NHTSA Complaint #10749593 — 2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA

YESTERDAY, AUGUST 17, 2015, I PARKED AT MY APT COMPLEX TO GET MY MAIL, TURNED CAR OFF COMPLETELY, I WAS LITERALLY OUT OF MY CAR FOR 40 SECONDS. I GOT BACK IN STARTED IT UP, AND NOTHING. IT WOULD NOT EVEN TURN OVER, NO SOUNDS, NO CLICKS, JUST DEAD SILENCE. ALL OF THE PANEL LIGHTS WERE LIT, HOWEVER, AND THE AIR VENTS WERE BLOWING AIR FROM THE FAN, THE RADIO TURNED ON, BUT NOT THE ENGINE. THE BATTERY WAS NEWLY INSTALLED ON OCTOBER 2, 2015 WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED. I USED MY HYUNDAI ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, SOMEONE ARRIVED IN A NORMAL VEHICLE TO JUMP START MY CAR. FIRST TRY, IT STARTED UP JUST FINE. HE WAS TRYING TO SELL ME A NEW BATTERY FOR $150, INDICATING THAT BECAUSE I LIVE IN ARIZONA NOW, THE HEAT DOES STRANGE THINGS TO CARS. I DIDN'T TAKE THE OFFER. I LET THE CAR RUN WHILE I WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, THEN DROVE TO THE CARPORT WHERE I PARK MY CAR NORMALLY IN MY APT COMPLEX. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, AND HESITANTLY TRIED TO START IT AGAIN, AND TO NO AVAIL. NOTHING AGAIN. IT WOULDN'T START. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND A FEW SITES WHERE OTHERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE. ONE PERSON MENTIONED TO TURN THE IGNITION TO ACC AND THROW THE SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL, WHICH I DID, AND THEN MAGICALLY MY CAR STARTED UP PERFECTLY FINE. I TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON AGAIN ABOUT 5 MORE TIMES, AND IT DID JUST FINE, NO STALLING. SINCE I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES (AT LEAST 20+) THAT IT WON'T START UP ON THE FIRST TRY, BUT SECONDS LATER I'LL RETRY THE IGNITION, AND IT'LL START UP, BUT IT SOUNDS AS IF IT'S GOING TO CONK OUT. LIKE IT'S BARELY HANGING ON. I'VE HAD NO OTHER ISSUES WITH MY CAR BESIDES THIS. AFTER READING ON MULTIPLE FORUM SITES, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FAIRLY COMMON, AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SET FOR THIS. THANK YOU. *TR