# 2006 Hyundai Accent - Shuts off and won't restart

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-hyundai-accent-shuts-off-and-wont-restart/174960>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai\
**Created:** [February 13, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-hyundai-accent-shuts-off-and-wont-restart/174960 "2021-02-13T18:15:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![peterdem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@peterdem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/peterdem)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-hyundai-accent-shuts-off-and-wont-restart/174960/1 "2021-02-13T18:15:26Z")

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Car starts seemingly all is fine. My grand daughter drives it. As she is driving it, the car will then just cut out/turn off & not start. It occurs regularly but intermittently. We had it towed last night to our home. I get up today, go out to the car & it starts. Looking for issues others may have had in parallel with what I described

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-hyundai-accent-shuts-off-and-wont-restart/174960/2 "2021-02-13T18:31:48Z")

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Peter , the vehicle is 15 years old so there could be many reasons why you have this problem . If the CEL is on the codes might help the solution . Frankly I would not let the granddaughter drive this thing until it is fixed . If you are not going to repair it then a trusted shop should look at it .

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**Author:** ![peterdem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@peterdem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/peterdem)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-hyundai-accent-shuts-off-and-wont-restart/174960/3 "2021-02-13T20:31:40Z")

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Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-hyundai-accent-shuts-off-and-wont-restart/174960/4 "2021-02-15T19:23:41Z")

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If there is no check engine light… then a failing crankshaft position sensor may be the issue. Usually a cheap repair.

Or it could be a failing fuel pump. If it is 15 years old with over 100K miles, might be a good idea to replace it anyway.

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**Author:** ![peterdem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@peterdem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/peterdem)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-hyundai-accent-shuts-off-and-wont-restart/174960/5 "2021-02-15T21:47:09Z")

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Thanks  
It appears that the crankshaft position sensor was the culprit !