2012 with about 105,000 miles
Looks like the transmission in my Azera needs to be replaced, or rebuilt. Quick back story... This car was originally my dad's company car, but when he retired in late 2017, I "bought it" from them as part of his severance deal.
Starting in late 2016, my dad had noticed that on cold mornings (below 40 degrees), the transmission would not engage in drive or reverse, until the car was warmed up. If you put it in those gears, and hit the gas, it just felt like you were in neutral, except the car would move ever so slightly. He took it to the dealer about 3 times, maybe 4, over the course of a year, and they could never reproduce. Said there were no TSBs or recalls on the transmission. So being a typical dealer, they didn't go much further than that. They never even spoke to Hyundai about it. And honestly, at the time, I just thought my dad was overreacting about it. Up until this past Sunday though... when experienced that issue first hand.
I think i got around it for so long because I remote start the car all the time through BlueLink. However, on Sunday, I was in a rush and just jumped in the car and "tried" to go. But ended up having to sit there for about 5 minutes, until the transmission was warm enough to engage. Seeing the issue first hand worried me a bit, so I took the car to the shop near my office, that I trust. Left it with them last night, so they could try to duplicate the issue today... and they did. They did some digging, a found a TSB related to the car. (see attached)
Has anyone else in this forum had this issue? Does anyone know how Hyundai handles TSBs with second owners, out of warranty? I spoke with my father, and he is going to take the documentation to the dealer that has his complaint history and see if they'd honor it. If that fails, i guess I would talk to Hyundai USA directly, and plea my case with them to cover it. I don't think i even want to know how much it would cost me to replace the transmission.
Looks like the transmission in my Azera needs to be replaced, or rebuilt. Quick back story... This car was originally my dad's company car, but when he retired in late 2017, I "bought it" from them as part of his severance deal.
Starting in late 2016, my dad had noticed that on cold mornings (below 40 degrees), the transmission would not engage in drive or reverse, until the car was warmed up. If you put it in those gears, and hit the gas, it just felt like you were in neutral, except the car would move ever so slightly. He took it to the dealer about 3 times, maybe 4, over the course of a year, and they could never reproduce. Said there were no TSBs or recalls on the transmission. So being a typical dealer, they didn't go much further than that. They never even spoke to Hyundai about it. And honestly, at the time, I just thought my dad was overreacting about it. Up until this past Sunday though... when experienced that issue first hand.
I think i got around it for so long because I remote start the car all the time through BlueLink. However, on Sunday, I was in a rush and just jumped in the car and "tried" to go. But ended up having to sit there for about 5 minutes, until the transmission was warm enough to engage. Seeing the issue first hand worried me a bit, so I took the car to the shop near my office, that I trust. Left it with them last night, so they could try to duplicate the issue today... and they did. They did some digging, a found a TSB related to the car. (see attached)
Has anyone else in this forum had this issue? Does anyone know how Hyundai handles TSBs with second owners, out of warranty? I spoke with my father, and he is going to take the documentation to the dealer that has his complaint history and see if they'd honor it. If that fails, i guess I would talk to Hyundai USA directly, and plea my case with them to cover it. I don't think i even want to know how much it would cost me to replace the transmission.