Took car to dealership because my warranty was about to expire and of the terrible vibration/shake was so irritating but because car had been driven and was warm, problem was barely noticeable so was dismissed as nothing by the dealership. A couple months later I started hearing a short grinding sound when I start the car in the mornings but it would only happen on the first crank early in the morning when it was cold outside, then about 6 months later I started hearing a strange ticking noise coming from the engine like something constantly hitting in the engine, the car hesitates and doesn't want to accelerate at times. I'm 99% positive it has piston slap.
I received a letter in the mail a couple years ago that described my engine issues exactly but unfortunately because the weather isn't always cold were I live, it stated my car would not be covered, I assume it must be because Hyundai knows this defect is more pronounced in cars that are located in cold weather conditions regularly so it would be hard to deny there was a defect in the engine of cars constantly in cold weather conditions but for people like me that have mild winters, the defect would be noticed more slowly cause there are less cold days, therefore the damage would occur more slowly and more time would pass before major damage making the car inoperable would occur so they would have a better chance at denying the car had a defective engine straight off the assembly line.
A very well thought out strategy to prevent them from having to replace ALL the defective engines they put in several years worth of cars the sold but sucks for those of us down south that put our trust in Hyundai to provide us with a quality vehicle worth the money we paid them for it...Although my warm weather may have slowed down the death of the car, its irritating constant vibration and grinding sound at start up has made the car an embarrassment to drive and provides no comfortable ride and no pleasure in driving the car...I hate my car. I discovered this after only about a week of driving it...Definitely the biggest purchase regret I've ever made. Makes me sick just to think about it.
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Took car to dealership because my warranty was about to expire and of the terrible vibration/shake was so irritating but because car had been driven and was warm, problem was barely noticeable so was dismissed as nothing by the dealership. A couple months later I started hearing a short grinding sound when I start the car in the mornings but it would only happen on the first crank early in the morning when it was cold outside, then about 6 months later I started hearing a strange ticking noise coming from the engine like something constantly hitting in the engine, the car hesitates and doesn't want to accelerate at times. I'm 99% positive it has piston slap.
I received a letter in the mail a couple years ago that described my engine issues exactly but unfortunately because the weather isn't always cold were I live, it stated my car would not be covered, I assume it must be because Hyundai knows this defect is more pronounced in cars that are located in cold weather conditions regularly so it would be hard to deny there was a defect in the engine of cars constantly in cold weather conditions but for people like me that have mild winters, the defect would be noticed more slowly cause there are less cold days, therefore the damage would occur more slowly and more time would pass before major damage making the car inoperable would occur so they would have a better chance at denying the car had a defective engine straight off the assembly line.
A very well thought out strategy to prevent them from having to replace ALL the defective engines they put in several years worth of cars the sold but sucks for those of us down south that put our trust in Hyundai to provide us with a quality vehicle worth the money we paid them for it...Although my warm weather may have slowed down the death of the car, its irritating constant vibration and grinding sound at start up has made the car an embarrassment to drive and provides no comfortable ride and no pleasure in driving the car...I hate my car. I discovered this after only about a week of driving it...Definitely the biggest purchase regret I've ever made. Makes me sick just to think about it.
- Tina C., Anderson, SC, US