Engine Overheat Problems of Hyundai Elantra

I was driving on the highway at night when the "engine has overheated" warning came on, after which I managed to make it to a local road near before the car stalled. I had it towed to a Hyundai center the next day, where they told me I had a transmission fluid leak and they fixed the issue. Today, less than a week later, I was driving and about to go on the freeway when the "engine has overheated" warning came on again. I felt like it would be too dangerous to continue driving in case the car stalls again at night on a freeway, and am waiting on a response from Hyundai to either fix or replace the car.

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City driving; there was the usual amount of "stop and go". As I was sitting at a red light, I noticed some smoke/steam coming from somewhere outside my car. I distinctly remember looking at my temperature gauge to see if it was running hot; but it was still in the normal range. I assumed it was coming from another vehicle around me. The next time I stopped at a red light, I saw the smoke/steam again; this time I noticed the distinct "sweet" smell associated to a vehicle overheating. My temp gauge was still registering as normal, but it was clear it was coming from my vehicle. I turned the heat on until I was able to pull into the next available parking lot to turn off my car and let it sit for a few minutes. After restarting it, the temp gauge registered as normal again, so I drove off. Shortly after, the temp gauge started to register the engine was overheating and smoke/steam was coming from under the hood. Just as I was pulling into another parking lot, the temp gauge spiked. After I parked and let the engine cool a bit, I opened the hood and it was clear that a hose or something had burst; there was coolant spewed everywhere and I saw a small hole in one of the hoses. I had it towed to the nearest dealership; after looking at it, they said the engine would need to be replaced because some oil/fluid had backed up into it, apparently at some point during that ordeal. I believe one of two things to be the cause: either the temp gauge/component failed, therefore not notifying me of the engine overheating; or the engine was faulty. My "check engine" light was not on, and did not come on until after the temp gauge spiked. This issue cost me a total of nearly $6000 in repairs, including a new engine and the component that "talks" to the temp gauge. When this happened, the vehicle was less than 4 years old; I bought it used and had less than 2 years.

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Engine overheats and causes it to become disabled on highways. Most recent was on 11/18/2010 while traveling from west palm beach, FL to port st lucie, FL on the florida turnpike. The vehicle had to be towed to north palm beach Hyundai dealer, lake park, FL. The service manager said that the headgasket and possible the engine will need to be replaced to overheating. The damages are in excess of $2500-$4000 dollars to repair. The vehicle has had water leakage into the interior of the vehicle on the passenger front seat side. It was purchased from al packer Ford, west palm beach in 2007. This is not only a costly matter but a dangerous matter as well to be driving in a vehicle that was so hot it could of caught on fire. And especially being disabled on a major highway too. We want someone to pay restitution for selling a product that is dangerous, unreliable and unsafe to operate.

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