Tl*the contact owns a 2004 hyundai elantra. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle shut completely off and would not restart. The contact noticed fluid and debris on the ground near the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to her residence and has not been inspected by a mechanic. The engine size, powertrain, and # of cylinders were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 80,000.
2004 Hyundai Elantra engine complaints
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Dt: car has been in shop for various resaons. After getting out of shop,there was an issue with stalling. While driving in stop and go trafffic the stalling began. . Today however when going through intersection vehicle stalled, stopped and lost power, and was almost struck from behind. The car dealer was notified immediately and was told to bring car in monday but owner was planning to call manufacturer to make arrangements through dealer to have vehicle towed there because consumer felt it was not safe. No repairs have been made as of yet invoilving the stalling.
Oil filter gasket was stuck to the engine clock. As a result, a leak developed, and oil began to spray all over the vehicle, and the engine seized.
Intermittently while driving at any speed vehicle stalled. Also, consumer had difficulty starting the vehicle. Dealer examined the vehicle ten times and still could not pin point the problem.
I was driving a hyudai elentra rental car and I was stopped at a red light with the car in drive and my foot on the brake, and the brake was not holding the car back and the car was drifting forward a little into the intersection. I put the car into neutral and you could hear the engine revving very fast even though I did not have my foot on the gas pedal. I told the attendant when I returned the rental car that the brake wasn't holding the car back at a red light, but told her that I did not know what the problem was. She said that she would take the car out of service to be checked. The following week in the march 9 USA today there was an article reporting that some toyota camrys, camry solaras, and lexus es 300s surged forward with no reason. I believe that this is what occurred in the hyundai that I was driving. I have called avis to give them the car number that I was driving so that they can take the car in to be checked. I have listed the car below as a 2004 model. I believe that it was a 2004 because it was new and had low mileage. A question below asks whether it had cruise control, but I don't know.
Crankshaft position sensor...my car has 650 miles and is 2 weeks old. My second crankshaft position sensor malfunctioned this morning. This is a dangerous part to have go as it causes the vehicles engine to suddenly stop, leaving you coasting without power steering to "hopefully" a safe place to wait for the 10-15 minutes it takes before your car will start again. This has happened no less than 10 times between the 2 sensors that I've had go. Each time I brought the car to the dealer within 24 hrs of malfunction. The dealership replaced the first one, but they were out of stock this morning, now I have to drive it for another 24 hrs in an unsafe condition, the loaner vehicles were already in use. A search of the web told me that crankshaft sensors have been a problem for hyundai for many years. The dealership will replace it again at no charge. Having this happen in a place where there is no breakdown lane could be life threatening.
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