Two problems related to transmission failure have been reported for the 2001 Hyundai Accent. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Hyundai Accent based on all problems reported for the 2001 Accent.
Contact states his car was lunging forward. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who said they couldn't do anything with the vehicle until the transmission failed. The dealer refused to replace transmission due to warranty coverage. They had the car with 29,000 miles the point where they were saying the oil should have been changed, and did not change the oil, even though contact had records indicating it has been changed every 3,000 miles. Contact felt dealer was negligent by not acknowledging there was a problem at the beginning. The consumer explained that the dealer didn't recommend or suggest transmission fluid changes even when it was time for one. The dealer refused to provided any assistance until the manufacturer was supplied with transmission service records of fluid changes.
While driving, the vehicle shut down. The vehicle stalled like it was out of gas. After having the vehicle towed it was discovered the transmission had failed.