1992 Hyundai Excel

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/18/1995· POWER TRAIN

  A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 12/15/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

• 12/15/1997· POWER TRAIN

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, A TOTAL OF THREE TRANSMISSIONS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN VEHICLE.

• 11/28/2000· SEAT BELTS

  VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE IN WHICH THE SHOULDER BELT BELT DID NOT LOCK, THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER'S CHEST TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL, THE LAP BELT DID NOT FAIL IN THE ACCIDENT. *SLC

• 11/12/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR.

• 11/01/1995· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT FAILED TO HOLD DRIVER IN PLACE IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. *DSH

• 10/25/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ROCKER ARM SHAFT CRACKED IN HALF, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE 3 OF 4 CYLINDERS.

• 10/21/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS LIGHT ILLUMNATED ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/20/1997· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  HOOD LATCH FAILED CAUSING HOOD TO SMASH WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)

• 09/21/2005· WHEELS

  DT: THE TIRES WERE LEAKING AIR. THE CONSUMER THOUGHT IT WAS THE TIRE, BUT FOUND OUT IT WAS THE RIM. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND ONCE A YEAR AGO, AND ONCE SIX MONTHS AGO. EACH TIME THE CONSUMER HAD THE RIM REPLACED AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE DEALER SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AFTER THE LAST TIME, AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FORTH ONE FAILING. *AK (11/16/05) THE TIRES WERE HEAVILY UNDER INFLATED. *SC

• 09/19/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DURING VEHICLE OPERATION SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE DASH AREA. THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO A BLOWN ALTERNATOR FUSE. *AK

• 09/14/2000· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE REPAIR SHOP OVER A DOZEN TIMES AND I HAVE THE PAPERS TO PROVE IT THE REPAIR SHOP HAD MY CAR MORE THEN I DID AND I REPLACED JUST ABOUT EVERY THING ON THE CAR BUT I WENT THROUGH 3 TRANSMISSION AND NOW I NEED ANOTHER BEFOR I HAD AN EXSTENDED WARRANTY AND I JUST HAD TO PAY $50.00 NOW THAT MY WARRANTY IS GONE NONE OF THE TRANSMISSION SHOPS WANTED TO FIX IT THEY SAY THAT IT IS TO MUCH TROUBLE AND THE MAKE OF THAT TRANSMISSION FOR THAT YEAR HAS PROBLEMS AND THAT IF I WOULD FIX IT IT WOULD JUST DO IT AGAIN. I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES ALREADY AND NOW THE CAR NEEDS ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IT WAS JUST REPLACED IN 1998 WHAT CAN I DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU LARAY RANSOM. *AK

• 08/12/1996· POWER TRAIN

  AUTO WILL RUN FOR APPROX 20-30 MILES THEN AFTER IT GETS HOT IN NEUTRAL AND WILL NOT RUN. *AK

• 08/07/1998· STEERINGCrash

  WHILE DRIVING 40 TO 45 MPH CONSUMER WENT TO AVOID HITTING A DEER AND THE STEERING WHEEL CAME OFF, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, AND TOTALING VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

• 06/20/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILED.

• 06/10/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE IN HOT WEATHER STALLS OUT WITH NO WARNONG AND DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 05/29/1996· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILED. *DH

• 05/23/1995· SEAT BELTS

  THE PASSENGERS AND DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELTS DIDN'T RETRACT AFTER RELEASE OF THE BUCKLE. TT

• 05/13/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE IN MOTION VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. *AK

• 05/07/1996· EQUIPMENT

  THE SCISSOR JACK FAILED AND WOULD NOT HOLD THE CAR UP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 04/30/1995· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED IN THE UNITED STATES AND NOT IN CANADA. (FMVSS301) *TW

• 04/17/1998· POWER TRAIN

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES.

• 04/11/1999· POWER TRAIN

  NO SUMMARY

• 03/29/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  REPLACED NOISY EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK

• 03/18/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

• 03/17/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (REPLACED 3 TIMES). ENGINE DIED.

• 03/06/1996· POWER TRAIN

  IF TRANSMISSION COMPUTER IS LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT AND WHEN IT GETS WET THE VEHICLE STALLS. *AK

• 02/21/2001· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH FRONT HOOD FLIPPED UP, BLOCKING VISION. KEPT CONTROL OF VEHICLE, DRIVING OFF ROAD. PUSHED DOWN HOOD AND TIED IT WITH A ROPE THEN, LATCH HAD TO BE FIXED. *AK

• 02/18/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED TWO DAYS EALIER AND BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE. *AK

• 02/01/2007· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THERE IS A HUGE SAFETY DEFECT IN THE OLDER HYUNDAI AUTOMOBILE COMPUTERS OR ECU BOXES. THE INTERNAL CAPACITORS (RUBYCON AND NICYCON) FAIL CAUSING ACID TO LEAK OUT ON THE COMPUTER BOARD, LEADING TO COMPLETE COMPUTER FAILURE. THE CAR STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING UNEXPECTEDLY WITH NO WARNING, LEADING TO A SERIOUS ROAD HAZARD FOR ALL OCCUPANTS OF THIS VEHICLE . THE CAR WILL ALSO IDLE ERRATICALLY, YIELDING NUMEROUS COMPUTER , AND NO START AND STALLING SITUATIONS THAT ARE UNPREDICTABILITY HAVE REPLACED 4 COMPUTERS (ECU'S) IN MY 1992 HYUNDAI EXCEL . THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERNET ARTICLES AND AUTO COMPUTER REBUILD SITES DOCUMENTING THESE DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS IN THE HYUNDAI COMPUTER. I ALSO SENT CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF THE ECU COMPONENT DEFECTS, AS WELL AS A LETTER FROM THE HYUNDAI SERVICE MANAGER TO HYUNDAI MOTORS, BUT THEY ARE UNCOOPERATIVE. I HAVE TRIED MANY TIMES TO CONTACT HYUNDAI MOTORS AND THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY REPLACEMENT OR REBUILD ON THIS DEFECTIVE PART. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFINITE , SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS, ROAD HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE A RECALL IN ALL THESE 1992 HYUNDAI EXCEL AUTOMOBILES. PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE DRIVING WITH THESE DEFECTIVE COMPUTERS IN THEIR CARS. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP~MANY THANKS. *NM

• 01/27/2009· SUSPENSION

  DEFECTIVE LOWER CONTROL ARM..1992 HYUNDAI EXCEL..CORRODES AND RUSTS, ESPECIALLY ON PASSENGER SIDE LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR

• 01/15/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN

  MY FIRST HEADACHE WITH THIS VEHICLE OCCURED WHEN THE GAS PUMP WHEN OUT. I WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT AND I HEARD A LOUD, BUZZING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STEPPED ON THE GAS, ONLY TO FEEL A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING, AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD IT TOWED TO A MECANHIC. AFTER THE PUMP WAS REPLACED, THE MECANHIC SOUNDED ME WHERE THE GASKET ON THE TOP OF THE PUMP HAD SNAPPED IN HALF. THE INCIDENT WITH THIS CAR HAPPEND THIS PAST SUMMER WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I HAD JUST PASSED A GREEN LIGHT. I TRIED TO SPEED UP, BUT THE CAR HESITATED REALLY BAD, AND JERKED EACH TIME I TRIED TO GO FASTER. I PULLED OFF THE CAR OF THE ROAD TO START UP THE CAR AGAIN, BUT IT FAILED TO TURN OVER. I HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSON SHOP. IT SAT THERE FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL I CAME UP WITH THE $1800 NEEDED TO PAY FOR AN ENTIRELY NEW TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.

• 01/14/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE OVERHEATED WITHOUT REGISTERING IT ON TEMPERATURE GAUGE INSIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE COMPRESSION/ ANTI-FREEZE/OIL AND STALL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

• 01/04/1996· POWER TRAIN

  MALFUNCTION OF THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANMISSION, TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP. TT