Jack is an amazing lil' car.

The only problems I'm having, since I like to drive 80-85 mph on the interstate, the steering wheel shakes. I'm going to the dealer for an oil change tomorrow (going on 30,000 miles) , should I ask about an alignment? Also I have some minor scratches from road debri, but I just got a bra for Christmas, so....yeah.

Another minor thing, my drivers side mirror is really loose. It wiggles when I drive, kind of distracting. It could be from someone leaning on it in the garage to take their shoes off *betting on little brother* I'm not a car guru, so I wouldn't even know how to go about fixing something like that. I suppose I could ask my uncle, he's a mechanic for Hyundai, Ford, and Kia.


-Dawn

 

Originally posted by Naitomea_Neko@Dec 26 2007, 11:16 PM
Jack is an amazing lil' car.

The only problems I'm having, since I like to drive 80-85 mph on the interstate, the steering wheel shakes. I'm going to the dealer for an oil change tomorrow (going on 30,000 miles) , should I ask about an alignment? Also I have some minor scratches from road debri, but I just got a bra for Christmas, so....yeah.

Another minor thing, my drivers side mirror is really loose. It wiggles when I drive, kind of distracting. It could be from someone leaning on it in the garage to take their shoes off *betting on little brother* I'm not a car guru, so I wouldn't even know how to go about fixing something like that. I suppose I could ask my uncle, he's a mechanic for Hyundai, Ford, and Kia.
-Dawn

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yeah you should definitely get an alignment. glad i mnot the only one that speeds on the interstate with an accent lol. And as for the wiggle u should get that fixed because if it falls out, your gonna get a ticket and it will jsut suck. 30,000 miles?? When did you buy the car? I currently have 22,335 and its been a year and a couple of days.... i drive too much

 

I got the same problem with the drivers side mirror, it wiggles when the car its stopped but not too much when I accelerate. It doesn't look like its gonna fall.

 

The steering wheel "shake" thing:

When your tires wear unevenly this can cause the steering wheel to shake at higher speeds. What exactly caused your tires to wear unevenly is the real question, and may have already been addressed in Hyunai's technical service bulliten # 06-50-13, available for viewing on the HMAservice.com site.

I had the steering wheel shake problem myself with my stock wheels and tires, at about 10,000 miles, but now that I've switched to aftermarket wheels and tires I think this may have solved the problem...I won't know for sure for a few thousand miles yet (after the new tires show some wear).

It could be an alignment problem causing this, but it is more likely a "wheel balance" or "wheel/tire out of round" problem, as addressed in the Hyundai TSB. The new Accents only have one adjustment possible to align the frontend, the toe setting. Camber and Caster angles are built into the frontend parts at the factory, and if one of those angles are off, it means that something is bent. This suggests that an alignment-related problem is unlikely.

You could take the car to the dealer, and maybe the dealer will simply balance the wheel/s, and that will fix the problem....maybe. But maybe the dealer don't make much on something as simple as wheel-balancing, so maybe they will look for some better-paying answer to the problem. Impossible to say. You could also pull the front wheels, and take them to an independent garage to have them check their state of balance.

Unfortunately, whatever the cause, once the tires are worn unevenly, unless you have evenly worn rear tires to rotate to the front of the car, you'll need to replace the unevenly worn old tires with brand new ones, since the unevenly worn old tires are going to continue to make the steering wheel shake even after the initial cause of the uneven tire-wear is remedied.

With the perfectly balanced new tires and aftermarket wheels now on my Accent, there is absolutely no hint of steering wheel shake, thus far. After a few thousand miles I'll pull these wheels off of the front to get a good look to see if the driver's-side tire is again wearing irregularly, as the stock one did. If it is now wearing evenly I have to think it was definately a "wheel balance" problem. However, if the NEW tire is wearing unevenly then that would lead me to conclude that it is definately not a "wheel balance" problem.

 

Originally posted by accentman07@Dec 27 2007, 01:13 AM
yeah you should definitely get an alignment. glad i mnot the only one that speeds on the interstate with an accent lol. And as for the wiggle u should get that fixed because if it falls out, your gonna get a ticket and it will jsut suck. 30,000 miles?? When did you buy the car? I currently have 22,335 and its been a year and a couple of days.... i drive too much

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I found out, the only thing my uncle CAN'T do is the allignment, I need an appointment for that, but I'll get that done before I get back to school here.
The mirror, it's not just the the mirror (glass) it's the entire "thing", ( I don't know what to call it right at this second.) shield? I don't know, but its the whole piece connected to the door.

I picked Jack out on June 23, 2006 when he was only at 4 miles. I officially purchased Jack on July 1, 2006 and have had hime ever since.

-Dawn

 

I bought mine on January 14, 2007 and i have 27,000 miles on it. I commuted 80 miles one way to work. so in a week i would put 800 a week on her for 4 months. That added up.. not i am not driving her so much..

 

I got mine in June, and have 13000 km's on her...
as for the steering wheel shake.. I have the same issue, at approx the same speed.. when i first noticed it, i brought it in for an alignment check.. had it aligned, but that didnt solve it..
now i have snow tires on, the problem persists.
.. no clue, but i dont think it's a tire/wheel/alignment issue.

- matt.

 

I think it is wheel balance.

 

im also pretty sure steering wheel shake is cause by the wheels.
when i test drove the accent, steering shake at around 80km/h
took it to dealer and they corrected the same day. i tried again and it was gone..next thing you knew the accent was in my garage lol.

 

i bought my '08 a week ago saturday and i only have 360 miles on it..... :w00t: any issues you all notice that might arrise with the '08's? are the '07's and '08's basically the same?


silver '08 accent 2 dr hatch.... i love it!

 

*Interior scratches very easy
*Stock tires are horrible
*Had to have drive belt tightened twice because it keeps coming loose
*Almost no after market parts for it
*Power windows rattle when halfway down
*Weather striping on passenger window is coming off
*Over 80mph steering wheel starts vibrating bad
*Transmission lags and with full throttle will start redlining until you take your foot off the gas then it will lag a second and switch gears
*Little cover for the fuses on dash pops open randomly when driving... thank you ducktape
*Head lights only automatically turn off if you open the drivers door (remember this when you are parallel parked in the city and go out the passenger door in fear of getting your door taken off trust me you will come back a few hours later with a dead battery... it sucks... and on another side note when you jump the car attach the jumper cables to the nut on the battery thing or else it wont work)

now some things i like about it:
*Actually pretty good for drifting, its pretty well balanced and with a little e-brake you can do a 360
*If you pull the e-brake all the way up and accelerate hard you can do a nasty burnout which shocks people watching because no one expects an accent to be doing a burnout
*Steering is perfect just the right amount of response
*Good brakes
*Can withstand being hit in the side front fender at 50mph and live on to drive again... and on that note the airbags work good too :thumbsup:

 

*Transmission lags and with full throttle will start redlining until you take your foot off the gas then it will lag a second and switch gears



im starting to have this problem......i checked the tranny fluid and it was low....this is very bothersome im gonna put it in the shop to have them check it out....there is no reason for a brand new car to be low on trans fluid!

 

There are plenty of reasons to be low on tranny fluid on a new car. You should see all the new titans i have to work on with fluid leaking all over the place from various places. It could have been low from the factory and when they pdi it they overlooked tranny fluid. it happens

 

2007 automatic accent SE I love this car, but have had some annoying problems

9,000 K check engine light dealer reset per service bulletin
10,000k key fob broke replaced by dealer
15,000 spare key fob reset by dealer
20,000 heated drivers side mirror quit working replaced by dealer
26,000 rear drivers side speaker cuts in and out drivers side fuse box cover keeps falling out both to be replaced bv dealer
26,500 on way to dealer to get the above items fixed the check engine light started flashing and car started running a little bumpy some electrcal part in engine went out have loaner car until part comes in

the dealer has always been nice and given me no hassle about any issues I have had, but I am beginning to question all these minor things

 

just the other day the hatch door lifts blew out all their air when the seals broke... hope they are warranteed

 

Interesting, I was here looking for any similar reports, because mine both gave out. I suspect one failed, and the stress of holding the hatch by itself blew out the other. Only had the car for 10 months, strange they gave out this quickly.

The other thing I've noticed is the carpet in the drivers side is already ripping. I have big feet, but shouldn't have worn out that quickly.

 

I don't see any reason why the little hatch struts wouldn't be under warranty. Very odd for them to fail at a young age like that so that's definitely a defect.

kibbler, that fuse box cover seems to be a problem! You, me, and several others have had that issue. Although once it is replaced you should be good -- haven't had a bit of trouble with it since and haven't heard that anybody else has had issues with their replacement either. Not sure if a batch of bad ones came from the supplier, or if the part has been redesigned to latch onto the dash better.

 

i realize my car is practically brand new, but my fuse box cover is almost difficult to pull open...

 

Same here for the fuse panel cover. Got it replaced under warranty. The new one's fine so far. Only other problem was the misfire code and reprogram under warranty. I'm at about 4300 km right now.

 

I have a p/s belt that needed to be tightened, and I feel it is still making a small squeak but my boyfriend can't hear it. I'll bring it up on my 30k

 

47k miles and nothing worth complaining about... I'm not the original owner, but the carfax at the dealer showed that nothing bad had happened to it before I bought it. I can't think of anything to complain about with the reliability of the car. Performance is a bit lacking (They should have used the Elantra engine!) and lack of aftermarket support... But overall the car seems to be incredibly reliable so far.

 

First problem @ 22,000 miles: driver's sun visor plastic pivot snapped. Quite annoying, but minor.

 

Clicking noises when turning at slow speeds. Ugh. If I take it into the dealer I have to uninstall my lowering springs to de-void my warranty, LOL.

Is there something I can check for looseness? Swaybar end links?

 

CV joints like to click. Is the clicking dependent on wheel speed, or is it more on suspension load?

 

Once I get moving, I can't hear it anymore, but that could be due to increasing road noise. It also happens at sharper wheel angles like when backing out of the driveway and angling into the street.

I am going to check the swaybar torque and bushings. If that doesn't reveal anything, I may just convert back to the high stance, remove my wheel spacers and take it to the dealer. If I go to that trouble, I will likely trade for a Genesis Coupe though, LOL.

This is definitely not CV joint clicking, though. I'm familiar with that noise.

 

Strut bump stops,cel miss fire codes,rust spot on door,creaking drivers seat,passenger door seal..

 

1 - got the short block change
2 - direction is squeeking at low speed( dealer never mind it)
3 - got rust arround windshield
4 - got many many turn signal stop working
5 - got the rear ltach ketch fixed (wasn't closing properly
6 - ** passenger side windows have beel broke by a stoler
** car has been vandalise on front bumper
** got a stone ship on the windshield
** got a non-responsible accident couple of weeks a ago
** 3 flat tire

my two cent....

nick

 

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