thelannans
7/12/2007 10:15:04 AM
I have a 2000 Elantra which ran fine until recently. When driving it will lose power for a second or two and then continue. Also, when stopping or at idle it will stall. It's driving me crazy and Hyundai claims there is no recall so I'm posting before I hand it over to them or my regular mechanic for suggestions.
Thanks in advance for any replies!
BTW - No engine or other warning lights.
Thanks,
-B
mechanic98
7/31/2007 6:37:01 AM
Ok, well, it could be a number of things.. The idle air control IAC or could be a clogged Catalytic converter... When was the last tune up? How many miles on it?
Doohickie
7/31/2007 7:37:48 AM
Yep, couild be IAC, could be a throttle positon sensor or crankshaft position sensor, or.... it could be the ignition switch. I haven't heard of switch problems on Hyundais but I had one go bad on my Escort and once it was fixed my stalling problem went away.
thelannans
7/31/2007 8:49:06 AM
It has around 86,000 miles on it. The throttle position sensor was just replaced.
UPDATE: I have been running some tests over the last two weeks. I fueled up, added water remover solution and ran fine for a week. The next week I skipped the solution and just fueled up and had the stalling issues again. I just fueled up and added a higher grade solution to see how this week goes. Sounds like I might have a fuel issue (yuck!) but I will have to run this tank and see how things go. Not so fun
mechanic98
7/31/2007 9:02:04 AM
are you getting your fuel from the same station? Sometimes a particular gas station might have water in their tanks. I know they had a big problem about 6 months ago at a station here. I ended up not going to that station, seemed like every time i filled up, the gas sucked, so, i stopped going there, and didn't have any problems since. Just a thought.