Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ACCENT / 1997

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003208106 Incident Date: Mar, 28 2003
Consumer's City: FISHKILL Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ACCENT Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHVF24N0VU Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 02 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 14 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car was returned to hyundai under warranty in january 2002. reported to have a bad torque converter and starter. both replaced under warranty. last week car wouldnt start again. our mechanic diagnosed same problem. was told that if car had been properly diagnosed as having extensive transmission problem while under warranty this would have been properly repaired and not patched up. hyundai is now refusing to absorb cost since the car is no longer under warranty. torque converters and starters dont go bad yearly!!! help!!