What is wrong with my car?

Question

I have a 2003 Hyundai accent with 67000 miles on it. At about 58000 miles the car began to squeak. The squeak is there from the time I turn on the car until I turn off the car...I can't hear it when I am driving, only when I am stopped at a light. I get frequent oil changes but I have not had a routine maint. done in a long long time. When I called to get a quote for the routine maint. they said it would cost $1000 to do that because I would need to change the timing belt. I only owe $1800 on the car. This car was a starter car so I would rather trade in the car for a better more comfortable car then to put money into this car. Does anyone know why the car could be squeaking and if you think it is the timing belt. I know its not the brakes because the breaks don't squeak when I step on them.

I called two places...One place quoted me $987 and the dealership quoted me $1021. That was for the 60000 maint. and to replace the timing belt.

Answer 1

it probably has to do with a belt or a pulley (not the timing belt) take it to a different shop and ask them to find out what the squeak is. might just need the belt tightened or replaced. or at worse might need a bearing changed. either way you can get rid of the sq week reasonable without doing all the other maint stuff to. if your going to keep the car consider the maint. especially the timing belt. good luck

Answer 2

Here's a test you can do as long as you don't put your hands too near the engine while it's running. Get an old windex spray bottle or similar and fill it with plain tap water. Then open your car's hood. Then, with your car parked and with the engine idling and the parking brake applied, spritz water from the spray bottle on each rotating belt you see, one by one. If the squeaking stops when you spray the water on one of the belts, then you'll know that belt needs replacement or tightening. Maybe the dealer also thinks your timing belt tensioner pulley is squeaking and needs replacement. You really need to have the timing belt and tensioner pulley changed to protect your 10 year, 100,000 mile Hyundai powertrain warranty. If your belt breaks, you'll probably have a big engine repair bill because you have what's known as an "interference engine" where the valves can hit the cylinders when the timing belt breaks. So trade the car now or get the belt and tensioner replaced ($500). You may also want to get the water pump replaced too.

Answer 3

Sometimes brakes will not squeak when applied but squeak when the pads are getting thin.

I doubt it is the timing belt, but timing belts should be changed around 60,000 miles. If the timing belt breaks, the car stops until you fix it. It will stop unannounced, you'll be cruising down the road and the car will quit. It'll crank, but not start.

Really, I wouldn't worry about doing a bunch of routine maintenance if you are thinking of trading the car soon. And I wouldn't worry about the squeak.

My suggestion is run your Hyundai a few more months, you are not effecting the value. About 75,000 miles, trade it in. In the meantime, start saving saving saving for a nicer car.

Answer 4

It's time to do your timing belt regardless.
The squeak is likely coming from the accessory/idler pulleys on the engine. Remove the serpentine belt & start the engine. If the squeak is gone then check the components the serpentine belt rides on, one by one, to source the squeak.

Good Luck. . .

Answer 5

Like Mikey and frank f have suggested. You did no longer get the full tale. there is not any way the police or every person however the owner of the vehicle is going to might desire to pay for damages and prefer reported right this is why. If spikes are used on a vehicle, it replaced into likely in a pursuit. this means that the driving force is breaking the regulation for no longer pulling over. (whether it replaced into the incorrect vehicle) At this factor the driving force is going to be arrested and is committing against the regulation. The police use spike strips to offer up the vehicle, and driving force is arrested. Any injury to the vehicle this is led to is the accountability of the driving force or proprietor at this factor.

Answer 6

does it pose any immediate threat to the vehicle and it's reliability?

if it ain't broke don't fix it.

but if you can live with it, might as well.

like you said, trade it in, let it be somebody else's problem.

squeaks could be from the motor mount either being broken or just moving around, but not common.

belts squeak all the time, and those are cheap to replace or just apply silicone spray for $5

Answer 7

sounds like a dry bearing. If the bearing alternator is dry it will squeak and lock up

The water pump will squeak if it goes dry. And it wouldn't be a good idea to go far. If it is the water pump then it will burn up & start leaking

take it to the shop & have it checked out to find out what is wrong

Answer 8

i own a repair shop and its probably a drive belt getting real dried out on it that's causing this to happen ,you can try changing it ,that usually takes care of it ,and its not that expensive,i cant believe they actually want a 1000 bucks to do a routine maintenance on it,that's unreal ,i wouldn't pay that ,because half the time they dont do what there supposed to do anyway ,but like you said you can trade it in so if i was going to trade it in i would spend as little money on it as possible ,good luck with it hope this helps.

Answer 9

1000? no way.
Mercedes benz dealer ,is 200.00.just a sample and the expensive one.

is the idle pulley's bearing and no other (easy to replace)

if that were other, it will be doing something more than squeaking.

Answer 10

Take it to a reputable mechanic and let him check it out. It will probaly cost anywhere from nothing to around $35.00
Check with friends or reletives,they can recomend one-maybe.