2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES AFTER HAVING A 60,000 MILE SERVICE INVOLVING REPLACEMENT OF ALL BELTS, INCLUDING TIMING BELT USING HIGH QUALITY BELTS OF KNOWN QUALITY, A HIGH VOLTAGE ARCHING CONDITION IS OBSERVED ON THE FACE OF THE HARMONIC BALANCER (HB). ARCH IS APPROX. .250-.500 INCH IN LENGTH AND PROJECTS FROM THE OUTERMOST EDGE OF THE HB TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAME. USING A JUMPER CABLE CONNECTED TO THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL, ARCH CAN BE PULLED FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF HARMONIC BALANCER, BUT NO OTHER PULLEY SURFACE NOR BELT SURFACE. CONDITION IS INTERMITTENT AND FORCED REPRODUCTION HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE, BUT OCCURS WITH SUFFICIENT FREQUENCY TO PERMIT TROUBLESHOOTING. CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED. AFTER EXTENSIVE DIAGNOSIS, IT APPEARS THE INSULATOR RUBBER BETWEEN MATING PARTS OF THE HB HAS DEGRADED RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE INTERNAL RESISTANCE WHICH RESULTS IN STATIC CHARGE GENERATED BY BELTS TO ESCAPE PULLEY INTERIOR, DISCHARGING OVER THE EXTERIOR SURFACE. UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, THIS COULD RESULT IN AN EXPLOSIVE EVENT SHOULD A COMBUSTION FUEL BE PRESENT; THEREFORE THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS A SAFETY ISSUE. DEALER STATES NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE. REPLACEMENT HB ON ORDER AND IS EXPECTED IN ABOUT ONE WEEK. *TR

Mileage: 60,055

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE HESITATED, AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE COILS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

Mileage: 46,000

ALTERNATOR PULLEY NOT ALIGNED WITH CRANK PULLEY. TRIED SHIMMING, TIGHTENING AND NOTHING WORKS. CAUSES BELT TO SLIP OFF AND CAR TO OVERHEAT. CAR OVERHEATED AND WARPED HEAD AND COLLAPSED PISTON RINGS. ENGINE IS AVAILABLE. *JB

Mileage: 125,466

CONSUMER PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE AFTER MUFFLER OVER HEATER CAUSING VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. *PH THE CAUSE OF FIRE WAS PERHAPS DUE TO FAULTY HEAT SHIELDS. AT 27,000 THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN ENGINE LIGHT AND SQUEAKING BRAKES. *JB

THE CONSUMER HAD TO BE PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE AFTER IT CAUGHT FIRE. *PH THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE BRAKES WERE SQUEAKY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PLACED IN GEAR. THE COLLISION EXPERTS CONCLUDED THAT THE MUFFLER HAD OVERHEATED AND PERHAPS FAULTY HEAT SHIELDS HAD CAUSED AN IGNITION IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WHICH HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN ACCELERATED WHEN THE VEHICLE'S DOOR WAS OPENED. (THE INTERIOR WAS COMPLETELY BURNT DOWN TO THE METAL SEAT FRAMES) *SC

Mileage: 27,000

ALL WERE WARRANTY REPAIRS. THE IGNITION COIL WENT OUT FIRST. THEN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE BODY WAS JUST A MINOR THING, A RAIN RAIL CAME LOOSE, AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. FINALLY, THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE ON 09-02-03 AND IT IS TOTALLY. I ONLY HAD IT TWO YRS. AND IT ONLY HAD 31,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS A HISTORY OF STALLING OUT ON TRIPS OF 30 MILES OR MORE, IT WOULD RESTART SOON THOUGH. CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.

Mileage: 11,902

ALL WERE WARRANTY REPAIRS. THE IGNITION COIL WENT OUT FIRST. THEN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE BODY WAS JUST A MINOR THING, A RAIN RAIL CAME LOOSE, AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. FINALLY, THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE ON 09-02-03 AND IT IS TOTALLY. I ONLY HAD IT TWO YRS. AND IT ONLY HAD 31,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS A HISTORY OF STALLING OUT ON TRIPS OF 30 MILES OR MORE, IT WOULD RESTART SOON THOUGH. CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.

Mileage: 11,902

I HAVE A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT GL 1.6L ENGINE THE PULSE GENERATOR SWITCH HAS BROKEN 4 TIMES ALREADY EACH TIME I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TELL ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT KEEPS BREAKING AND THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING WRONG ONE TIME THE TRANSMISSION SWITCH BROKE, THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OUT, THE CAR HAS BEEN POORLY ACCELERATING AND SLOWING DOWN WHILE I AM ON THE HIGH WAY, ACCELERATING CRAZILY AND USING UP MORE GAS THAN NORMAL, IT HAS MADE SUDDEN JERKS WHEN I ACCELERATE AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR HAS STALLED FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE CAR DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER AND THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS AFTER I TAKE IT INTO THE DEALER THEN ITS BACK TO THE SAME ROUTINE. LATELY I HAVE BEEN HEARING A TICKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE. *LA

VEHICLE'S HAD A HIGH IDLE, WHICH CAUSED UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE DEFECTIVE PART, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK AFTER THE REPAIR, BOTH THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND THE PULSE GENERATOR HAD GONE BAD. DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO COVER PARTS BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT OF WARRANTY. FINALLY THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE PULSE GENERATOR TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER FEELS THE PRESCRIPTION OUTLINED IN THE RECALL WASN'T SUFFICIENT TO CORRECT THE EMISSIONS DEFECT. *PH *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

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