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2002 HYUNDAI SONATA
199,000 MILES • AUTOMATIC
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OLIVIA TYSON
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Yesterday while driving I heard a noise identical to a tire popping, immediately after, my car would not accelerate as fast. A few miles later it completely cuts off and I needed a jump to try and make it home. On a jump I got about twenty miles before I stopped and shut the car off and I went to start it again and it hesitated before it started.
Jul 13, 2017 at 7:23 AM
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STEVE W.
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Check engine light on? Other dash lights on? Any fluid leakage from under the car?
Jul 13, 2017 at 7:50 AM
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OLIVIA TYSON
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Actually when it stopped I noticed something dripping from my car. As I was driving home the check engine light came on and the oil light started flickering.
Jul 13, 2017 at 7:54 AM
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STEVE W.
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Do not drive it anymore! The oil light comes on when you no longer have oil pressure in the engine. Have it towed to a shop and let them look it over. The oil light, noise and fluid dripping are not good things. I hope I am wrong, but that update makes it sound like you have a connecting rod failure and the engine is now scrap.

Jul 13, 2017 at 4:23 PM
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