2006 Hyundai Elantra Engine

OUR CAR BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND NOW NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. IT IS, ESSENTIALLY, TOTALED. IT ONLY HAD 86,000 MILES ON IT AND WE HAD PLANNED ON DRIVING IT FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 10 YEARS. THE CAR HAD BEEN IN A PARKING GARAGE ALL DAY. IT WAS ONLY 80 DEGREES OUTSIDE. WITHIN 10 MILES OF DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WITHIN ANOTHER 5 MILES THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND BLEW A HEAD GASKET. THIS WAS NORMAL, FLAT, FREEWAY DRIVING. FORTUNATELY MY HUSBAND, WHO WAS DRIVING, HAD MADE HIS WAY TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS ABLE TO GET SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN TO OTHERS, AND MAY HAVE MORE SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS. I'M NOT AWARE OF A RECALL BEING OUT ON THIS, BUT PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AT LEAST THREE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES ADDRESSING THE FAILURE. THEY OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,080.

I RECENTLY TOOK MY CAR IN FOR MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING WAS GOOD TO GO. ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF NO WHERE MY CAR'S RADIATOR AND GASKET BLEW. I AM BEING TOLD BY 3 DIFFERENT PLACES THAT MY GAUGES ARE NOT READING, I WAS TOLD WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE THAT THE GAUGES WORK. SINCE THIS HAPPENED ALL OF THE MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE GAUGES. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT SINCE THE GAUGE DID NOT READ AN OVERHEAT IT CRACKED MY RADIATOR AND NOW HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER THE WARRANTY. *TR

ENGINE OVERHEATS AND CAUSES IT TO BECOME DISABLED ON HIGHWAYS. MOST RECENT WAS ON 11/18/2010 WHILE TRAVELING FROM WEST PALM BEACH, FL TO PORT ST LUCIE, FL ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO NORTH PALM BEACH HYUNDAI DEALER, LAKE PARK, FL. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT THE HEADGASKET AND POSSIBLE THE ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED TO OVERHEATING. THE DAMAGES ARE IN EXCESS OF $2500-$4000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR.THE VEHICLE HAS HAD WATER LEAKAGE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT SIDE. IT WAS PURCHASED FROM AL PACKER FORD, WEST PALM BEACH IN 2007. THIS IS NOT ONLY A COSTLY MATTER BUT A DANGEROUS MATTER AS WELL TO BE DRIVING IN A VEHICLE THAT WAS SO HOT IT COULD OF CAUGHT ON FIRE. AND ESPECIALLY BEING DISABLED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY TOO. WE WANT SOMEONE TO PAY RESTITUTION FOR SELLING A PRODUCT THAT IS DANGEROUS, UNRELIABLE AND UNSAFE TO OPERATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SPORADICALLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE PROPERLY DIAGNOSED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,000.