2006 Hyundai Elantra

I READ THE STRUCTURE REPORT ABOUT THE SUN ROOF EXPLODING AND WANT IT ON RECORD THAT STARTING THE PAST WEEK OR SO, I HEAR VERY LOUD POPS THAT I THINK ARE THE SUN ROOF OR THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE CAR. THE MOULDING ON THE RIGHT DRIVERS SIDE ALONG THE ROOF EDGE WILL NOT STAY LOCKED DOWN EITHER, I KEEP WAITING FOR THE SUN ROOF GLASS TO SHATTER ALL OVER ME, IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HOT HERE BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND IT IS ALARMING, I TRAVEL THE INTERSTATE ALONE QUITE OFTEN AND WORRY ABOUT THIS NOW THAT I READ ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE. THE DEALER IS BY MY WORK SO I THINK I WILL DROP IT OFF SO THAT IT IS ON THEIR RECORDS TOO IF THIS DOES EXPLODE ON ME AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ANOTHER 2006 ISSUE, IF THE ELANTRA I BOUGHT IN 2000 WAS LIKE THIS ONE, I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT ANOTHER. *TR

MY BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON. I TOOK IT TO MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. HE SAID WHEN HE LOOKED UP MY VIN, IT SHOWED A RECALL ON THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING FOR MY CAR. I CALLED THE DEALER FROM THERE AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T SHOW A RECALL. TODAY I CONTACTED THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER AND AFTER LOOKING INTO IT AND CALLING HYUNDAI, HE AGREED AND SAID THAT THIS RECALL WAS ONLY FOR HYUNDAI'S IN PUERTO RICO AND THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. SO, WHY WHEN I PULL UP MY VIN ANYWHERE, IT SHOWS THIS RECALL IF IT DOESN'T APPLY TO MY CAR? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AT LEAST THREE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES ADDRESSING THE FAILURE. THEY OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,080.

I AM 5' 1" TALL OR SHORT!! THE SUN WAS SHINING IN MY EYES AND I NEEDED THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR DOWN. IT WOULD NOT OPEN SO I HAD TO APPLY A LITTLE PRESSURE. THE TRIANGULAR CLAMP AND THE VISOR ROD BROKE. I READ THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS IN THIS REGARD BUT HYUNDAI REFUSES TO REPLACE IT FOR FREE. THE MILEAGE IS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. *TR

WHILE BACKING UP IN REVERSE, THE BRAKE DID NOT WORK. INSTEAD THE CAR ACCELERATED AND THE ENGINE REVED UP TO WHAT SEEM TO BE A VERY HIGH SPEED. THE CAR STOPPED WHEN IT SMASHED INTO OUR OTHER CAR, WHICH WAS ABOUT 4 FEET BEHIND IT. IT WAS ABOUT 5 PM ON A DRY ROAD. MY HUSBAND WAS WEARING WORK BOOTS AT THE TIME. THERE WAS ONLY A FEW SCRATCHES ON THE REAR BUMPER. THE HOOD OF THE OTHER CAR WAS PUSHED IN. OUR MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND COMPUTER CODES OR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. THE HYUNDAI DEALER ALSO SAID THERE WERE NO ISSUES HE KNEW OF. OTHER ACCELERATION PROBLEMS WITH ELANTRAS WE READ ABOUT MAKE US THINK THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR DESIGN ON THESE CARS ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THEY SEEM TO BE ONLY ABOUT 3- 4" APART, WHERE OTHER MAKES ARE AT LEAST 6" APART. WE BELIEVE HIS BOOT MAY HAVE GOTTEN STUCK ON THE GAS WHEN SWITCHING TO THE BRAKE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED LAST WINTER WHEN OUR 2000 HYUNDAI ELANTRA WAS BACKING UP AND WOULD NOT STOP. IT WAS STOPPED BY A SNOWBANK. MY HUSBAND WAS ALSO WEARING SNOW BOOTS AT THE TIME. *TR

HATCHBACK/TRUNK LOCK GETS STUCK AND DOESN'T OPEN WHEN PRESSING THE HANDLE. THE KEY ITSELF OR USING REMOTE ALARM OR BY DEPRESSING THE POWER LOCKS INSIDE THE CAR, DOESN'T UNLOCK THE TRUNK. THE LOCK GETS STUCK AND YOU CAN'T OPEN THE TRUNK AND IT TAKES MANY ATTEMPTS TO GET IT UNLOCKED. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE TRUNK WILL NOT OPEN. TT

ON THE AFTERNOON OF 2/19/2011, WAS DRIVING ABOVE VEHICLE. WHILE ADJUSTING INTO A PARKING SPACE (GOING VERY SLOWLY), CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO TOP SPEED (140 MPH?) I THEN ATTEMPTED TO STOP CAR BY DRIVING ON THE NEAREST SIDEWALK TO AVOID HITTING CARS ON STREET. AT THIS TOP SPEED I CRASHED INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE TEARING IT DOWN AND THEN TURNED AND FINALLY STOPPED BY HITTING A TREE. MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT CAR WAS TOTALED AND I WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL IN NORTHEAST PHILA. WITH SEVERE INJURIES. MY RIGHT ARM WAS BROKEN IN TWO PLACES REQUIRING SURGERY AND MY RIBS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. BOTH LEGS WERE EXTREMELY BRUISED. I SPENT TWO WEEKS IN TWO PHILA. AREA HOSPITALS AND THEN A MONTH IN A NURSING HOME IN WARMINSTER, PA. UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO WALK WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. AM STILL REQUIRED TO USE A CANE. *TR

I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THIS IS THE 16TH TIME AS OF 12/06/2011. THE PROBLEM STARTED OFF WITH THE CAR STALLING WHEN I CAME TO A STOP THEN, IT PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE WHERE THE CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR HAS HAD THE CANISTER ASSEMBLY REPLACED MANY TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. I DO HAVE COPIES OF ALL OF THE WORK ORDERS. THIS IS A LIST OF THE EVENTS: 1. 12/01/2007 FOR STALLING. THIS VISIT THEY CLAIMED THAT IT WAS A "HARD START" AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. 2. 05/09/2008 FOR STALLING. REPLACED SENSOR ASSY-AIR FLOW 3. 05/29/2008 FOR STALLING. REPLACED THE PURGE VALVE AND CANISTER. 4. 06/10/2009 FOR STALLING. THEY STATED THE CANISTER AND CAR WAS FINE. 5. 09/17/2009 FOR STALLING. REPLACED SPEEDOMETER ASSY AND BATTERY. 6. 12/16/2009 FOR STALLING. THEY DROVE 103 MILES AND STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS. 7. 01/25/2010 FOR STALLING AND THEY REPLACED THE CANISTER. 8. 05/10/2010 FOR STALLING. REPLACED CANISTER ASSY. 9. 09/10/2010 FOR STALLING. THEY STATED NO PROBLEMS 10. I PICKED UP MY CAR ON 09/11/2010 TO HAVE IT STALL ON MY WAY OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP. REPLACED CANISTER ASSY. 11. 11/30/2010 FOR STALLING AND FAILURE OF THE ABS UNIT. NO PROBLEM FOUND WITH STALLING. REPLACED ABS UNIT 12. THIS WAS ANOTHER VISIT WHERE I PICKED MY CAR UP ON 12/07 AND BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY, IT STALLED AGAIN AND AGAIN THEY STATED NO PROBLEM FOUND. 13. 01/18/2011 FOR STALLING. REPLACED EVAP HOSE. 14. I PICKED UP MY CAR ON 01/19/2011 IT STALLED ON THE WAY OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED CANISTER ASSY. 15. 01/25/2011 FOR STALLING AND THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDER MODULE. 16. AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE BEEN IN NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THEY WANT ME TO PAY TO FIX THE CANISTER ASSY, ON THIS PAST VISIT ON 12/06/2011. I STILL HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR FIXED AS I AM ARGUING WITH HYUNDAI AS TO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR THE REPAIR. *KB