Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ELANTRA / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004307337 Incident Date: Aug, 04 2004
Consumer's City: LUBBOCK Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ELANTRA Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHJF24MXVU Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 06 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 03 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have a 1997 hyundai elantra that was recalled in 2000 (00v095002). recently i smelled a very strong gasoline odor and sipping sound coming out of my tank. i been filling my tank and kept losing gas within a week and this is 10 gallons within four days. when i went to check i noticed gasoline coming out through my passenger seats especially when the engine is running. there is also a light on and when i took for computer read i was told the code po446 was on (evaporative emission control was applying to much pressure to my tank. i have called hyundai and they declined to make any investigation or even try to help and they could only provide the file number 872092. i have two minors riding in this car and i think the potential of fire is very higher. i doubt if hyundai fixed this problem . when i took my car for recall back in 2000, they took less than ten minutes to check or repair whatever they where recalling. there are thousands of these cars and probably leaking gasoline without the consumers knowledge or aware of the problem. *jb