I had sent a message about 6 months earlier to the dealership closest to me. I explained that the car was shifting on its own very hard when I pulled up to a stop sign. I sent message on website this particular occasion because it shook the car and it died. It only did weird stuff about 3 times after that until the day it completely went out. They did not give me an option of seeing if it were something like a valve or relay. They just said it had to be replaced. Then they told me that it was not under warranty.

I tried to explain about the message I had sent months before. And, they just said they had not record of it. I paid for the repair myself. They said my warranty ended at 60 K miles because I bought the car from the Federal Gov't. So, I was 2nd owner. And that dropped the warranty from 100K to 60 K. I wrote a complaint to Hyundai about a week later. I did not hear anything and when I called to find out about a response. The dealership said they had no record of a complaint. SO, that was the 2nd time I filed with them just disappeared. If I ever go through anything like that again. I will mail certified letters. I don't know what else I could do.

This is the 2nd major problem. This was a catastrophic failure of my car. I had just exited the freeway and was in a hilly region. My speed was approximately 25-30mph. I was driving uphill and suddenly my car's bells and warnings sounds went off. I had never experienced this before. Loud warning beeps, some kind of Hybrid failure blinking lights on my display. The vehicle stopped moving forward and would not move. The entire electrical system seemed to go haywire. Some people helped me push it to the side of the road. Unlocking the car with the remote did not work. I could not move the gear shift into neutral from park so the wheels locked and the tow truck had great difficulted pulling the car onto the bed.

My car was in the shop for 6 weeks. I was 3 DAYS away from my warranty ending. They replaced the entire transmission. The cost was $5000 but I did not have to pay for it since I was still in the warranty. If it had happened 4 days later, I would have been bad. Thankfully, it was covered and they covered my rental car for the 6 weeks while it was in the Hyundai shop being repaired, so no complaints there.

But honestly if this had happened 10 minutes earlier on the freeway at 70mph, I have no doubt there would have been a bad collision. Complete engine failures with loud bells and warning lights is terrifying when it occurs. Knock on wood, I'm at 80,000 miles and have not had any other problems. Hoping the new transmission will get another 80,000-100,000 miles.