Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ELANTRA / 2002

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004292483 Incident Date: Jul, 09 2004
Consumer's City: PHILADELPHIA Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ELANTRA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHDN45D32U Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 06 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 09 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Brought 2002 hyundai elantra-july of 2002-in a little less than a year after losing 3 days of work due to my car stalling and not being able to start i was told the battery was bad, they put in new battery-in a little less than a year car die i was told the battery was shot, there was a lot of white battery acid all over the battery post and cables, and was told my battery cables were coroded and fried the length of the cables and had to be replaced, and they only had 1 cable in stock, when i asked the service tech why no cables in stock he said they do about 5 of these a day because the batterys are that bad. *ak