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2003 Hyundai Accent Engine problems

Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 2003 Hyundai Accent's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 8% of all its complaints, most recently on April 1, 2008. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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3
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0
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0
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0
Injuries
0
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Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

2003 Hyundai accent, 85k miles oil pan leaks, rusted through hole (dealer confirmed), lost 3 qt oil within 2500 miles. Purchased new in 2003. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10223069
SteeringEngine & cooling

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 20 mph on dry asphalt roads, the brake warning light illuminated constantly, followed closely by tightness in the steering. Shortly thereafter, the engine stalled and shut off. The vehicle was not seen by a dealer following the incident.

Filed Incident Steering · Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10174081
Engine & cooling

My 2003 hyundia accent already had two failures of the emiision control system. The second failure only showed a check engine light for a few seconds then showed all systems normal agian. Each failure was found by different dealership but the same problem. The first time this happened the computer kept the check engine light on until the dealership repaired it but the second time the check engine light was on only for a few seconds, almost like the car was prgrammed to ignore the problem. *Nm

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10143457

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