I bought a brand new 2004 Hyundai Elantra from fuccilo's in schenectady, NY in March of 2001. I have maintained the car. On Friday Oct 08, 2004 I was driving on the northway and after 20 minutes of driving the car started overheating and I pulled off the road immediately. No warning lights came on and the car's speed dropped dramatic to 0. it was towed to my mechanic and he looked at everything and said that the cooling fan was melted and the wire harness on top valve cover was totally melted and that the belts looked fine. He said it was something internal in the engine and I had to have it towed to fuccillo's because the engine is gone and it would be a warranty issue. After having it towed to fuccillo's my husband and I went there to see what was going to be done. The mechanic opened the hood, did not take anything apart and said it was the timing belt that broke and it was my fault so it would not be warrantied. They offered me $50 for the car towards a new car. I already owe $5000 on the vehicle, I only had it for 3 threes. I called my mechanic who had taken it apart and confirmed with him that the timing belt was fine. I called fuccillo's back and the mechanic said he would look at it but it would cost me $80. I agreed because I had no choice. I then received a phone call days later telling me that the belt "jumped" and damaged the engine so it would not be covered he also stated that another code (P0118) came up but he didn't know what that meant. He told me that they would not do anything else that I had a choice of trading it or paying $6000 for a new engine.

- Clifton Park, NY, USA

Car continues to overheat. This is the fourth time it has happened; sometime the problem can not be duplicated and I am sent on my way even though it has happen before. The cylinder heads, water pump, thermostat, sensor and many others are only a few of the things that have been replaced on this problem. The car shuts-off without warning, and drives like a desiel engine (rough), you almost have to floor it to make the car stop and the dealer says it is normal; even though I hit another car going about 5mph because the car jerked foward and smashed my hood (I hit a Ford:excrussion so he had no damage) and the transmission does not shift correctly. Sure the dealer ship tries to fix the problem but there have been times I have been out of my car for a long as 7 to 8 weeks and many times there don't even know whats wrong. I have tried to contact rick case the dearlership owner and I never reiceve a call or email.

- Cleveland, OH, USA