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Hyundai

1994-1995 3.0L Sonata - No-Crank Condition

 

Has this ever happened to you?  You replace the starter in your '94-95 3.0L Sonata, crank it, and nothing happens: it was dead, right out of the box!  99.9% of the time this means that something other than the 100% tested remanufactured unit which was just installed is at fault.  So before looking at your warranty for the p/n SR4159X, have the adjustment for the inhibitor switch on the transaxle checked.

Too much slack in the shift cable caused by a misadjusted switch will cause a no crank condition.   An easy way to check for a misadjusted cable is to try and start the vehicle with the brake pedal depressed and the gear selector in "N" neutral.  If the vehicle starts then the inhibitor switch must be adjusted.  Here is the basic procedure for adjusting the inhibitor switch.

  1. Shift the gear selector to the "N" position.
  2. Loosen and separate the control cable from the shift control lever.
  3. Make certain the shift control lever is still in the "N" position.
  4. Loosen the inhibitor switch mounting bolts and rotate the inhibitor switch body so the hole in the end of the inhibitor switch aligns with the hole in the shift control lever.
  5. Tighten the mounting bolts of the inhibitor switch.  Make sure the inhibitor switch body does not move while tightening the mounting bolts.
  6. Check that the gear selector is in the "N" position.
  7. Remove any slack in the control cable by sliding the end of the control cable within the slot on the shift lever.  If unable to remove all the slack, loosen the small nut on the control cable and rotate the cable end clockwise 1 or 2 turns until the excessive slack is removed.
  8. Reassemble the control cable to the shift lever.  Tighten the small nut on the control cable.

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