So, for the second time in a year I will be bringing my Sonata (2006 V6 AT) back to the dealer for a new idler pulley.
Is this a common problem? Anyone else experience it? I get this whine that just gets worse and worse until I can't take it any more. It's worse than the wife.
Eric
If the wife is under warranty, replace her too.
No problems with my 06, but then mine has the 4-banger and I think yours had the V-6, right? I doubt the idlers are the same, but I don't know...
Common issue on the 3.3L and 3.8L engines. Never seen a car need a second replacement, though. And not common enough to suspect every car would need one.
Probably just got a bad one as a replacement. Not sure if there's been a vendor change or redesign. Failure rate may even fall below the threshhold for Hyundai to recognize there's a problem.
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in news:qmeAl.27432$ snipped-for-privacy@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com:
She is under warranty, but unfortunately it is pro-rated. Not worth it at this point.
Eric
hyundaitech wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@z9g2000yqi.googlegroups.com:
Thanks HT. I have a sneaky suspision that they didn't actually replace it the first time. I spent a good part of the day there this time WATCHING. I made them a deal...save the loaner car and let me watch. They accepted. Sounds great now...we'll see about the future.
Eric
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