Re: Transmission
 

I had my 2002 Sonata back to the dealer 5 times for hesitation at
start and in 3rd and fouth gear. They change parts and they said they
changed the transmission. The car still hesitated and bucked. This car had
29000 miles on it and I had it in every 3mo for service. Needless to say the
car is gone and I am the proud owner of a Liberty 4 by 4. Never will I buy
and Hyundai Product. The service manager assured me they drove 40 miles with
no problem. I pulled out of the lot same thing. Why do they always lie. Keep
you Hyundai s mine is gone.

Re: Transmission
 

Jim Wasiura wrote:

> I had my 2002 Sonata back to the dealer 5 times for hesitation at
> start and in 3rd and fouth gear. They change parts and they said they
> changed the transmission. The car still hesitated and bucked. This car had
> 29000 miles on it and I had it in every 3mo for service. Needless to say the
> car is gone and I am the proud owner of a Liberty 4 by 4. Never will I buy
> and Hyundai Product. The service manager assured me they drove 40 miles with
> no problem. I pulled out of the lot same thing. Why do they always lie. Keep
> you Hyundai s mine is gone.

Did you try a different dealership? Did you contact the Hyundai zone
office, or whatever Hyundai calls their equivalent of the US brands zone
office system?

I had a Jeep Comanche that was a pretty good vehicle, but I know others
with Jeep horror stories. They don't rate high on most reliability
indexes. And my Comanche had several things that the dealer could never
fix. Things such as the pressure sensor on the power steering system
that increased the throttle when you were making a sharp turn. This was
supposed to offset the extra power being drawn by the pump, however, the
calibration was way off. It added way too much throttle enough that the
rear end would spin out if you made a sharp turn on ice or snow. It was
very annoying and hazardous if you weren't expecting it. Of course,
this was not adjustable. I "fixed" it simply by disconnecting it.


Matt

Re: Transmission
 

Jim Wasiura wrote:

> I had my 2002 Sonata back to the dealer 5 times for hesitation at
> start and in 3rd and fouth gear. They change parts and they said they
> changed the transmission. The car still hesitated and bucked. This car had
> 29000 miles on it and I had it in every 3mo for service. Needless to say the
> car is gone and I am the proud owner of a Liberty 4 by 4. Never will I buy
> and Hyundai Product. The service manager assured me they drove 40 miles with
> no problem. I pulled out of the lot same thing. Why do they always lie. Keep
> you Hyundai s mine is gone.

Did you try a different dealership? Did you contact the Hyundai zone
office, or whatever Hyundai calls their equivalent of the US brands zone
office system?

I had a Jeep Comanche that was a pretty good vehicle, but I know others
with Jeep horror stories. They don't rate high on most reliability
indexes. And my Comanche had several things that the dealer could never
fix. Things such as the pressure sensor on the power steering system
that increased the throttle when you were making a sharp turn. This was
supposed to offset the extra power being drawn by the pump, however, the
calibration was way off. It added way too much throttle enough that the
rear end would spin out if you made a sharp turn on ice or snow. It was
very annoying and hazardous if you weren't expecting it. Of course,
this was not adjustable. I "fixed" it simply by disconnecting it.


Matt