2006 Elantra owners
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
On 25 Mar 2006 16:13:03 -0800, "mooron@mooron.com" <mooron@mooron.com>
wrote:
>Captain Ron wrote:
>> DO NOT BUY THIS CAR! If you read about the many problems, you'll find
>> that Hyundai is building junk. My 2005 Elantra just had a clutch
>> replacement at 17,000 miles, and Hyundai won't cover it. My
>> investigtion reveals that this is a common problem, along with many
>> others. Get her a Honda.
>>
>> Captain Ron
>>
>
>A clutch failure after 17,000 miles is absurd. Something was seriously
>wroing with the car or your driving habits. My guess is you don't
>know how to drive a stick properly.
>
>I put 135,000 miles on an Excel, 105,000 on an Accent and now have
>an Elantra. I've had absoulutely no clutch or transmission problems.
>
>- Mooron
I beat a 99 Accent 5 speed pretty heavily and now my buddy's kid is
driving it. I have around 6K on my 2006 Elantra 4 dr hatchback I
bought in mid December. I won't buy an automatic. No significant
problems, around 30 mpg in a mix of town and short expressway runs.
I looked at the equivalent Honda as a coworker has it. The cabin is
too tight. It's drive by wire so the throttle sometimes does weird
things according to him. He does beat my milage by 1 or 2 mpg but I
have a bigger engine.
If she is going to college with this I woud go for the 4 dr hatchback.
The rear seats fold flat so she can load a lot of "stuff" to get it
back and forth. The 4 door makes getting things in and out much
easier. The vehicle has a decent tow rating if she needs a small
trailer. She can also get roof racks if she is in to ski's, kayaks,
bicycle's or canoes. OTOTH she may want a better radio as the stock
one doesn't take her Ipod or do mp3's well.
;-)
wrote:
>Captain Ron wrote:
>> DO NOT BUY THIS CAR! If you read about the many problems, you'll find
>> that Hyundai is building junk. My 2005 Elantra just had a clutch
>> replacement at 17,000 miles, and Hyundai won't cover it. My
>> investigtion reveals that this is a common problem, along with many
>> others. Get her a Honda.
>>
>> Captain Ron
>>
>
>A clutch failure after 17,000 miles is absurd. Something was seriously
>wroing with the car or your driving habits. My guess is you don't
>know how to drive a stick properly.
>
>I put 135,000 miles on an Excel, 105,000 on an Accent and now have
>an Elantra. I've had absoulutely no clutch or transmission problems.
>
>- Mooron
I beat a 99 Accent 5 speed pretty heavily and now my buddy's kid is
driving it. I have around 6K on my 2006 Elantra 4 dr hatchback I
bought in mid December. I won't buy an automatic. No significant
problems, around 30 mpg in a mix of town and short expressway runs.
I looked at the equivalent Honda as a coworker has it. The cabin is
too tight. It's drive by wire so the throttle sometimes does weird
things according to him. He does beat my milage by 1 or 2 mpg but I
have a bigger engine.
If she is going to college with this I woud go for the 4 dr hatchback.
The rear seats fold flat so she can load a lot of "stuff" to get it
back and forth. The 4 door makes getting things in and out much
easier. The vehicle has a decent tow rating if she needs a small
trailer. She can also get roof racks if she is in to ski's, kayaks,
bicycle's or canoes. OTOTH she may want a better radio as the stock
one doesn't take her Ipod or do mp3's well.
;-)
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
On 25 Mar 2006 06:45:48 -0800, "Captain Ron" <closereach@mac.com>
wrote:
>DO NOT BUY THIS CAR! If you read about the many problems, you'll find
>that Hyundai is building junk. My 2005 Elantra just had a clutch
>replacement at 17,000 miles, and Hyundai won't cover it. My
>investigtion reveals that this is a common problem, along with many
>others. Get her a Honda.
>
>Captain Ron
>
>Seamus J. Wilson wrote:
>> Mygranddaughter goes off to colleg and parents considering a 2006 Elantra
>> for commuting 40 mile rounr trip..
>> I would like to receive owners' assessments of this vehicle. Looks good to
>> me.
>> Thank you,
>> Seamus J. Wilson
Before I bought my Elantra I lurked on the Honda, Hyundai and Subaru
lists. FWIW Hundai had the least problems and bitching and the most
help. There has got to be a really interesting "rest of the story" to
the clutch deal. Would you care to enlighten us?
wrote:
>DO NOT BUY THIS CAR! If you read about the many problems, you'll find
>that Hyundai is building junk. My 2005 Elantra just had a clutch
>replacement at 17,000 miles, and Hyundai won't cover it. My
>investigtion reveals that this is a common problem, along with many
>others. Get her a Honda.
>
>Captain Ron
>
>Seamus J. Wilson wrote:
>> Mygranddaughter goes off to colleg and parents considering a 2006 Elantra
>> for commuting 40 mile rounr trip..
>> I would like to receive owners' assessments of this vehicle. Looks good to
>> me.
>> Thank you,
>> Seamus J. Wilson
Before I bought my Elantra I lurked on the Honda, Hyundai and Subaru
lists. FWIW Hundai had the least problems and bitching and the most
help. There has got to be a really interesting "rest of the story" to
the clutch deal. Would you care to enlighten us?
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
On 25 Mar 2006 06:45:48 -0800, "Captain Ron" <closereach@mac.com>
wrote:
>DO NOT BUY THIS CAR! If you read about the many problems, you'll find
>that Hyundai is building junk. My 2005 Elantra just had a clutch
>replacement at 17,000 miles, and Hyundai won't cover it. My
>investigtion reveals that this is a common problem, along with many
>others. Get her a Honda.
>
>Captain Ron
>
>Seamus J. Wilson wrote:
>> Mygranddaughter goes off to colleg and parents considering a 2006 Elantra
>> for commuting 40 mile rounr trip..
>> I would like to receive owners' assessments of this vehicle. Looks good to
>> me.
>> Thank you,
>> Seamus J. Wilson
Before I bought my Elantra I lurked on the Honda, Hyundai and Subaru
lists. FWIW Hundai had the least problems and bitching and the most
help. There has got to be a really interesting "rest of the story" to
the clutch deal. Would you care to enlighten us?
wrote:
>DO NOT BUY THIS CAR! If you read about the many problems, you'll find
>that Hyundai is building junk. My 2005 Elantra just had a clutch
>replacement at 17,000 miles, and Hyundai won't cover it. My
>investigtion reveals that this is a common problem, along with many
>others. Get her a Honda.
>
>Captain Ron
>
>Seamus J. Wilson wrote:
>> Mygranddaughter goes off to colleg and parents considering a 2006 Elantra
>> for commuting 40 mile rounr trip..
>> I would like to receive owners' assessments of this vehicle. Looks good to
>> me.
>> Thank you,
>> Seamus J. Wilson
Before I bought my Elantra I lurked on the Honda, Hyundai and Subaru
lists. FWIW Hundai had the least problems and bitching and the most
help. There has got to be a really interesting "rest of the story" to
the clutch deal. Would you care to enlighten us?
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
On 25 Mar 2006 06:45:48 -0800, "Captain Ron" <closereach@mac.com>
wrote:
>DO NOT BUY THIS CAR! If you read about the many problems, you'll find
>that Hyundai is building junk. My 2005 Elantra just had a clutch
>replacement at 17,000 miles, and Hyundai won't cover it. My
>investigtion reveals that this is a common problem, along with many
>others. Get her a Honda.
>
>Captain Ron
>
>Seamus J. Wilson wrote:
>> Mygranddaughter goes off to colleg and parents considering a 2006 Elantra
>> for commuting 40 mile rounr trip..
>> I would like to receive owners' assessments of this vehicle. Looks good to
>> me.
>> Thank you,
>> Seamus J. Wilson
Before I bought my Elantra I lurked on the Honda, Hyundai and Subaru
lists. FWIW Hundai had the least problems and bitching and the most
help. There has got to be a really interesting "rest of the story" to
the clutch deal. Would you care to enlighten us?
wrote:
>DO NOT BUY THIS CAR! If you read about the many problems, you'll find
>that Hyundai is building junk. My 2005 Elantra just had a clutch
>replacement at 17,000 miles, and Hyundai won't cover it. My
>investigtion reveals that this is a common problem, along with many
>others. Get her a Honda.
>
>Captain Ron
>
>Seamus J. Wilson wrote:
>> Mygranddaughter goes off to colleg and parents considering a 2006 Elantra
>> for commuting 40 mile rounr trip..
>> I would like to receive owners' assessments of this vehicle. Looks good to
>> me.
>> Thank you,
>> Seamus J. Wilson
Before I bought my Elantra I lurked on the Honda, Hyundai and Subaru
lists. FWIW Hundai had the least problems and bitching and the most
help. There has got to be a really interesting "rest of the story" to
the clutch deal. Would you care to enlighten us?
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
Pete & Cindy wrote:
> in defence. to his response.. I did have an 04 Elantra GT that had the
> clutch assembly replaced due to a bent throughout bearing.. clutch was
> fine.. throughout bearing was bent so they replaced the whole assembly.
> What I find is funny is this is the first time I have seen him post here and
> its only to SLAM Hyundai.. maybe he should have spent another 5K and got
> his Honda..;-)
I haven't seen a Hyundai throw-out bearing, but it is pretty hard to
bend a bearing. Can you describe what happened in more detail? A
bearing is two races with ***** or needles in between. You can crush
them, but it is hard to bend them.
Matt
> in defence. to his response.. I did have an 04 Elantra GT that had the
> clutch assembly replaced due to a bent throughout bearing.. clutch was
> fine.. throughout bearing was bent so they replaced the whole assembly.
> What I find is funny is this is the first time I have seen him post here and
> its only to SLAM Hyundai.. maybe he should have spent another 5K and got
> his Honda..;-)
I haven't seen a Hyundai throw-out bearing, but it is pretty hard to
bend a bearing. Can you describe what happened in more detail? A
bearing is two races with ***** or needles in between. You can crush
them, but it is hard to bend them.
Matt
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
Pete & Cindy wrote:
> in defence. to his response.. I did have an 04 Elantra GT that had the
> clutch assembly replaced due to a bent throughout bearing.. clutch was
> fine.. throughout bearing was bent so they replaced the whole assembly.
> What I find is funny is this is the first time I have seen him post here and
> its only to SLAM Hyundai.. maybe he should have spent another 5K and got
> his Honda..;-)
I haven't seen a Hyundai throw-out bearing, but it is pretty hard to
bend a bearing. Can you describe what happened in more detail? A
bearing is two races with ***** or needles in between. You can crush
them, but it is hard to bend them.
Matt
> in defence. to his response.. I did have an 04 Elantra GT that had the
> clutch assembly replaced due to a bent throughout bearing.. clutch was
> fine.. throughout bearing was bent so they replaced the whole assembly.
> What I find is funny is this is the first time I have seen him post here and
> its only to SLAM Hyundai.. maybe he should have spent another 5K and got
> his Honda..;-)
I haven't seen a Hyundai throw-out bearing, but it is pretty hard to
bend a bearing. Can you describe what happened in more detail? A
bearing is two races with ***** or needles in between. You can crush
them, but it is hard to bend them.
Matt
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
Pete & Cindy wrote:
> in defence. to his response.. I did have an 04 Elantra GT that had the
> clutch assembly replaced due to a bent throughout bearing.. clutch was
> fine.. throughout bearing was bent so they replaced the whole assembly.
> What I find is funny is this is the first time I have seen him post here and
> its only to SLAM Hyundai.. maybe he should have spent another 5K and got
> his Honda..;-)
I haven't seen a Hyundai throw-out bearing, but it is pretty hard to
bend a bearing. Can you describe what happened in more detail? A
bearing is two races with ***** or needles in between. You can crush
them, but it is hard to bend them.
Matt
> in defence. to his response.. I did have an 04 Elantra GT that had the
> clutch assembly replaced due to a bent throughout bearing.. clutch was
> fine.. throughout bearing was bent so they replaced the whole assembly.
> What I find is funny is this is the first time I have seen him post here and
> its only to SLAM Hyundai.. maybe he should have spent another 5K and got
> his Honda..;-)
I haven't seen a Hyundai throw-out bearing, but it is pretty hard to
bend a bearing. Can you describe what happened in more detail? A
bearing is two races with ***** or needles in between. You can crush
them, but it is hard to bend them.
Matt
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
Captain Ron wrote:
> Perhaps I should have spent the 5k extra and purchased a Honda. The
> last Honda I owned went 125k on the first clutch, a fine machine. This
> clutch problem is not operator error. I have owned at least 10 cars
> since 1972 that have had manual transmissions, and all the clutches
> went at least 60-100k miles. If you do your homework, you'll find that
> the Hyundai clutch problem is posted all over the Internet, that
> Hyundai is well aware of it, and that they refuse to fix it. Yes, it's
> a value car, but where is the value in spending $1,000.00 every 20,000
> miles to replace a clutch? You bet I'm slammin Hyundai. They're cheap
> because they're cheap. Lousy clutches aren't the only problem.
60-100K miles is terrible clutch life and does indicate that you don't
know how to properly drive a standard shift vehicle. My 1995 K1500 has
92,000 on the clutch and it plows show which is very hard duty. I've
never had a clutch fail EVER in 30 years owning standard shift vehicles.
Your information above confirms what we all suspected.
Matt
> Perhaps I should have spent the 5k extra and purchased a Honda. The
> last Honda I owned went 125k on the first clutch, a fine machine. This
> clutch problem is not operator error. I have owned at least 10 cars
> since 1972 that have had manual transmissions, and all the clutches
> went at least 60-100k miles. If you do your homework, you'll find that
> the Hyundai clutch problem is posted all over the Internet, that
> Hyundai is well aware of it, and that they refuse to fix it. Yes, it's
> a value car, but where is the value in spending $1,000.00 every 20,000
> miles to replace a clutch? You bet I'm slammin Hyundai. They're cheap
> because they're cheap. Lousy clutches aren't the only problem.
60-100K miles is terrible clutch life and does indicate that you don't
know how to properly drive a standard shift vehicle. My 1995 K1500 has
92,000 on the clutch and it plows show which is very hard duty. I've
never had a clutch fail EVER in 30 years owning standard shift vehicles.
Your information above confirms what we all suspected.
Matt
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
Captain Ron wrote:
> Perhaps I should have spent the 5k extra and purchased a Honda. The
> last Honda I owned went 125k on the first clutch, a fine machine. This
> clutch problem is not operator error. I have owned at least 10 cars
> since 1972 that have had manual transmissions, and all the clutches
> went at least 60-100k miles. If you do your homework, you'll find that
> the Hyundai clutch problem is posted all over the Internet, that
> Hyundai is well aware of it, and that they refuse to fix it. Yes, it's
> a value car, but where is the value in spending $1,000.00 every 20,000
> miles to replace a clutch? You bet I'm slammin Hyundai. They're cheap
> because they're cheap. Lousy clutches aren't the only problem.
60-100K miles is terrible clutch life and does indicate that you don't
know how to properly drive a standard shift vehicle. My 1995 K1500 has
92,000 on the clutch and it plows show which is very hard duty. I've
never had a clutch fail EVER in 30 years owning standard shift vehicles.
Your information above confirms what we all suspected.
Matt
> Perhaps I should have spent the 5k extra and purchased a Honda. The
> last Honda I owned went 125k on the first clutch, a fine machine. This
> clutch problem is not operator error. I have owned at least 10 cars
> since 1972 that have had manual transmissions, and all the clutches
> went at least 60-100k miles. If you do your homework, you'll find that
> the Hyundai clutch problem is posted all over the Internet, that
> Hyundai is well aware of it, and that they refuse to fix it. Yes, it's
> a value car, but where is the value in spending $1,000.00 every 20,000
> miles to replace a clutch? You bet I'm slammin Hyundai. They're cheap
> because they're cheap. Lousy clutches aren't the only problem.
60-100K miles is terrible clutch life and does indicate that you don't
know how to properly drive a standard shift vehicle. My 1995 K1500 has
92,000 on the clutch and it plows show which is very hard duty. I've
never had a clutch fail EVER in 30 years owning standard shift vehicles.
Your information above confirms what we all suspected.
Matt
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Re: 2006 Elantra owners
Captain Ron wrote:
> Perhaps I should have spent the 5k extra and purchased a Honda. The
> last Honda I owned went 125k on the first clutch, a fine machine. This
> clutch problem is not operator error. I have owned at least 10 cars
> since 1972 that have had manual transmissions, and all the clutches
> went at least 60-100k miles. If you do your homework, you'll find that
> the Hyundai clutch problem is posted all over the Internet, that
> Hyundai is well aware of it, and that they refuse to fix it. Yes, it's
> a value car, but where is the value in spending $1,000.00 every 20,000
> miles to replace a clutch? You bet I'm slammin Hyundai. They're cheap
> because they're cheap. Lousy clutches aren't the only problem.
60-100K miles is terrible clutch life and does indicate that you don't
know how to properly drive a standard shift vehicle. My 1995 K1500 has
92,000 on the clutch and it plows show which is very hard duty. I've
never had a clutch fail EVER in 30 years owning standard shift vehicles.
Your information above confirms what we all suspected.
Matt
> Perhaps I should have spent the 5k extra and purchased a Honda. The
> last Honda I owned went 125k on the first clutch, a fine machine. This
> clutch problem is not operator error. I have owned at least 10 cars
> since 1972 that have had manual transmissions, and all the clutches
> went at least 60-100k miles. If you do your homework, you'll find that
> the Hyundai clutch problem is posted all over the Internet, that
> Hyundai is well aware of it, and that they refuse to fix it. Yes, it's
> a value car, but where is the value in spending $1,000.00 every 20,000
> miles to replace a clutch? You bet I'm slammin Hyundai. They're cheap
> because they're cheap. Lousy clutches aren't the only problem.
60-100K miles is terrible clutch life and does indicate that you don't
know how to properly drive a standard shift vehicle. My 1995 K1500 has
92,000 on the clutch and it plows show which is very hard duty. I've
never had a clutch fail EVER in 30 years owning standard shift vehicles.
Your information above confirms what we all suspected.
Matt