Transmission Shudder problems of the 1998 Hyundai Elantra

One problem related to transmission shudder has been reported for the 1998 Hyundai Elantra. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Transmission Shudder problem

Failure Date: 06/14/1999

Automatic transmission shuddered when accelerating out of a corner, eventually started slipping out of drive; once, came to a stop, transmission slipped out of drive, could not get back into gear. Transmission was replaced at dealership on three occasions. Replacement #1 on 1/8/1999, #2 on 1/29/1999, and replacement #3 on 6/23/1999. Also taken to the dealer when shuddering occurred after first replacement, problem was duplicated, but diagnostics could not find a problem.


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