Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ELANTRA / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999085787 Incident Date: Jun, 13 1999
Consumer's City: WALDORF Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ELANTRA Model Year: 1998
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#: KMHJF24M1WU Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 24 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Automatic transmission shuddered when accelerating out of a corner, eventually started slipping out of drive; once, came to a stop, transmission slipped out of drive, could not get back into gear. transmission was replaced at dealership on three occasions. replacement #1 on 1/8/1999, #2 on 1/29/1999, and replacement #3 on 6/23/1999. also taken to the dealer when shuddering occurred after first replacement, problem was duplicated, but diagnostics could not find a problem. *ak