20 Most Recent 1999 Hyundai Accent - Page 4 Questions & Answers

you need a professional to do this job-who has alot of tools and a big hammer- Denny

transmission control module mounted in transmission accessable by removing the transmission fluid pan.

i am gonna take a stab at this...open the door and listen for water sloshing in the base of the door..then look under the door for a hole and see if its plugged up.. sounds like the door is full of water from the weather.. rain or being parked near some sprinkler system somewhere..good luck..

sure.

there is no power coming into the switch-so the switch could be good-have you checked all the fuses-is anything else not working-Denny

sounds like the dimmer switch is going bad.

By any chance did you find urethane button parts on the drivers floor mat?Look under the dash at the brake pedal lever just below the pivot point for a small plate with a hole in it. Normally the hole has a white/yellow urethane (rubber) button in it that makes contact with the brake light switch turning the brake lights off. If this button is missing the brake lights will stay on all the time and run your battery down. If your brake lights have been on steady all this time they could burn out too. The bad part is that no one knows when you are braking and you could get into an accident and worse, found liable for not having your car in a safe operating condition resulting in a ticket and so on. While you might be able to find a substitute for the button, that could damage the brake light switch plunger tip making matters worse. The button from Hyundai is very cheap and a quick fix.

you may have to use a rachet and socket with a exstention bar from under neath

That is the tiptronic shifter, it allows the driver to manually shift gears without the use of a clutch. She may have bumped it to s much lower gear but there should be no damage done from that. If the rpm is too high the car will override and shift up.

most shops will charge you a minimal amount to put it on a diagnostic test. If you have done the work yourself I would suggest pulling the test plug on your catalytic converter and if that increases power it needs to be replaced. good luck!

This is starting to sound very much like a blocked catalytic converter on the exhaust system. Try unbolting the exhaust in front of the catalytic unit and see if it will start and run normally. If it does then the unit needs replacing, if not then thats me tapped out for ideas.

On a '99 model car, sooner or later you are going to want to know what your fuel pressure reading is, both engine off and engine running. Expect it of course, on a 14 year old car, that is when electrical things start going south, everything from motors, connections, old wiring. I drive old cars, you just deal with it all the time.You know you have a fuel problem. If the car runs fine and dandy after you shoot fluid to start it, and if it has no problem with hot re-starts, that could be something not turning the pump on as it should, but once the engine has started, something like the oil pressure switch is used to keep the pump running. Hot restarts may happen before the pressure in the lines has bled down enough to cause no start.The car's fuel system and the fuel pump circuit are not that complicated, really. Once you understand it just a little, you realize why maintaining a specified fuel pressure is so critical in fuel injected engines. The pressure is meant to be applied to the fuel injectors inlet bath. You could pay $50 - 100 to have your fuel pressure checked. Or, you could pay about $40 for a fuel pressure gauge and kit, and learn how to check it yourself, both the pressure and a lot of other things as well. Did you know that the proper way is to check pressure first with key on, not starting the car? That means the pump has to turn on to pressurize the system just by turning the key to on-and it should for about 2 seconds.okay, enough, enough. good luck there, pat. save a lot of money and do it yourself, your car is a good candidate and it will love you back...lol

"crank sensor" - i have had this happen with various positioning sensors. They are temp. sensitive.

If it bounces more than than twice your struts or shocks need replacing.

Perform a couple tests related to finding that problem