NHTSA Complaint #10638915 — 2012 HYUNDAI TUCSON

EXITING FREEWAY, DECREASING SPEED, WHEN IT FELT AS THOUGH A TIRE HAD GONE FLAT. SHIMMY AND SUDDEN LOSE OF POWER FOLLOWED. STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. CAR HAD NO POWER, INCREASING GAS ONLY REVVED ENGINE, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE VEHICLE AT ALL. WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO THE END OF THE FREEWAY OFF-RAMP AND PULL NEAR SHOULDER. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT SOUNDED LIKE A CEMENT MIXER FULL OF LARGE ROCKS. ONCE TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. ALSO REFUSED TO SHIFT INTO PARK. VEHICLE WAS FLAT-BEDDED TO DEALER. MECHANICS DETERMINED THE RIGHT TRANS-AXLE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL WITH SPINDLE DAMAGE. INITIALLY IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE. *TR