2010 Hyundai Accent 4-Door Sedan: HAS NO TEMPERATURE GAGE!

Climate warming coming up?

Company saved $27.00. Drivers today don't know what its for anyways.

$$$$$$$$$$$$

Hyundai models are the only cars sold in the U.S. that have no temperature gauges!

One dealer salesman lied to me and insisted that other makes also lack TGs.

It has to be an economy issue.

------------ I would consider this to be a SAFETY issue!

How could a driver tell the car was getting hot enough to blow a hose without a gauge?

I just bought a 2010 Elantra, and it has no temperature gauge, either.

Can I get away without it?

I remember reading somewhere that even cars with temperature gauges are really "idiot gauages" that only show three positions: cold, warm, and overheated. That seems to match my experience on my 01 Elantra. So it's no big loss to move to an idiot light.

Yes. Its part of the, "dumbing down of America". With a guage, I have the terrible responsibility of knowing that water boils at 212 degrees F, and have to decide at what temperature I should pull over and stop my engine. With an idiot light, that decision is made for me. When the light comes on, its too hot. The next step, of course, is to have it turn off my ignition, so the car stops automatically..... When the driving population becomes stupid enough, that's the way the cars will be equipped....

? "Bill Graham" wrote

And what temperature would that be? I bet very few know and it is not 212.

They have been that stupid for many years already. Ask 10 or 20 people what the correct answer is and report back. So far, I've asked three and got a blank stare. One was close and answered "when the light comes on".

Maybe if you bought a really cheap foreign car like a Yugo, but all of my American cars and trucks that have had analog gauges have worked pretty well. My 1994 Chevy pickup has oil pressure and water temperature gauges and they are still accurate after 17 years.

Matt

I guess the dumbing down has already started as water under pressure doesn't boil at 212 F and then you factor in the antifreeze...

Some of the analog gauges have no numbers, just a few lines. You know that when the car I was new it was pointing at a particular spot, so if it changes over time you may have a problem.

More than just several vehicles used fake gauges. Some still do.

Name a few. Sounds like urban legend to me. I expect a fake would be pretty easy to detect as I know when and why my oil pressure and temp should vary. It would take a pretty sophisticated fake to fool me and the fake would probably cost as much as the real instrument! :-)

Matt

Use a search engine. Look for: "fake oil gauge" "fake temperature gauge" etc.

I saw a few forums about Ford pickups that claim Ford replaced the original analog sending unit with a pressure switch and a resistor to place the gauge in the "normal" zone. It didn't sound like a fake gauge to me as the forums discussed out to replace the switch with a sending unit so that the gauge would work as intended.

I would call that a fake sending unit, not a fake gauge. Then again, Ford F-150s are designed now for soccer moms who won't know how a gauge works. The claim is that Ford did this as they got tired of complaints from consumers who don't realize that oil pressure varies with different conditions. Given that Ford is targeting the F-150 at a different market now, this isn't surprising. Just another reason to stay with Chevy or Dodge. :-)

This didn't sound like a wide-spread practice from what I saw with a quick search.

Well, most systems are pressurized, but my guess is around 220 to 230 degrees F. - It must depend on the car.

I can confirm that my father's Aerostar had a fake oil gauge.

I bought a 2010 Accent, but, being old-school, didn't think to look for or ask about a temperature gauge at time of purchase.

And the salesman didn't tell me about this missing instrument, either. Since that day he's been hard to contact.

Intentional?

I'll probably never know.

But the absence of an in-dash analog gauge has made me uncomfortable, and skeptical. Like what else DOESN'T this motor vehicle have?