Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ACCENT / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005026315 Incident Date: Jun, 12 2005
Consumer's City: HINSDALE Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ACCENT Model Year: 2001
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#: KMHCG45C61U Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 31 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 04 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: contact states his car was lunging forward. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who said they couldn't do anything with the vehicle until the transmission failed. the dealer refused to replace transmission due to warranty coverage. they had the car with 29,000 miles the point where they were saying the oil should have been changed, and did not change the oil, even though contact had records indicating it has been changed every 3,000 miles. contact felt dealer was negligent by not acknowledging there was a problem at the beginning.*ak the consumer explained that the dealer didn't recommend or suggest transmission fluid changes even when it was time for one. the dealer refused to provided any assistance until the manufacturer was supplied with transmission service records of fluid changes. *nm