NHTSA Complaint #10546705 — 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA

I AM REPORTING A SECOND INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST INCIDENT I PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN MY EARLIER COMPLAINT. AS NOTED IN MY EARLIER COMPLAINT, THE CAR HAD EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. I HAD THE CAR TAKEN FOR REPAIR TO THE HYUNDAI LICENSED DEALER AND AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICE CENTER OPERATED BY HYUNDAI BURLINGAME (1025 ROLLINS ROAD, BURLINGAME, CA 94010). THE REPAIR CENTER EXPLAINED THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED AND SO WOULD THE FUEL INTAKE VALVE. A NEW ENGINE AND INTAKE VALVE WERE INSTALLED IN THE CAR. ON 10/2/2013, THE REPAIR WORK WAS COMPLETED AND MY SPOUSE PICKED UP THE CAR AND RETURNED TO OUR RESIDENCE. ON 10/3/2013, MY SPOUSE WAS DRIVING THE REPAIRED CAR TO WORK DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON SOUTHBOUND I-280 IN THE BAY AREA WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO MAKE LOUD CLANGING NOISES AND VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND SHUDDER. MY SPOUSE WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE HIGHWAY JUST AS THE CAR AGAIN EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND THE ENGINE BEGAN RELEASING VERY HEAVY DARK SMOKE. AS THE ENGINE FAILED, THE POWER TO THE STEERING WENT OUT AND THIS MADE THE CAR DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED HYUNDAI DEALER AND SERVICE REPAIR CENTER, STEVENS CREEK HYUNDAI (4425 STEVEN CREEK BLVD., SANTA CLARA, CA 95051). STEVENS CREEK HYUNDAI OPENED THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND EXAMINED THE ENGINE. STEVEN CREEK HYUNDAI TOLD MY SPOUSE THERE WAS A HIGH PRESSURE GASOLINE LEAK AND GASOLINE HAD BEEN SPURTING ON THE HOT ENGINE AND ALSO THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. *TR