I would like to hear from any other 2000 Hyundai Accent owners who are experiencing the same concerns I am. (1)The automatic transmission seems to randomly slip and not fully engage; yet the dealer says they can't get it to do it. (2 It burns a lot of oil and runs and smells hot and has recently had blue smoke exhaust; yet the dealer says nothing can be found wrong with it and can see no blue smoke. The large oil consumption has been going on for 2 years with my own oil consumption documentation; and it and the blue smoke have been witnessed by others. No one I know has a vehicle with such oil useage. Where's the oil going -- no oil on the driveway. Dealer is just now doing its own oil consumption documentation every 1,000 miles. Sometimes, 2 quarts will be put in, and a week and half later the oil light comes on and then reads "bone dry." Vehicle warranty is still in effect, and dealer reminds me that there's plenty of time under the warranty yet to fix it if anything is ever found wrong. Had a oil changing person from another garage tell me 2 years ago that I had the beginnings of a head gasket valve leak and to tell my dealer cause it's still under warranty. I'm not treated like I am believed and this has been going on for 2 years. (3) Oh, yeah; I've had to buy 2 new wheels 2 different times! What's the deal? Anyone else have the same issues/comments? Please respond.
I don't know how much 2 quarts of oil is. But a 2 liter engine in perfect condition should "take" a maximum 100 grams of oil for 1000 km. At 200 grams needs attentinon and at 300 something is wrong.
Ady.
I am also having transmission problems. The sad part is none of the problems are covered under the 100,000 warranty. So far the passenger side window does not go up and down properly, the transmission needs a kick-down servo switch, an inhibitor switch, and a pulse generator. The dealership even told me not to bring it back for the window problem there was nothing more they could do. If it took replacing the entire door, I feel that should have been done at 17,000 miles. Now I am stuck with a car that won't go in reverse. A total embarrassment and no help from the dealership.
I am the author of the original comment. Several weeks ago I finally got the dealer to agree to address the oil consumption issues of my vehicle. After several years of providing documentation of abnormal and erradic consumption, they insisted upon an every 1,000 or less if needed oil standard of their own with their own documentation. My vehicle never made it to 1,000 before the oil light went on and the car had a hot smell to it -- again -- which is what had been happening for several years. They confirmed it needed addressing and requested permission to open the engine saying that if the problem is not warrantable Hyundai would not pay for it. Questioning what would not be warrantable, I was told lack of maintenance would make it not warrantable. I then questioned what could possibly be indicative of that with the dealer having all the maintenance records. I was treated very rudely and told if I did not make a decision, the car would be put outside. I contacted the dealer-owner-in-charge person and had my questions answered thoroughly and professionally and was put in touch with the head of the garage and had the same thorough and professional response. My vehicle was kept from Tues through Mon with no courtesy vehicle and no communication in between. Pictures were taken, and Hyundai approved the warranted repair. I picked up my vehicle the following week and drove home to an engine light coming on. I took it back. The head of the garage did a quick something and I drove it home. The next am when I drove the car, the engine light came on. I took it back and was provided a courtesy vehicle for the day and they had my car to fix the mistaken error with switched plugs plugged in where the other should have been (that's what they said). (By the way, I had to go alone in the dark and find my car in the lot. Ever since I have had my vehicle back, there's been something else wrong that wasn't wrong before and I am not comfortable going back to that dealer/garage. I have had the car back a few weeks now and I won't drive it because when I start the car up and turn on the heater there is a noise coming from under the hood and the car smells hot. I need advise about getting it to another dealer/garage. Will another one fix what another one did to it? I have no confidence in the dealer/garage I had been going to, and I am not treated very well unless I contact management, and now my car obviously has a problem it never had before. What to do?
Saga Continues...
Again, I am the author of the first/original comment. I ended up having my car towed to a different Hyundai dealer/garage for service and got a call from the mechanic that an engine belt was loose (alternator) which he said it should have been tightened up when the previous warranted work was done by the other Hyundai dealer/garage; and, that a new blower motor has been ordered, which he said happens with bearings wearing out, and that all is warranted work. By the way, I was told by the former dealer/garage that there is nothing wrong with the transmission and that I will find now with the engine work done for the oil consumption I will not continue to experience the sluggishness to engage and thrust and noise when it does. Any advice/comments?
::::sigh:::: Engine light's back on : (and appt. made to go back to the new dealer/service garage, who tightened the belt and put a new blower motor in, with arrangements made for a courtesy car to be available for me -- but, on the day of appt., no car available and they were to call me within 1/2 hour or so to let me know there was one and to bring my car in. Guess what? No call at all. The saga continues... and light's still on...
I have a 2000 Hyundai Accent. I too had the same problem with the transmission. My dealers said they couldn't do anything until it happened with them. It took about 6 trips of me being a nuisance before they would actually look into and found that a wire for the overdrive had been severed. My problem started very early around 20000 miles.
It is kind of funny because I am having the same problems you stated with the oil leaking now. It seems to be going through about 2 quarts every oil change. It looks like there might be a head gasket leak also.
Ben.
I too own a 2000 Accent. The A/T is terrible, always in the wrong gear. My check engine light is also always on. First the engine was missing (at 108,000 miles) and needed a valve job. After this, the light came back on. The computer said the oxygen sensor was bad, so I replaced it. Now the light is back on again. It drives me crazy. The brakes are also bad. The lining is new, but the pedal feel and braking performance is very poor. I am 17, and this is my first car. Now I have no money because I keep having to fix the car. Every paycheck goes into it. At least it doesn't use that much oil. It sounds like your piston rings need replaced.
I've owned my 2000 Hyundai accent for about 3 years now and I have never, ever had to take a car into the shop so many times!!! Since I've owned the car it seems like every year some major repair needs to be done. The first year, my oxygen sensor was broke so I had to get that fix and that cost me like $400, then the second year, the axle or something by the axle broke and that cost me a couple hundred. Then just recently, about 3 months ago, my heat sensor was broken and I just got that fixed and that cost me almost $500 now there's something wrong with my transmission. When I put it on reverse, and step on the gas, nothing happens. The RPM goes up, but the car doesn't move. I'm so nervous about taking it to the shop because it's probably going to be expensive and I don't have anymore money to fix this piece of crap.
My car, a 2000 Hyundai accent with 5-speed standard transmission, runs fine with little maintenance. I now do all the maintenance myself after I had one major problem that the dealership failed to resolve.
The engine started to miss intermittently during long intervals of operation. I brought it to the dealership. They decided it was a fuel pump and quoted a price for its replacement. I was not satisfied with their diagnosis because they did not test the fuel line pressure test. I had decided the problem was an interment electrical failure before I brought it, and would have been happy, if nothing else, to verify this and rule out a fuel problem with a fuel line pressure test. They did do an electrical test with their computer tester, and this showed nothing unusual.
I was hoping that their experience would contribute to the solution with this kind of problem. This was a bad hope. There clearly was a communication problem with their supervisor and his mechanics, and in retrospect, I can question the supervisor’s technical comprehension.
This dealership experience amazed me. They deduced my problem without pressure testing the fuel pressure. The computer test was appropriate, but they could not apply or adapt their findings. I never got the benefit from the technical experience that I know existed and asked them for initially. I paid them their fee for the diagnoses, one hour’s labor and no parts.
I followed up with my electrical approach, and replace the oxygen sensor, the ignition-timing sensor and the water temperature sensor; the three most inexpensive components that I thought caused the problem. This provided the solution and I have never had any problem since. It has now been about 2 years and 15000 miles. The fuel pump has never been replaced.
So I was reading everyone's comments they wrote, and I too just bought a 2000 Hyundai and I was having problems with my also. I wished I read this before buying my car. I heard all good things about Hyundai's and now my check engine light is always coming on, and finally had my check engine light checked out and it was my Oil temp sensor and my inhibitor switch, after I get this fixed I hope I will not have any more problems, my warranty is up since I bought it from a private dealer and I've had it for 3,000 miles, hes going to fix that and that's all. If things keep on going wrong, I might end up trading up my car in the spring when I graduate from college "newer" cars should not be giving us so much problems. Does any body's RPM's go under 2 or less when going up hills and make a grinding noise? My boyfriend says he dosen't hear anything, but its something that I notice. I had a ford escort before this and I had to fix it a couple of times, but never had a flat time, and when I get this car, and I got my first flat tire what the hell is up with them. oh and I also had to get my wheel bearing fixed and my driver side window wouldn't go up the day I bought my car, but that is now fixed. Please let me know I'm not dreaming all this up!
There's a reason why these cars are so cheap new; they are rubbish.
Residuals are crap and some banks won't finance these terrible cars now.
Buy a nice old Mercury Grand Marquis or Ford Crown Victoria.
They're a bit heavier on gas and big to park, but they are solid, reliable and easy to maintain.
Pick up a really good old one for less than $5,000 and forget about depreciation.
My Mother owned a 2000 hyundai accent with ongoing problems she was always putting money into it same problems everyone else has listed yesterday while driving it home something under the hood exploded and with in seconds the whole car was in flames now there is nothing left except a big pile of metal.
My car is a 225,000km, Hyundai Accent 2000. I am happy it lasted this long with minimal maintenance. My oil is leaking, I fill it up with 2 quarts in between 5000km change oil. I buy from Walmart, is not too bad.
My check engine light is ALWAYS on. I hit the gas and no acceleration, I must wait till 5000rpm until the car starts to move. No idea what is wrong. I don't want to bring it in for fear of co$t of repair. Besides, at this point I just want to drive it into the ground, take the plates off and walk away!
All in all, for a 10K$ car, 225,000km and hardly any maintenance, maybe $2500 all total, I think I got a good deal. What do you think?
2000 Hyundai Accent check engine light always on O2 sensor, replaced it twice and the light still comes back. Is there a recall on this maybe?
I own a 96 accent that was giving to me for free while I supe up my subaru. yes the check engine light is on, yes it's always burning oil, yes there is huge hesitation when on the gas, yes the AT shifts weird. for a free car that I just mob around in and will eventually sell for $800, it's OK. but never in my life would I recommend buying any hyundai.