NHTSA Complaint #10785771 — 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. I HAD NO POWER AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMING AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE WITH NO PROBLEMS. ONCE I GOT STOPPED, I TRIED TO START THE ENGINE BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK WHICH TOOK IT TO TEXOMA HYUNDAI IN SHERMAN, TEXAS. UNFORTUNATELY MY CAR WAS A LITTLE OVER 6,000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. I THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS COVERED UP TO 100,000 MILES BUT SINCE I BOUGHT IT AS A SLIGHTLY USED CAR THE DEALER SAID IT WASN'T COVERED. I ENDED UP HAVING TO SPEND $4500 TO HAVE SOMEONE REBUILD MY MOTOR. UPON ASKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY HAD NO IDEA AND HAD NOT HAD THAT KIND OF THING HAPPEN BEFORE. WHILE MY ENGINE WAS BEING REBUILT I FOUND ON THE INTERNET THAT HYUNDAI SONATAS HAVE BEEN HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MOTORS, SO THEY WEREN'T VERY TRUTHFUL WITH ME. THEY ACTUAL HAVE LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM FOR DEFECTIVE MOTORS WHICH USUALLY HAVE PROBLEMS BETWEEN 60,000 AND 90,000 MILES. MY CAR HAD 66,000 ON IT WHEN THIS HAPPENED SO THAT IS IN THAT TIME FRAME. I AM NOW OUT $4500 WITH I SUPPOSE NO RECOURSE WITHOUT HIRING A LAWYER WHICH COST ME MORE THAN THE REPAIRS. OF COURSE I THINK HYUNDAI KNOWS THAT.