I have a 2001 Hyundai Accent L with 11000 miles. Occasionally (more
often lately) I run into this problem: I will try to start the car,
and nothing happens. It does not crank, but sometimes (but not always)
I hear a fan somewhere.

I tried turning off everything electrical, and sometimes it starts
right away. I have no idea if this helped or not. Sometimes it starts
after I get out and bounce the front end up and down a few times, but
not always. Sometimes waiting a couple of minutes works.

There is plenty of juice in the battery, and I see no correlation to
weather conditions or anything else.

I took this to a dealer to be fixed under warranty, but he couldn't
make it happen.

Does anyone have any idea what might be happening?

 

Check for a poor connection at the starter stud or solenoid terminal.

 

This may be due to a bad relay and or a defective start switch in the
ignition
switch assembly. Anyway I would check the relays first and then go to the
start
switch on the ignition box.

"Jim Byrd" <byrd@NOSPAM.acm.org> wrote in message
news:kchon0ld5bca49eir620uk1kt9q78455cj@4ax.com...
>I have a 2001 Hyundai Accent L with 11000 miles. Occasionally (more
> often lately) I run into this problem: I will try to start the car,
> and nothing happens. It does not crank, but sometimes (but not always)
> I hear a fan somewhere.
>
> I tried turning off everything electrical, and sometimes it starts
> right away. I have no idea if this helped or not. Sometimes it starts
> after I get out and bounce the front end up and down a few times, but
> not always. Sometimes waiting a couple of minutes works.
>
> There is plenty of juice in the battery, and I see no correlation to
> weather conditions or anything else.
>
> I took this to a dealer to be fixed under warranty, but he couldn't
> make it happen.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what might be happening?

 

Is it an automatic transmission? If it is it could be the gearshift
safety switch (prevents starting except in "Park"). Try wiggling the
gear shift when it won't start.

 

Bob wrote:
>
> Is it an automatic transmission? If it is it could be the gearshift
> safety switch (prevents starting except in "Park"). Try wiggling the
> gear shift when it won't start.

And 5-spds have the same safety on the clutch pedal.
Jim

 

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:09:04 -0700, Bob <fweem1974@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Is it an automatic transmission? If it is it could be the gearshift
>safety switch (prevents starting except in "Park"). Try wiggling the
>gear shift when it won't start.

It's manual transmission.

 

I had a bad safety swtich on my 2004 Elantra GT that wouldnt let me start
the car.. the switch is on the clutch pedal.. to stop the car from beings
started unless the clutch pedal was pushed in... might be an intermitant
problem with that switch???

Pete..



"Jim Byrd" <byrd@NOSPAM.acm.org> wrote in message
news:kchon0ld5bca49eir620uk1kt9q78455cj@4ax.com...
>I have a 2001 Hyundai Accent L with 11000 miles. Occasionally (more
> often lately) I run into this problem: I will try to start the car,
> and nothing happens. It does not crank, but sometimes (but not always)
> I hear a fan somewhere.
>
> I tried turning off everything electrical, and sometimes it starts
> right away. I have no idea if this helped or not. Sometimes it starts
> after I get out and bounce the front end up and down a few times, but
> not always. Sometimes waiting a couple of minutes works.
>
> There is plenty of juice in the battery, and I see no correlation to
> weather conditions or anything else.
>
> I took this to a dealer to be fixed under warranty, but he couldn't
> make it happen.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what might be happening?

 

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:15:18 -0400, Jim Byrd <byrd@NOSPAM.acm.org>
wrote:

>I have a 2001 Hyundai Accent L with 11000 miles. Occasionally (more
>often lately) I run into this problem: I will try to start the car,
>and nothing happens. It does not crank, but sometimes (but not always)
>I hear a fan somewhere.
>
>I tried turning off everything electrical, and sometimes it starts
>right away. I have no idea if this helped or not. Sometimes it starts
>after I get out and bounce the front end up and down a few times, but
>not always. Sometimes waiting a couple of minutes works.
>
>There is plenty of juice in the battery, and I see no correlation to
>weather conditions or anything else.
>
>I took this to a dealer to be fixed under warranty, but he couldn't
>make it happen.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what might be happening?

The problem is solved. It got a lot worse, and I took it to the dealer
again (3 years later), and it was fixed by replacing a switch.
According to the printout I got, the "ignition lock switch on clutch
pedal" was shorting out. On the phone, the service guy called it the
"neutral safety switch". A little while back, I got stranded in a
parking lot because the car wouldn't start, and the tow truck guy got
it started by pushing down on the clutch pedal really hard.

Things are fine now.