Two problems related to transmission not go into gear have been reported for the 1997 Hyundai Elantra. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Car will not shift into gear unless overide is deployed with pen per dealer.
Window control- when rolling up yhe rubber get caught in the window. This is still a problem , I guess it was fix right hopeful this timewhich was 7-24-01. Emission-was a problem . I think it's still a problem I really don't know if this is not pretaing to the transmission. Transmission-always has been a problem and still is. The car jerks buck,and it acts like it be sfiting to another gear sometimes. I;m back and forth to the dealer they say they can't find nothing. Wait until the enigine light comes on. This is a serious problem cause this has gotten to my back. I contact the manuf they don't care ,they just say as long as there is a warranty on the car they will keep fixing, but it's not . They said a new one was put in . I'm still having a problem all I ak for was a another car. As bee.