Hyundai Getz - Engine light flashing

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Fri 16 Dec 2016 18:56
Hyundai Getz - Engine light flashing - Dee Prince

I have noticed my engine light flashing on and off when I am driving? It loses power and judders? Bought the car in Sept and under warranty? Booked it into a dealer next week to find out what the problem is? Any answers thanks

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Fri 16 Dec 2016 20:39
Hyundai Getz - Engine light flashing - elekie&a/c doctor
Sadly ,my crystal ball has stopped working.hoping that santa is going to bring me a new one this xmas.The answer is get it to the dealership and let them test the system
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Sat 17 Dec 2016 15:19
Hyundai Getz - Engine light flashing - Dee Prince

Its booked in Monday!

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Fri 16 Dec 2016 21:16
Hyundai Getz - Engine light flashing - Railroad.

A flashing engine management lamp indicates that the ECM is detecting a misfire. The cause could be many things though, from a spark plug or ignition coil to a loss of compression to a vacuum leak or faulty fuel injector.

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Sat 17 Dec 2016 15:23
Hyundai Getz - Engine light flashing - Dee Prince

Thanks for your reply I worked it out it maybe a misfire or a number of things but thought I would ask away here? You were the only one that gave me good advice so thank you. Even though am a women am not stupid when it comes to car's as I have brother's that not know alot about engines? But the usually thing with brother's is I havent got time to have a look so now I have booked it into the garage on Monday? Hope what ever it is is covered under the warranty so I dont have to pay for it been near xmas etc...thanks anyway!

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Sat 17 Dec 2016 15:49
Hyundai Getz - Engine light flashing - RobJP

If this a Hyundai Getz (2002-2008 car) ... then stop. You do NOT want to take it into a Hyundai dealership. It is an older car, and they will only want to replace parts - virtually all main agent dealerships are not interested in fixing parts, but replacing parts.

Take it back to where you bought it from. Under the Consumer Rights Act, any fault that occurs within the first 6 months is assumed to have been 'present or developing' at the time of sale, and they are responsible for fixing it.

If you take it to a Hyundai dealership, they fix it and you pay the bill, you will have absolutely NO right to give that bill to the garage who sold you the car.

The rights you have are affected by how old the car is, the price you paid, etc. If you buy a 3 year old car for £10k, you've got a lot more rights than if you buy a 14 year old car for £500. The law states that the rights are based on 'reasonable expectations'.

A fair few cars have the emissions light on virtually all the time. It's not an MOT failure, and might mean nothing apart from a very occasional misfire, which could be horribly difficult and expensive to track down and fix, and an un-necessary fix at that.

So, firstly, how old is the car and what price did you pay for it ?

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