# 2002 Hyundai Elantra - Squealing and Smoke!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-elantra-squealing-and-smoke/35945>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, smoke, elantra\
**Created:** [September 1, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-elantra-squealing-and-smoke/35945 "2009-09-01T14:29:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![smstan921](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@smstan921](https://community.cartalk.com/u/smstan921)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-elantra-squealing-and-smoke/35945/1 "2009-09-01T14:29:23Z")

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My car has been sitting in a parking lot for a week. I go to turn it on and as I’m turing the key, it starts to squeal. The engine does turnover, but it continues to squeal and starts smoking as well. I immediately turned the key off but wasn’t sure opening the hood at that moment was the best idea. After awhile, though, I looked under the hood and I have no clue what caused the smoke or where it came from. Any ideas? The car has about 133,000 miles on it.  
  
  
  
 Thanks!

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-elantra-squealing-and-smoke/35945/2 "2009-09-01T14:37:31Z")

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Probably something turned by a belt has seized, such as your air conditioning compressor or your power steering pump.

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**Author:** ![smstan921](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@smstan921](https://community.cartalk.com/u/smstan921)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-elantra-squealing-and-smoke/35945/3 "2009-09-01T14:50:15Z")

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Thanks. Come to think of it, a while back my air conditioning was making a faint murmuring sound, but it eventually stopped. Unfortunately, I know nothing about cars, though - what could those things set me back to fix?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-elantra-squealing-and-smoke/35945/4 "2009-09-01T16:36:57Z")

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Since nobody knows from afar exactly which component may have seized, it is really not possible to give you an estimate. I suggest that you have the car towed to a reputable independent mechanic for examination, and in the meantime, assume that you will be spending at least a few hundred $$ on repairs, maybe more.