# 2004 hyundai elantra gls stalls or idles erratically

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-hyundai-elantra-gls-stalls-or-idles-erratically/56866>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, acceleration, elantra, stalling\
**Created:** [October 26, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-hyundai-elantra-gls-stalls-or-idles-erratically/56866 "2010-10-26T22:22:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gelineaup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gelineaup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gelineaup)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-hyundai-elantra-gls-stalls-or-idles-erratically/56866/1 "2010-10-26T22:22:10Z")

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I just purchased a used Hyundai Elantra gls with 64,000 miles and on the way home, it stalled in my driveway as I waited for my garage door to open. I restarted it and put the car into Park. The car raced on its own and then came down. Very erratic idling.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-hyundai-elantra-gls-stalls-or-idles-erratically/56866/2 "2010-10-27T00:04:49Z")

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That sounds a lot like a vacuum leak. Are you saying it didn’t do this at all when you looked at the car?

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**Author:** ![gelineaup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gelineaup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gelineaup)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-hyundai-elantra-gls-stalls-or-idles-erratically/56866/3 "2010-10-27T14:53:57Z")

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When I looked at the car before buying it, I drove it on the highway for about 10 miles and in the city for about 6 miles round trip. It never stalled and seemed fine.