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Ticking In Engine
2013 Hyundai Elantra (Page 1 of 3)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Hyundai dealer.
CarComplaints.com Notes: We're not used to seeing any major problems with Hyundai, which makes the early signs of trouble with the 2013 Elantra very surprising, in a bad way. Read more »
Early trends show problems with the steering wandering / pulling to one side along with premature tire wear. Elantra owners have tried sensor adjustments, wheel alignments, even replacing axles, most with no luck. Hyundai has made vehicle buybacks through arbitration, but that rarely works out well financially for owners in the end.
Also there is a pattern of complaints about the 2013 Elantra brakes grinding at very low mileage. It seems there was a bad batch of OEM pads & rotors, but so far Hyundai is not doing a recall. Instead Hyundai issued a TSB & dealers have been replacing pads & rotors on a per-complaint basis.
The final straw is that for several years in a row, Elantra owners report significantly lower gas mileage than the EPA estimates, & there's a small trend of engine problems.
7.9
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $4,930
- Average Mileage:
- 75,500 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 42 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (21 reports)
- replace engine (17 reports)
- small block replacement (4 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I bought a 2013 Hyundai Elantra from a friend that changed to oil every 3000 miles at the dealer, they never mentioned to him once the car had piston slap. I bought it 8/1/23 and immediately realized it had piston slap when cold so I took it to my local Hyundai dealer they had the car for 4 months just to tell me the motor is bad and could have catastrophic engine failure at any time, but it was not bad enough to warrant fixing under the good will warranty, So they gave me a price of $9,200.00 for a new engine or $6400.00 for a used motor. I paid $4500.00 for the car and the most it is worth is $7000.00 and they want me to put a $9200.00 motor in a car that is only worth 7000.00. I had heard Hyundai was taking care of this problem, because it is definitely a defect in manufacturing, is there any where I can go on line directly to Hyundai to reapply for goodwill warranty? I personally think the dealer just sat on my car and then said Hyundai would not fix it!
any tips could help!
- Richard S., Salt Lake City, US