2002 Hyundai Accent from North America - Comments

Ever since I purchased the car it has not "felt" right. It idles too high - even when I'm in park. Just recently I was at a stop light at a complete stop & the car was idling between 3,000 & 4,000 RPM's and started moving forward even though I have my foot on the break. When I got to my destination I put it in park and the motor was reving as if I was going 80 miles per hour. When I called the dealer he told me he knew what the problem was even before I had finished describing it - so apparently, they've had a lot of people bring their cars in for the same problem. He told me it was a sensor, but I am afraid it is the transmission.

This car might be cheap, but having to pay $200.00 for a sensor all the time or possibly having to replace the transmission makes this car SO NOT WORTH IT!

The transmission cannot make the car rev up. The transmission takes the engine power and delivers it to the wheels. Comments like you thinking it's the transmission lead me to believe you don't know much about cars in general.

Of course the dealer knew about it. Things that keep the revs up are pretty simple to diagnose, as cars have done that on occasion since the old days. It doens't mean a lot of Accent owners have had the problem, but that it's a basic diagnostic fault. In every manufacturer's repair manuals, revving too high is one of the "common problems" they tend to diagnose. Don't believe it? Go randomly grab a Chilton's or Haynes manual and look it up.

I would guess either a sensor or the idle air control valve wasn't working properly.

I love my Accent, but I too have a problem with it revving up and idling too high. I'm thinking it might be the throttle position sensor, but what I don't know is; is it under warranty or is it something that I have to pay for out of my pocket.

My car when you are shifting into second gear makes a really loud grinding noise. what is causing this and what should I do?

I have a KIA Spectra and the similar thing happened. It looked like the wire was too tight, thus, keeping the throttle up. Maybe it's electronics going hay-wire, but loosening up the throttle wire did it for my car.

Good luck!

I'm so-so for these cars, but my budget is low. It's that or take the bus...

To answer some problems with the car: Check the idle control and idle it down. Sometimes when the dealer you get it from idles them up, when they have a stray running problem.

I buy lots of cars, and to answer the grinding question asked; my sons car does the same. Check the flood. It's like grease and not tranny flood. I am going to have his looked at right now.

We are having brake sticking problems on my dad's Elantra and shimming in the front end. My son's Accent is doing the same. So I am going to have the tires checked and they said my dads was cause of the brake line collapsing. Then to make matters worse, the CV joints on both sides of my son's car are clicking and getting ready to go out. 86,000 miles is all he has on the car. Midas will fix it for 69.00 each axle and approx 200.00 labor for both. Not bad.

It is a very great first car for a new driver, but the clutch is different when it shifts, and so the new driver can take out a tranny. Mess up.

They can run very fast for a 4 banger... LOL.

For idle problems, get your throttle body cleaned after every 40 to 50 thousand kms. Cleaning the throttle body will get your car back into its position.