Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ELANTRA / 2001

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0 Injured
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005028610 Incident Date: Jul, 10 2005
Consumer's City: RICHMOND Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ELANTRA 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#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 12 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When the car is started cold and put into drive, foot applied to the gas, there is a period (approx 10-15 seconds) of hesitation and then the vehicle will jerk forward. this is especially dangerous when starting the car and trying to pull into traffic from a parallel parking space. i have tried to pull the car out into traffic and it hesitates for an extended period. i have almost been hit on several occassions trying to get the vehicle moving.