NHTSA Complaint #10669190 — 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA

OIL LIGHT BLINKED ON AND OFF TWICE. CAR WAS MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. STOPPED TO CHECK OIL; ABSOLUTELY NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. NO SIGN OF LEAK; NO SMOKING; NO OTHER INDICATION OF PROBLEM. PUT 3 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE CAR. KNOCKING SOUND WAS WORSE. DROVE CAR HOME AND HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT SINCE. THIS IS ONE OF MANY PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THIS CAR. I GET REGULAR OIL CHANGES. I HAVEN'T HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT YET DUE TO COST AND OUT OF WARRANTY. I'VE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS OF LOSS OF OIL RESULTING IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATION THAT THE OIL WAS EVEN LOW WHICH I ATTRIBUTE TO THE FAULTY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SINCE I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THAT AS WELL. IT'S MY OPINION THAT THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I'VE READ THIS YEAR MODEL HAS OVER 900 PROBLEMS WHILE OTHER YEAR MODELS HAVE AVERAGE OF 230 SOMETHING PROBLEMS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS CAR SHOULD BE COMPLETELY RECALLED AND REPLACED BY HYUNDAI DEALER. *JS