Ok, I got a 2002 Hyundai Accent. Just rolled over 120,000 miles on it. About 3 months ago, the check engine light came on. I took her to the shop to get checked out and they told me the entire exhaust manifold was shredded. I couldn't afford to fix it at that time, so they cleaned it out, and told me that eventually it'll get clogged up and the car will just stop running.
Well, two nights ago when I got out of work (about 10:30, and it was about 30 degrees outside) the car just wouldn't start. The engine would turn over, lights would come on, radio played, all that stuff. So I was pretty confident it wasn't the battery. Just to be safe I got a jump anyways. We spent about 10 minutes trying to jump it and nothing worked. My gas tank was a little low, only about 1/5th full, and with how cold it was we thought that might have been the issue. So I walked up to work the next morning when it had warmed up quite significantly, put another gallon of gas into it and still the same issue. She'd turn over but nothing else. I'm stuck thinking it's the exhaust issue.
Now the timing belt is getting a little worn on her as well. Could that be the problem?