Hi everyone,

I recently bought a 1994 (Australia) 2 door Hyundai Excel Sprint 4 speed manual, i bought it with all of my savings. It's the second one ive ever bought out of 4 cars and i really love this model car, its a really cheap way to get around, and it looks pretty cool.

But I have had a problem with the car turning off like 30 seconds after i start it and start driving (usually in second gear), i have to restart it after it stops and it seems like all of the electrics just stop, then i restart it again and keep driving without stopping ( manual).

It happens regularly like 3 or 4 times in a 15 minute slow stop/start drive.
Its really annoying and im worried about it.

I have noticed that the one of the symbol lights is always on even though the button is off. It's the light with the 3 vertical squiggly lines.

Can any body tell me what might be wrong and if it is a costly thing to fix?
Im a uni student and virtually have no money so i am hoping i may be able to fix it myself, but i can take it to a mechanic later this week but i think its best i have an idea of what the problem is before i go to the mechanic.

Thanks regards Michael.

 

You need to see if you have any trouble codes. Here's some instructions on how to do it, and what the values mean:

http://www.troublecodes.net/hyundai/

 

Here is a TSB on the condition you describe. It's for automatic trans, but I bet it's relevant to your problem too.

 

OK, didn't work. See the hmaservice.com website. It's TSB # 92-36-002

 

Thanks mate ill get on to that as soon as i find a tester to borrow..

I'll need to get my hands on some diagrams to know which parts are which but i think its worth a shot, the instructions are easy to follow.

Where it says Does that mean that only the codes i have changed are reset? Or is that referring to all of the computer codes being reset to default..

Thanks a bunch that helps a lot, ill let ya know how i go cheers.

 

Disconnect the battery to erase the trouble codes and reset the system to see if the same trouble codes come back again after repair.