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Hyundai Accent 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9901002 · NHTSA communication 608143 · issued Jul 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1999
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equpped with automatic transaxles may slip during downshift from 4th - 2nd gear, slip during an upshift from 2nd - 3rd or 3rd - 4th gear, slip when accelerating from a stop and slip causing the vehicle to not accelerate or not move. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.