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

Willow'sAnusRimmer · 2010-12-20T01:42:55+00:00

Why would this be? All previous models have TGs.

Dec 20, 2010 30 Replies

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Gordon Burditt 15 years ago

What do you think about an uncalibrated temp gauge? The only ones I recall seeing (mostly on Toyotas recently, but others in the

1970's) have at most 4 marks: two at the limits of the gauge, Cold and Hot (call this 0% and 100%, although the needle does move a bit farther than this), and two (inside the two above, maybe at 10% and 90%) that are presumably have some sort of resemblance to the temperature range that might be called "normal". No degrees anything is listed. Near the end of a "normal" drive, be it 10 miles or 50, it usually reads about 40%.

Did they *ever* make a calibrated temp gauge for normal, consumer-type cars (as opposed to trucks, tanks, buses, etc.)? How about on a Ford Model T?

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Rod Speed 15 years ago

Mrs Irish Mike wrote

More fool you to believe that mindless silly s*it.

No reason why the computer control system cant tell you that its running hotter than usual and that is precisely what happens with the better cars.

Pig ignorant lie. If you turn the car off when the light goes on, it cant burn out.

More fool you.

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Irwell 15 years ago

I seem to recall in the 1930s some cars had a glass gauge in the radiator cap, which was outside the car in those days.

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Sydney Limbaugh 15 years ago

I consider this to be a SAFETY ISSUE.

And I intend to file a query with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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Rod Speed 15 years ago

More fool you, particularly when that car has a temperature guage and you didnt even notice.

They will file your 'query' in the round filing cabinet under the desk where it belongs.

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Ed Pawlowski 15 years ago

Yeah, they need a laugh once in a while.

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Mrs Irish Mike 15 years ago

You are just one rude a-hole.

But for others:

If you drive a car every day you know where that temp gauge reading is suppose to be. If it is elevated, then you know something is amiss-- not enough to trigger the check engine, but enough. An engine can run hotter (think work harder) if the tires are not properly inflated, if the brakes do not fully release, if there is junk in front of the radiator or hanging from the chassis, a fan belt may be loose and ready to break, anyone of the fluids maybe low.

A cool engine is not good either. If there is no radiator fluid, the guage will read cool until it is too late.

Next to the gas guage, the temp gauge could be the most important guage.

I have bought few cars that didn't have a temp guage and if I had a car without one, I'd buy one and put it on.

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