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CAUTION: Parking your Hyundai on the grass during extended rainfall

Im sharing this to caution you about parking your car on the grass during an extended rainfall.

Statistics : 2002 SantaFe , 2.7 litre, 36,000 miles. Almost full tank of gasoline.

It rained fairly steady for the past two days where i live in Northern Illinois and i had parked my SUV on some fairly tall (6" high) grass . After the rain had ended, i went to start the SUV and it cranked fine but did not start, nor did it sound like it was firing (I didnt touch the gas pedal) . I tried it a couple more times to no avail. Popped the hood and had a look around, nothing looked abnormal. I waited another 15 minutes and it still didnt fire yet still cranked fairly fast. I tried it a total of about 10 times before i gave up and called Hyundai Roadside Service toll free phone number. Within 30 minutes, they had a local Tow Truck at my house. I explained what i did so he gets in the SUV and tries cranking it...and after about 2-3 seconds...it fires up ! I was numb ! It blew some black smoke out the tailpipe for a few seconds. We let it run for 5 minutes then shut if off and tried restarting it. It fired right up.

He told me this : 'Sometimes when you park a car on the grass when it has rained heavily for some time, it will affect the ignition system and you can flood the engine ; dont park on the grass unless the conditions are dry outside' .

I found this pretty hard to believe as i was sure i had parked on the grass before during rain... and was sure there was something still wrong with the SUV...perhaps an intermittent problem still lurked. So, after he left, i took it for a 30 minute spin to see if it was going to act up , and, if it would restart. I had no problems and havent 2 days since.

If HyundaiTech is reading this, could you please shed your thoughts on this situation described ? Have you experienced this with Hyundais ? Thanks.

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up so you can take the necessary precautions.

Dave

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Robert Cohen

HMMA must not be worried too much about this: they've got thousands of Santa Fe and Sonatas parked in unpaved dirt and grass lots behind the factory.

Dave > He told me this : 'Sometimes when you park a car on the grass when it

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PMDR

The tow driver has *no idea* what he's talking about. There was some problem with the vehicle that's gone now.

Did it crank faster than normal or just normal speed?

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hyundaitech

'The tow driver has *no idea* what he's talking about. There was some problem with the vehicle that's gone now. Did it crank faster than normal or just normal speed?'

REPLY: It cranked over at normal speed each time i tried it (about 10 different times total). Did not fire . What do you make of this ? Did the moisture on the ground have anything to do with it ? Id really like to get a rational explanation to what happened as im really shocked about it. Its been fine ever since .

Dave

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I'd suspect an intermittent crank sensor failure or something similar.

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hyundaitech

Ok. Will keep and eye on it. Has started right up ever since parked on the driveway. Thanks.

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