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Richard - 22 Jan 2007 16:33 GMT

Car has 42k on it. 5 weeks ago after car sat all night went out to find park
lights flashing slowly in time to a relay I could hear clicking under dash.
Battery was about dead. Had car towed to dealer. Dealer shop said battery
was bad and replace under warranty.

Last week exact same thing happened except this time dealer charged battery
and said they could not find any problems after keeping car 3 days.

This is getting old, to buy a new car that I can not depend to get me to
work. Anyone else have any issues like this or can advise me on how to
correct. By the end of the year I will have 60k and out of warranty hate to
just trade this off and it become someone else's issue. Any chance of
warranty covering rental and loss of work coverage in the future?

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Edwin Pawlowski - 22 Jan 2007 19:34 GMT

> Car has 42k on it. 5 weeks ago after car sat all night went out to find
> park lights flashing slowly in time to a relay I could hear clicking under
> dash.
> Last week exact same thing happened except this time dealer charged
> battery and said they could not find any problems after keeping car 3
> days.

Perhaps you need a different dealer? Sometimes, though, if a car is not
doing what it was doing, it is impossible to find the problem. At a
minimum, I'd check botht he switch and the blinker for the four way
flashers. Perhpas once the temperature drops to a certain point the flasher
kicks in?

> Any chance of warranty covering rental and loss of work coverage in the
> future?

Very doubtful they'd pay additional costs. You may, however, continue to
have some coverage since the problem was reported, never diagnosed, and
returns. You may want to go on record with both the dealer and Hyundai
office that the problem is unresolved.

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Brian Nystrom - 23 Jan 2007 12:13 GMT

> Car has 42k on it. 5 weeks ago after car sat all night went out to find park
> lights flashing slowly in time to a relay I could hear clicking under dash.
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> Last week exact same thing happened except this time dealer charged battery
> and said they could not find any problems after keeping car 3 days.

Do you lock your car? Could someone be playing a prank on you by turning
on your emergency flashers?

> This is getting old, to buy a new car that I can not depend to get me to
> work. Anyone else have any issues like this or can advise me on how to
> correct. By the end of the year I will have 60k and out of warranty hate to
> just trade this off and it become someone else's issue. Any chance of
> warranty covering rental and loss of work coverage in the future?

That would be entirely up to the dealer. Some will provide loaner cars,
some won't and it certainly won't hurt to ask. No one is going to cover
any loss of work, so don't even bring it up.

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Richard - 23 Jan 2007 13:09 GMT

I live out in the sticks, no pranks. and the flashers are not on, checked
that.

>> Car has 42k on it. 5 weeks ago after car sat all night went out to find
>> park lights flashing slowly in time to a relay I could hear clicking
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> some won't and it certainly won't hurt to ask. No one is going to cover
> any loss of work, so don't even bring it up.

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