2011 Hyundai Accent issues, problems in general

[blindmonk]

thanks po sa mga advice!
ngayon ko lang na realize na dami pa lang dapat i-consider when buying a brand new car...

yup dami talaga especially the cars reliability, durability, fuel consumption, low maintenance cost... and availability ng parts syempre kase mahirap mag antay ng ilang buwan para sa mga pyesa ng car mo... ang hirap titigan ng bagong car na di mo mapatakbo...

[LtAK]

VPower Nitro+ and Nitro+ Racing has drastically improved torque and power of the Accent 1.4 Gamma Engine. If I would benchmark it on percentage points, 15-20% improvement on the later.
I suggest using this fuel as this is the compatible fuel for these high compression Gammas...

[andro0120]

Can somebody explain or describe how the engine knocking thing sounds like or how the power loss experience is?

My 1.4A/T Accent is barely two weeks old with a little over 500kms on the odo. I've been very happy with it and have had no problems until I started reading on the issues raised in local forums such as these.

Last Saturday, I drove my car up to Tagaytay and noticed that:

1) While cruising at around 80kph on SLEX, whenever I would want to pass another vehicle, there are times when the engine takes long to respond to the accelerator pedal. It does not really feel like power loss in such a way that the engine drags down or the car slows down but rather more like the AT taking a while to respond.
2) Coming from a full stop, when I slowly press on the accelerator, I hear a very very faint knock - something like light taps on a solid piece of wood. One that you would not hear of the radio is turned on or if you are engaged in a conversation.

I'm worried now that I might be getting all psycho-somatic on my car. For one, I've been driving stick for most of my life, but the slushbox in a Pajero that I rarely drive seems to respond a little faster than the Accent.

I took the car to the dealer earlier today and was told that I might have to leave the car overnight. I'm just thinking I might be trying to fix something that's not broken.

Any insights on my dillema?

[renzo_d10]

have you asked your dealer kung updated na yan ng euro 2? if di pa, pa-update mo sakanila.. that will somehow eliminate the knock & low power issues

also what fuel do you use? i'd suggest go for Shell VPower, Petron Blaze 100 or the least would be Petron XCS

[bratski]

*mexo, *max, may diprensya parin ba mga accent nyo?

[ben_david19]

tama si andro. tsaka isa pa, pera ng buyer yun not yours. hayaan mo sila kung magkaproblema sila or maging masaya. intindihin mo yung sarili mo hehe.

tsaka as long as they won't stall in front of me in heavy traffic then no problem.

[maxhedrum]

wala pa bro. smooth pa rin. 13.5k na odo ko. and nakarating na unit ko sa pagudpud hehehe

*mexo, *max, may diprensya parin ba mga accent nyo?

[AccentHyu2012]

I sent the car in today for its 1K PMS.

I decided to stick with Semi-synthetic since I couldn't get myself to accept the fact that Hyundai's full-synth engine oil is rated 15-50w and I have to spend over 3K for it. Siguro sa next PMS, magdadala na lang ako ng 10-30w. I'm sure it will help with the fuel consumption.

Anyways, I told the service advisor about the occasional knocking that I hear between 1.5K-2K RPM and asked them to make sure the ECM is updated also. Got there at 7am, car was serviced around 730am and was out around 1030am.

So far, in my short driving stint, I have yet to hear the knocking sound that was present before. Tried replicating the circumstances when it would manifest previously, but did not hear it. Engine feels slightly more responsive but can not comment on FC yet. Pansin ko lang, pag nag full tank ko ng automatic stop, ambilis mawala nung first line ng gauge. Not the engine's fault though...

Hi i'll send my car this saturday for the 1k PMS... Just want to ask regarding the full synthetic oil.. U mean na hindi ok ung full synthetic oil na nilalagay ni hyundai?

And just curious... Ganu kalakas ba ung "knock" na naririnig nyo?

Nag improve ba ung fuel consumption mo after the change oil? Mine kasi is 6km/L.. sobrang lakas for a subcompact car right?

[andro0120]

Hi i'll send my car this saturday for the 1k PMS... Just want to ask regarding the full synthetic oil.. U mean na hindi ok ung full synthetic oil na nilalagay ni hyundai?

And just curious... Ganu kalakas ba ung "knock" na naririnig nyo?

Nag improve ba ung fuel consumption mo after the change oil? Mine kasi is 6km/L.. sobrang lakas for a subcompact car right?

On Motor oil:
Not saying that their oil sucks, or that it's bad. What I was trying to point out was the fact that their "in house" fully synthetic oil was rated 15w-50. Although the value of fully synthetic oil is mostly because of it's composition and not it's weight, fully synthetic oils outside the casa that have lighter weights are basically the same price, maybe even slightly cheaper.

For new cars, lighter oils help fuel consumption because it allows the engine to move more quickly vs heavier oils. Lighter oils also get to critical parts up on top of the engine faster than heavier oils, specially during cold starts.

On Fuel Consumption:
I have not driven the car enough to get a solid feel of whether the fuel consumption has improved or not. At best, my butt dyno tells me that the engine is starting to open up and is becoming more consistent in the feedback that it is giving me.

Right now, my odo only reads 1100kms. Majority of the people I've spoken with tell me that fuel consumption at this point in time should not be something that I need to keep an eye on. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and will not lose sleep over it until over 5K odo. Right now, I'm doing 8km/L pure city driving, in moderate traffic conditions 70% of the time.

On knocking:
I have not heard any knock from the time of my last post. Don't get me wrong, I've worried about it so much that I expect to hear it everytime I drive the car. I'm happy I don't hear it, but just to manage my expectations, I keep in mind that it can still come back.

I can't confirm the extent of knocking that the other have experienced, but the last I've heard from mine was very, very short - think about a can of evaporated milk with thicker material and a spoon hitting the inside of the can twice in rapid succession. Before, I hear it when the tranny downshifts - usually from third to second or second to first.

Hope this helps.

[AccentHyu2012]

On Motor oil:
Not saying that their oil sucks, or that it's bad. What I was trying to point out was the fact that their "in house" fully synthetic oil was rated 15w-50. Although the value of fully synthetic oil is mostly because of it's composition and not it's weight, fully synthetic oils outside the casa that have lighter weights are basically the same price, maybe even slightly cheaper.

For new cars, lighter oils help fuel consumption because it allows the engine to move more quickly vs heavier oils. Lighter oils also get to critical parts up on top of the engine faster than heavier oils, specially during cold starts.

On Fuel Consumption:
I have not driven the car enough to get a solid feel of whether the fuel consumption has improved or not. At best, my butt dyno tells me that the engine is starting to open up and is becoming more consistent in the feedback that it is giving me.

Right now, my odo only reads 1100kms. Majority of the people I've spoken with tell me that fuel consumption at this point in time should not be something that I need to keep an eye on. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and will not lose sleep over it until over 5K odo. Right now, I'm doing 8km/L pure city driving, in moderate traffic conditions 70% of the time.

On knocking:
I have not heard any knock from the time of my last post. Don't get me wrong, I've worried about it so much that I expect to hear it everytime I drive the car. I'm happy I don't hear it, but just to manage my expectations, I keep in mind that it can still come back.

I can't confirm the extent of knocking that the other have experienced, but the last I've heard from mine was very, very short - think about a can of evaporated milk with thicker material and a spoon hitting the inside of the can twice in rapid succession. Before, I hear it when the tranny downshifts - usually from third to second or second to first.

Hope this helps.

Thank u so much for this.. Come to think of it... I hear a knock when it downshifts but i thought.. May bato lng na tumalsik sa car... Something like that... Kaya it didn't bother me.. So i just have to let the service guy update the ecm right?

I'm hoping that my fuel consumption improve after this...

Sorry for a lot of questions since this is my first car and i dont know anything about it...

[andro0120]

Just a word of caution though...

Don't get caught up in the feeding frenzy. In the same manner that some people may not be complaining about their Accents because they do not know what to look for, there are people who also start hearing things just because they read too much about the problem and its symptoms.

I know somebody who went ahead and had the ECU upgraded just because he thought he started to hear knocking sounds from his engine. Ayun, inupgrade yung ECU hindi naman pala kumakatok yung makina in the first place...

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

[meikey]

Just a word of caution though...

Don't get caught up in the feeding frenzy. In the same manner that some people may not be complaining about their Accents because they do not know what to look for, there are people who also start hearing things just because they read too much about the problem and its symptoms.

I know somebody who went ahead and had the ECU upgraded just because he thought he started to hear knocking sounds from his engine. Ayun, inupgrade yung ECU hindi naman pala kumakatok yung makina in the first place...

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

You hit the nail in the head sir.

Anyway this is my accent's fuel consumption from the previous full tank fill. 40% City, 60% provincial highway and I travel 34KMS a day...



Type of fuel? hehehehe, I gas up on almost all brands. TOTAL, PETRON, SHELL, FLYING V. I don't have any issues at all except that I notice na parang mas ok yong consumption ng sasakyan on shell unleaded. However, I am very picky with the gas station na pinupuntahan ko. I always choose the newly built stations, if not, yong mga stations na maraming customer where inventory movement of fuel is fast...

[AccentHyu2012]

Just a word of caution though...

Don't get caught up in the feeding frenzy. In the same manner that some people may not be complaining about their Accents because they do not know what to look for, there are people who also start hearing things just because they read too much about the problem and its symptoms.

I know somebody who went ahead and had the ECU upgraded just because he thought he started to hear knocking sounds from his engine. Ayun, inupgrade yung ECU hindi naman pala kumakatok yung makina in the first place...

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

True... Tuloy ngyon super conscious na ko if may maririnig ako or wala... Just a question though.. Since nung binili ko sya..shell unleaded na ung gamit ko... Pero many advised na mag premium ako... Ok lng ba to gas up with premium kahit na may laman pa na unleaded? Like today may 3 bars pa ako.. Pwede na ba ko maglagay ng premium? N eto ba ung shell nitro+?

[taurusX]

yun ba yung knocking? yung parang may batong tumalsik? i sometimes hear that.

Thank u so much for this.. Come to think of it... I hear a knock when it downshifts but i thought.. May bato lng na tumalsik sa car... Something like that... Kaya it didn't bother me.. So i just have to let the service guy update the ecm right?

I'm hoping that my fuel consumption improve after this...

Sorry for a lot of questions since this is my first car and i dont know anything about it...

[bougartt]

Guys i need your help..

Where is the alarm module of the accent?

I cant find it..the alarm is going bezerk and i need to reprogram it...

[meikey]

Guys i need your help..

Where is the alarm module of the accent?

I cant find it..the alarm is going bezerk and i need to reprogram it...

If it's locally installed (winterpine perhaps), it is strapped in the lower steering column mounts. Yes, it's strapped with a used wire (Classic Pinoy style of installation, tali ang gamit). I installed my new alarm myself (Autopage yong brand) in replacement to our very shitty stock alarm.

You need to remove the driver side crash pads... Yong sequence ng removal is unahin mo yong cover sa pinaka gilid mismo ng dashboard, afterwards, remove mo din yong Fuse Box cover. The next thing you need to remove is the dummy/blank switches. You can pry it off, or best dukutin mo sa ilalim (sa my fusebox side), then pop it out by pushing it outward.

Then you need to remove 2 screws, and 2 bolts (Fuse Box area, you will see this when you remove the fuse box). After this, makikita mo na yong Control Module ng alarm natin.

I have a hell tracing the entire wiring. Wala kasing diagram sa stock alarm natin, kaya you need patience talaga on tracing and drawing the schematic diagram ng alarm electricals. You don't want your dashboard to caught fire... If unsure of all the electrical stuffs, it is best bring it to a professional...

I don't know if it's allowed here, but Maspro is a very good place to go...

[bougartt]

Bro, thanks soooo much.!!

This alarm suuuucks big time. And the crappy manual did NOT HELP at all..

My horn has conked out since it has been alarming formthe past 24hours? I have given up and my neighbors are already complaining.. If hyundai wont own upmtomthis crappy alarm hell will be raised for sure..

If it's locally installed (winterpine perhaps), it is strapped in the lower steering column mounts. Yes, it's strapped with a used wire (Classic Pinoy style of installation, tali ang gamit). I installed my new alarm myself (Autopage yong brand) in replacement to our very shitty stock alarm.

You need to remove the driver side crash pads... Yong sequence ng removal is unahin mo yong cover sa pinaka gilid mismo ng dashboard, afterwards, remove mo din yong Fuse Box cover. The next thing you need to remove is the dummy/blank switches. You can pry it off, or best dukutin mo sa ilalim (sa my fusebox side), then pop it out by pushing it outward.

Then you need to remove 2 screws, and 2 bolts (Fuse Box area, you will see this when you remove the fuse box). After this, makikita mo na yong Control Module ng alarm natin.

I have a hell tracing the entire wiring. Wala kasing diagram sa stock alarm natin, kaya you need patience talaga on tracing and drawing the schematic diagram ng alarm electricals. You don't want your dashboard to caught fire... If unsure of all the electrical stuffs, it is best bring it to a professional...

I don't know if it's allowed here, but Maspro is a very good place to go...

[meikey]

Hehehehe, chill out lang muna sir... Hehehehe, nangyari din sa akin yan, wherein all neighbors had to wake up to see what's going on with the car. Bigla na lamang nag-alarm sa kalagitnaan ng tulog namin... Hehehehehehe...

Honestly the alarm is a crappy one. No'ng nagloko yong akin, hindi ko na ini-arm yong alarm system.

I heard we only had 6 mos warranty para sa alarm and I hope someone could confirm it here...

Among my recommendation if you really need to replace it are Code & Autopage. Giordon is another thing to consider too. Cheap and it did last long on me...

[bratski]

Alam ko sa parts 2 years, same as tires. I was able to have my actuator replaced free of charge. At that time my car was already 11 months old

[glenn_duke]

Alam ko sa parts 2 years, same as tires. I was able to have my actuator replaced free of charge. At that time my car was already 11 months old

Ano ba cover ng tire warranty ng HARI?
Napunitan sa side wall yung rear tire ng elantra ko.
Dinala ko sa HARI di naman nila hinonour na warranty payun.
Pineresyuhan ako ng bagong gulong na 6k.