I've read a previous post regarding the clanking sound on Accent when shifting gears and that problem is also present on my 2013 Accent 6MT Kappa engine. It's been running close to 12k kilometers and since new, I have noticed that sound but the sound was not so disturbing.Unlike now, the sound is more noticeable and really too annoying and embarrassing when shifting gear knowing I'am driving a brand new car . I brought up this problem to the casa and they said they found nothing wrong with the transmission, clutch and transaxle. After they made some check-ups and slight adjustments on transaxle, we test drive the said car with their chief mechanic and he told me that the sound is normal. He even told me that they haven't encountered that problem before,which... I really doubt so much. I told him I have not encountered that issue before even on my old 1994 Toyota Corolla and 2000 Lancer when shifting gears and no matter how hard I drive them, no such issue is present. That sound is present on all gears when shifting and comes out right after releasing the clutch pedal and making "TAK" sound.

I mentioned the problem to one of my friend who also happen owning the same like mine and he told me that he have the same issue . He also brought that issue to the same casa we used to service our cars and he told me that they've only put some additional washers on the transaxle, unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem.

One day, one of my wife's friend who owns a 2015 Kia Picanto visited our house and we noticed same issue when she was backing up the car. If I'm not mistaken, Kia shares the same Kappa engine like the Hyundai is using now. I don't know if everybody here experiencing the same issue on their Accents or maybe present just on some few cars they are selling. Is it just a poor Korean quality, bad engineering or crappy design? Please comment here if you are experiencing the same issue. With this, I really regret buying a Korean Car and if I could turn back the time, I should be buying a Japanese make.