YJ02
Well Known GateFan
This gas smell thing has me parking it farther from my house . I hope it melts itself into a puddle ...
do you have good ins coverage? there is always that "random accident" where a ill-thrown match or cig/cigar meets up with the random car leaking gas...
Are there any mechanics on this forum ? I now have raw gas odour coming inside the car . 42,000 klms/26,000 miles . Both my wife and I could smell it . I had filled the car a week earlier so it was not a fill spill . I went on the hyundie forums and they are saying I have to pull the plugs , regap them and put them back in . ! That makes no sense to me . Why are they not gapped correctly from the factory ? Why should I as a customer have to crawl under my hood and pull the plugs out to see if there gapped correctly . How would spark plug gap create a raw fuel smell ? Would not the techincian see that when he hooks into the diagnostic and later give me a friggin bill for $400 having done who the hell knows what ? Should the diagnostic not tell him the car is running rich or lean ? F%#k I hate this car . Every month iit's something new . It would not start the other day . I turned the key and nothing . Not even a light on the dash . Tried 4 times and still nothing so I took the key out , opened the drivers door , stuck the key back in , closed the door and then it started . WTF eh ! This gas smell thing has me parking it farther from my house . I hope it melts itself into a puddle ... ... ... Also a few times after it has started , it stalls right away . Hearing really bad things about this specific engine in general . 1.8 litre .
Seriously though
I am not a mech so can't help there. anyway you can clean it up a bit and trade it? or do you owe more then its worth?
are there no consumer protections in canada where you could demand the dealer fix this for free or give you a replacement? Even if they traded you a used one with similar mileage and no issues,it would surely be better then what you are dealing with
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but here is the "real thing"--though no one would ever be able to prove it--where it was made/what market it was destined for can have a lot to do with your issues
korean companies are notorious for making higher standard products (better quality control on the assembly line, better inspections, what would pass for the US market would pass for another nation's market,etc) for foreign nations and sub standard for their own ppl and nations that do not have the same standards
in korea, there are major problems with vehicles-they are rare but when they occur it is a clear case of QC shortcutting/poor materials or workmanship. they do this because korea has little to no consumer protections in place
and remember i say this as a person who loves korean culture--their culture not what they have adopted--and married to a woman from korea
You are in Canada,yes? Where was the car manufactured?
Canada, US, south korea or other?