Check Engine Light..HELP!
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Check Engine Light..HELP! - 8/13/2007 1:03:51 PM
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Elaupp
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Okay, this may be a little long, but I really could use some help.
My brother-in-law just gave us his 2000 Hyundai Tiburon. It had been sitting about 2.5 years as he had major problems with it and since he didn't have everything done at a Hyundai dealer, the warranty is void.
They had about $4000.00 worth of work done on it at a Hyundai Dealership here in St. Louis area and they still could not figure it out. When he had it, the check engine light was on and the car did not run right and would stall or just die and that's why the car was just sitting for so long and why the spent so much trying to get it going.
When we got the car, we replaced the battery and tires and got is going. It was running fine, but then the check engine light came on. We took it to Auto Zone to have the code read and it stated (don't remember exact codes) random misfire, misfire with cylinder 2, misfire with cylinder 3 and misfire with cylinder 4. We replaced the plugs and wires, but didn't have the code cleared. Well, I was driving it for about 2 months back and forth to work (100 miles round trip) and got 32-35 miles per gallon gas mileage. Well, we have to have emissions test here and when I took it in, they put it on the diagnostic machine and stated they couldn't pass it because of the check engine light and the codes coming off. We talked to another non-Hyundai mechanic who stated to have the code cleared and drive the car. Well, we had the code cleared on Thursday and it came right back on. We have taken it to the mechanic I last talked to to see if they can figure it out...but I thought I would ask for any suggestions of what might be going on. To us, if the car was misfireing, it wouldn't run very well and wouldn't get such great gas mileage.
Any ideas?
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RE: Check Engine Light..HELP! - 8/13/2007 1:17:21 PM
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Doohickie
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Is the code still a misfire code? Sometimes you can get a misfire and the car still runs okay. I tend to agree that there isn't anything wrong with the car if it runs well and gets good mileage, but if the code is still there I would guess one of the sensors is bad. Let me take a look at WebTech and see what it says. You can get your own logon to Hyundai's WebTech for free at http://www.hmaservice.com and read through the diagnostic charts. If you're going to try to do this yourself I suggest getting familiar with WebTech. I wrote instructions on registering and using the site. The instructions are at http://www.dfwhyundais.com/diy/DIY-WebTechGuide.html.
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