1997 Hyundai Accent GL review from North America

Alright, So far I have had nothing major go wrong, but the previous owner never put any oil in the car and when I got it, it still had the original oil filter on it. The car uses oil because it burns it. If the car starts to idle for a long time it starts to smoke like a smoke bomb. Anyways when I got this car it was in bad shape. I have not had to do anything major. The windshield wipers had to be replaced. The paint was virtually missing off the mirrors. That was solved with a can of black spray paint. My major problem right now is I cannot seem to figure out why my reverse lights stopped working. I replaced a lens on the back of the car because I was told to by the state inspector. When I threw it into reverse the lights didn't come on. The airbag idiot light came on and hasn't shut off and all these problems started to happen after I replaced the rear lens. When thrown into reverse it makes a grinding noise no matter how far down you push the clutch.

I didn't pay very much for this car so I can expect to have problems. The dealer was a crooked man from port city. In corpus christi Tx. He pocketed the money I had paid for a tail light lens and skipped town. I feel the same way about the rest of those guys. I was lucky enough to have a receiept for that 100 dollars. I am very happy because this is the first car that I paid for by myself. I will be driving this clunker in college. When you are going down the road at 70 mph you always have that noise of the road inside your car. It reminds you how bad it's going to be when you get in a wreck.