Hyundai Elantra 2006 2.? 249000 miles
Battery light came on, went off parked it. Get in the next day and radio wasn't working. Drove it, got out went to leave, radio worked, low beams went out. Went to troubleshoot the low beams, heard a hissing from the battery, put new one in, didn't start, had the alternator checked, bad, so replaced it, still no start. Took the starter in to get checked. It passed. So I waa thinking it's a loose wire or a bad ground or something. Or the ecu. Took the ecu out and it looked good, (no obvious burn marks. Haven't found any loose connections or bad grounds. Not sure what to do next, I wanna try everything before I send in the ecu, it's expensive. I'd hate to send it in and pay, and there not be anything wrong with it. Any ideas moving forward??
Reading online feels a lot like Neutral Safety Switch / Inhibitor Switch as someone else also pointed out.
I’m in Brisbane, Australia & had the same issues! So frustrating!
Every time I was in a rush to be somewhere!
1st time, I had the battery replaced. 2 weeks later my car wouldn’t start every second day, then weeks later- 4 times in 1 day!
Most times it would start after 8 tries - but the last time - it wouldn’t start after 25 goes! 😤
Had to walk all my groceries home, then walk back before my car got towed!
Roadside assistance tried to start charging me $85 callout free + tow fee, then the service centre wanted to charge me $160 to tell me what’s wrong with it!
Even though i have gold cover warranty!
I told them all where to go!
So after several hours of online research MYSELF... (& I know NOTHING about cars!)
I came to the conclusion that it was the Inhibitor switch!
At my next service I asked them to check what the problem is (after complaining to the Car Dealership Manager), they checked for free, however couldn’t find any faults / issues! 🙄
The Manager told the service guys to order in the part & change it anyway (due to my persistence) and guess what????
No issues since!! 😱🥳
The new Inhibitor Switch part is a slightly different shape from the original.
So if your car isn’t under warranty anymore, contact Hyundai & they should supply the part for Free!
Otherwise it’s only a $20 part & takes 10 mins to change over. There is 1 good YouTube video of a guy showing it.
I have a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, it had only done 23,000 klm’s. I’m female & the roadside assist guy kept trying to tell me it’s definitely something more serious like the starter motor etc 🙄
I told him there’s no way it could be that!
Anyways, hope this helps a few more annoyed & frustrated people out there! 👍🏼😊