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09 accent quit running while driving. wont start. why?

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Old 06-23-2014, 01:10 PM
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Question 09 accent quit running while driving. wont start. why?

I was driving down the road and my 09 accent quit running. Almost like it was out of gas. (It wasn't) now it won't start. I can smell gas after I turn it over a few times so I don't think its a fuel pump or filter. (Could be wrong). Any ideas what might be causing this?
 
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Old 06-23-2014, 03:17 PM
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How many miles on the car?
 
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Old 06-23-2014, 05:16 PM
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106,000 miles
 
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Old 06-23-2014, 08:15 PM
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Has the timing belt ever been changed? If so, when?
 
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Old 06-23-2014, 09:57 PM
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I don't believe its ever been changed.
 
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:42 AM
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That's not good. The timing belt should be changed every 60,000 miles. My guess is the belt broke. And since that happened while you were driving, you probably bent or broke a bunch of valves. Not good news. See this thread: https://www.hyundaiforum.com/forum/g...nt-valve-6630/
 
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Dang. OK. Thanks for your time
 
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