAVE NOT TOOK TO GET SERVICED YET OR LOOKED AT . *AK

I OWN 2 MANUAL-TRANSMISSION HYUNDAI ELANTRAS, 2000 AND 2001. BOTH CARS HAVE APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MILES. BOTH CARS HAVE HAD THEIR CLUTCHES GO BAD IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS (MASTER CYLINDER ON THE 2001, SLAVE CYLINDER ON THE 2000). *NM

1) WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT AN INTERSECTION VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS WITH A THUMPING NOISE AND THE CAR JERKS VIOLENTLY. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE UPSHIFTS WITH A VIOLENT JERK. 2) CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND DEALER STATES THE GEAR 4 RATIO IS INCORRECT. 3) DEALER UNABLE TO PERFORM REPLACEMENT UNLESS CAR OWNER COVERS COST.*AK

WHEN CAR IS COMING TO A STOP THE TRANSMISSION/ENGINE RUMBLES. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS (EVERY DAY) BUT ON THE 2 OCCASSIONS I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING.

THE TRANSMISSIONS ON THESE CARS FAIL AND GET STUCK IN GEARS CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATIONS AND BREAKDOWNS. I HAD SEVERAL OF THESE CARS AS COMPANY TRANSPORTATION AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *JB

NAR 2/10/2003. THE VEHICLE REQUIRED TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AFTER ONLY 32,000 MILES. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICE AT 29,566 THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT OIL WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THEREFORE THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER HAD THE REPAIRS DONE BY A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO FOUND THAT THE BEARING ON THE TRANSFERSHAFT WAS FALLING APART, BURNING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH CAUSED THE BROWN COLOR. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP. *JB

TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE SEALS WERE BAD ON VEHICLE, AND TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THEN ON THE 20TH OF NOVEMBER VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP, AND THEN ON T 21ST OF NOVEMBER TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING AGAIN. TRANSMISSION WAS BEING REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

I T STARTED AROUND OCTOBER 25,2001,WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY.I WAS DRIVING IN 5TH GEAR AROUND 65 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE STICK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL BY ITS SELF, I LOOKED DOWN TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED,. THER E WAS NOTHING ATTACHED TO THE STICK, IN OTHER WORDS NOTHING WAS HANGING (NO GARBAGE BAG OR ANYTHING.THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES.THE CAR GROWLS AND I HAVE TO PUT IT BACK IN GEAR, NOW I'M ANERVOUS WRECK.I TOOK IT INTO THE THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM.IT HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES SINCE. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE PAST 40MPH OR TAKE THE EXPRESSWAY. IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE GEAR-SHIFT\GAS PEDAL\CLUTH, YOU CAN FEEL WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE TH PEDAL MOVES UNDER YOUR FOOT AND THE SHIFT GEAR MOVES IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND ON IT.*AK

THE PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL DOWN. THE SWITCH WENT OUT 2. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ONCE. THE HORN WAS BAD. THE CAR DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT RIGHT. WENT THROUGH 3 TRANSMISSIONS. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT FINE. IT STILL DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT RIGHT. IT DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE GAS. WANT TO GET RID OF CAR.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS HESITATING/ CUTTING OFF AND ON. NO REVERSE AND NO FORWARD. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. *AK

IN DECEMBER, 2000, WITH ONLY 5000 MILES ON THE CAR, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER. SINCE THEN, THE CAR HAS HAD NOTHING BUT TRANSMISSION TROUBLES. THE TRANSMISSION HAS GOTTEN STUCK IN 2ND GEAR WHILE OUT ON THE HIGH WAY. WHEN SLOWING DOWN, IT HAS SUDDENLY JERKED INTO FIRST GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO NOT ACCELERATE. IT HAS JERKED INTO 2ND GEAR, FEELING LIKE THE CAR HAS BEEN REAR ENDED. EACH TIME IT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. PRESENTLY, AT 45,000 MILES, IT IS GETTING ANOTHER NEW TRANSMISSION.

THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS, I AM NOT SURE IF THEY ARE RELATED OR NOT 1) CAR WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK IF ON AN INCLINE. IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT OF PARK, YOU MUST FORCE THE SHIFTER. 2) CAR HAS PROBLEMS WITH INITIAL ACCELERATION AFTER A STOP. WILL NOT GO INTO FIRST GEAR, TRANSMISSION WILL "THUMP" INTO GEAR. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL IS ADEQUATE

VEHICLE DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT AN INTERSECTION AND PICKING UP SPEED AGAIN. DRIVER HAS TO MANUALLY SHIFT DOWN TO 2ND GEAR ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ALSO, VEHICLE IS RELUCTANT TO UPSHIFT BLOCKING OUT ENGINE POWER. THIS CONDITION HAS CAUSED MANY CLOSE CALL AT INTERSECTIONS.

THIS IS MY SON'S CAR. HE HAD BEEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND WAS PROCEEDING TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD, HE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND THE CAR FELT LIKE IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. HE PUT IN THE CLUTCH AND COASTED TO THE NEARBY GAS STATION. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIS CAR. WHEN HE LOOKED, THERE WAS A TRAIL OF FLUID AND A PUDDLE UNDER HIS CAR. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED -- NEEDS WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION (AND VEHICLE HAS ONLY 8,500 MILES ON IT). *AK

STICK SHIFT FAILS TO LOCK IN PLACE AFTER SHIFTING. IF IT'S BUMPED, WOULD SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. CAN SHIFT FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER WHEN BARELY TOUCHING IT OR BRUSHING AGAINST IT. *AK

3 MONTHS AFTER BUYING MY CAR, THE TRANSMISSION GASKET CRACKED AND THEY HAD A RECALL ON IT WHO KNOWS HOW LONG I DROVE BEFORE IT FINALLY FROZE. THEY FIXED IT BUT NOW IM HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE SLIPPING, BUCKING AT STOPP LIGHTS AND A TINGY SOUND WHILE EXCELLERATING THE DEALER SAYS THEY TESTED AND FINDS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT . SO ALL OF US WITH THIS PROBLEMS ARE JUST IN A CONFUSED STATE HUH. *AK