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My rants… and sorry… but this is one video that is not comedy related, but a serious matter. Hyundai Motors is selling cars with defective window regulators and not willing to do a thing about the problem. Check out the website:
http://www.carsurvey.org/viewmorecomments_review_59645_4.html
to investigate these claims on your own.
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I love my car too, except for the windows. Your rear window regulator may already be broke, and somebody may have disconnected the wire from the switch. See if it goes down with the switch in the rear door, where the window is. If it does, then the regulator is fine. Then, I would suspect the switch for that particular window in your driver’s front door. At least it’s a start in the trouble-shooting department. Hope this helps.
whats the year on your elantra? i bought my 01 elantra in march of 2008 with 96,000 miles on it… there’s only one problem with it and thats the fact that i can’t roll my passenger rear window down with my switches on the driver door handle. other than that everything works great i love my car.
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You look like you will beat someone up when he pisses you off
TOUGH MAN 
SOrry for your car
My Elantra is a 1999 model. First regulator went bad in 2001. On average, one per year to be replaced. I’m guessing… that you must be having problems with your windows?
Should you be worried? Not for another year or so. Mine was about 2 years old when the first regulator went. Then, it’s about 1 per year. They say they’ve “improved” the design, but I see folks on here who have 2006 models, and say their regualtor died. Never put your windows down and you’ll be fine. (Not meaning to be a smart-ass, but it’s the truth).
wht year is the elantra
Just get really good at doing the window repairs yourself. The rest of the car is great. Just the windows ****.
i just bought a 2006 elantra, should i be worried?
btw, great information
Okay… I can wrap up both of the latest postings on this in one reply. You just can’t use another window regulator. It’s not like one-size-fits-all. Guys… thanks for the suggestion, but I already looked into that. Other regulators don’t bolt up the same way, don’t run the cables and guides the same way, etc. Ya wanna know what the best regulator is? It’s the one you installed yourself, ’cause you’ll do a way better job than the garage, ’cause they don’t give a ****. Just want your cold cash.
Dude just buy a different window regulator one that better quality
hmmm. sounds like a sh1t of a problem. you should try the regulators from the rd tiburon/coupe. it is based on the same platform. personally, i have had an excel, lantra (same as yours) and an accent and they have been of top quality. i am guessing your warranty has expired so you won’t have a problem trying the other regulators. its a shame about your problems with your local service reps. but definitely give the tiburon regulators a go.
Cool… we need all the help we can get on this. THANKS.
Oh!!! So you’re the one that Hyundai gave the “good” windows to. Don’t use them much… they do tire easily.
Yeah… I thought it was bad when stuff was outsourced to Japan… then Korea… and now China. The Chinese crap is by far, the worst. Where are the corporates gonna go next that will be even cheaper than China? (Do we REALLY wanna know the answer to that)? I say, if your business is based in America, then your business should manufacture here. And the crap made in China isn’t any cheaper, so where’s all that money going? CORPORATE POCKETS.
Your funny bro! Well I’ll tell you, ever since the 70’s, the outsourcing and such, quality has gone to hell.
Wow. I’m sorry to see that you’ve had such a problem with your car and Hyundai. I have a 2004 Elantra and haven’t had a single problem with it. I hope it stays that way. Good luck and keep us updated.
Don’t worry- I’ll help you get the word out.
And I thought my Hundai was bad on these regulators. WOW !!! And it’s a fairly new car, only 2 years old. My first one died after 1 year of owning the car. Unless he has high miles, it should be covered under the Hyundai warranty, but it’s still a pain the *** to have to continually go hang out at the dealership for the repair for hours on end. Tell your cousin to spread the word about Hyundai’s “don’t give a crap” attitude on this ongoing problem. We all need to get the word out. I’m doing it.
It will continue to fall. You’ve got two choices. Spend a hundred bucks & fix it yourself. (The dealer will nail you for the fix at the tune of $400.00 for the repair). Or is ya wanna get really cheap on just keeping it up, you can always silicone it shut, but keep in mind… that the window will be permanently shut forever upon doing that.
The $2,000.00 is the cash back program that Hyundai was offering at the time the video was shot. I haven’t seen that commercial for a while so I’m guessing it’s not longer offered. What I said was, if you buy a new Hyundai, take theat 2 grand and bank it for future window regulator replacements.
Well, Hyundai hasn’t totally fixed the problem. I’m now hearing complaints on the windows in models as late as 2006. Remember, Hyundai & Kia are the same car company, so beware.
My cousin owns a 2006 Elantra Sedan with about 41000 miles. He has replaced 16 of these regulators, twice on the driver, 5 on the rear driver, 3 on the front passenger, and 6 on the rear passenger.
I have a 2000 Hyundai Elantra that was bought for me recently. It’s a used car and the left rear window is stuck shut. A few days ago I went out to see that the window had slid down and had to manually force it back up. It’s shut, for now. Help?
Yup.. I’ve got a 2000 Elantra, rear left window regulator went out in 2006. Thankfully it’s been the only one so far, but it’s the exact same thing – window won’t stay up. I keep it rigged up by sticking several pieces of paper down between the door and the window, but I have to re-do it every week or so to keep it up. Can’t count the number of times my interior’s been rained on, since it falls at random intervals. What were you saying about Hyundai giving $2k?
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