2013 Hyundai Elantra UNKNOWN OR OTHER

THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY WON'T START. SOMETIMES IT STARTS ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT. SOMETIMES ON THE FIFTH. SO FAR, I HAVEN'T HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED, BUT I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND AN INDEPENDENT CAR SHOP ONCE, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS HAPPENING; A RECALL IS NEEDED.

AFTER WATCHING A NEWS STORY ABOUT A WOMAN TRAPPED IN HER TRUNK BY A THIEF - SHE EVENTUALLY USED THE EMERGENCY TRUNK RELEASE PULL TO OPEN TRUNK AND JUMP FREE. LOOKING FOR THE TRUNK EMERGENCY UNLOCK LATCH AND CAN'T FIND ONE.... THOUGHT THIS WAS MANDATORY??

10/2015 VEHICLE STALLED, WHEN PUTTING CAR IN PARK AND TURNING ENGINE OFF, INTERIOR/EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKERED UNTIL CAR DIED, WOULD NOT RESTART. INTERIOR SOAKED FROM HEADLINER DOWN WINDSHIELD, BEHIND DASH TO FLOOR, WATER MARKS DOWN DOOR WINDOWS, DOOR PANELS TO FLOOR, CARPET WET ROLLIN DOWN UNDER DASH, SEATS MOIST, INTERIOR GLOVEBOX MOIST. VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE CRACK IN PANORAMIC SUNROOF FRAME AND WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, SERVICE COULD NOT DUPLICATE STALLING. 12/2015 FILED A CLAIM WITH MANUFACTURER, VEHICLE DEAD OR STALLING CONTINUED, VEHICLE MILDEWED. 6/2016 ON INTERSTATE 70MPH CAR SHUT OFF STEERING LOCKED UP, THEN STARTED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, ENGINEER CAME 7/2016 SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER FIRST SEEN MADE REPAIRS ATTACHED. 4/2017 VEHICLE STALLING AGAIN WHILE DIVING, DOES NOT START IMMEDIATELY BUT WILL USUALLY RESTART AFTER SITTING AWHILE. 52 PLUS DAYS AND CURRENTLY ATI SERVICE DEPT.SUNROOF OPENED AND CLOSES SPONTANEOUSLY, POWER SEATS WORK SPORADICALLY, DRIVER PASSENGER WINDOW OPENS SPONTANEOUSLY, REAR LIGHT ARE INTERMITTENTLY DIM.

THE PANORAMIC ROOF SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. ON I-495, THE BELTWAY AROUND DC, THE ROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING AT ~65 MPH. IT SOUNDED LIKE A STARTLING SHOTGUN BLAST FOLLOWED BY FALLING GLASS AND LOUD WIND NOISE. THE ONLY BARRIER BETWEEN ME, THE DRIVER, AND LARGE SHARDS OF BROKEN GLASS WAS THE INNER ROOF SHIELD, WHICH WAS FORTUITOUSLY CLOSED, OTHERWISE THE SHATTERED GLASS UNEXPECTEDLY FALLING ON MY HEAD/CUTTING ME WHILE DRIVING WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO MY FACE, HEAD AND ARMS BEING CUT, A HIGHWAY COLLISION OR WORSE, A MULTI-CAR COLLISION.

REPEATEDLY WHITE CLOUD SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE WHEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATING FROM 20 TO 40 MILES/HR. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NOW. SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED BY OTHER SAME MODEL CAR OWNERS AS I FOUND ON INTERNET. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE CAUSE SOME THEORIES - OIL OR COOLANT BURNING FROM WORN-OUT VALVE RINGS, OR WATER CONDENSATION POSSIBLY FROM MUFFLER LEAKING. SEEMS OTHER HYUNDAI MODELS, SUCH AS ACCENT, HAVE ALSO SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS DONE ONLY 30K MILES. OTHERS HAD SAME PROBLEM AT AS LOW AS 14K MILES.

I RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE AN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRE BECAUSE OF A BULGE IN THE SIDEWALL. I HAD THE SERVICE DONE AT MY DEALERS, FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN NOVEMBER 2012. IT IS A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GT WITH LESS THAN 15,000 MILES. THE DEALER KINDLY CHECKED WITH YOU AND WAS TOLD THAT IT DID NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY REPLACEMENT CREDIT. THEY SHOWED ME THE CURRENT WARRANTY INFORMATION WHICH SPECIFICALLY LISTS 'BULGE' AS A ROAD HAZARD NOT COVERED. HOWEVER, I AM ATTACHING A COPY OF THE WARRANTY RECEIVED WITH THE CAR AND YOU WILL NOTE THAT 'BULGE' IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE EXCLUSIONS. IT APPEARS THAT THE FREQUENCY OF 'BULGES' BECAME SO GREAT THAT YOU FOUND IT NECESSARY TO INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR EXCLUSION LIST.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 70 MILES AN HOUR MY SUNROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED SENDING GLASS ALL OVER MYSELF AND IN MY CAR LUCKILY I HAD A HAT ON WICH SHIELDED MY EYES AND MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR.

WATER LEAKING FROM A/C BOX THROUGH THE VENTILATION FAN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WEBSITE RESERCH REVEALED THAT THIS ISUE IS BECOMING A REGULAR PROBLEM FOR HYUNDAYS AND THE OWNERS CANNOT ANYTHING TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM. THEREFORE, BECOMING A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE PREVENTED BY MANUFACTURING PROPER AC DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.

WOULD NOT START. MANY MANY MANY COMPLAINTS TO HYUNDAI ON LINE SINCE 2011. HYUNDAI IS IGNORING US. CAR WILL NOT START AND EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS...SEEM IT MAY BE A RANGE SWITCH. PLEASE HAVE THEM RECALL. THIS IS VERY COMMON. JUST CALLED BOULDER CO DEALER HE TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN OR WOULD DO. PLEASE HELP US. I HAVE NO CLUE IF THIS MANY HAPPEN WHILE MOVING.... HYUNDAI MAY WAIT UNTIL SOME OF US ARE HURT...DO NOT EVEN WANT TO DRIVE IT... PLEASE HELP US.

I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT WHEN I HEARD A LOT POP NOISE. I STOPPED THE CAR AND NOTICED MY ENTIRE SUNROOF HAVE SEVERAL CRACKS/SHATTERED BY WAS STILL IN PLACE. I DROVE HOME AND DISCOVERED THAT THE GLASS HAD STARTED TO CAVE IN. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER THE NEXT WEEK AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED. THE HYUNDAI DEALER TOOK PICTURES AND SENT THEM TO THE MANUFACTURE. THEY REPLACED MY SUNROOF AFTER AN INVESTIGATION. I GOT MY CAR BACK A WEEK LATER.

THE PAINT STARTED PEELING AND CRACKING. HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER REPAIRS TO THE HOOD, ROOF AND TRUNK. THE REMAINDER OF THE CAR HAD JUST AS MUCH FLAW IN THE CLEAR COAT AND AS A RESULT THE PAINT IS SPLOTCHY AND LOOKS MUCH OLDER THAN IT SHOULD. HONDA REFUSES TO COVER THIS ISSUE.

SUN ROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING.

THE VEHICLE, INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT START. AFTER TURNING THE KEY ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH ILLUMINATE BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. AFTER MULTIPLE TRIES THE VEHICLE WILL START. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. *TR