NHTSA Complaint #10860173 — 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA

THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING METALLIC CLICKING AND KNOCKING NOISES ABOUT A WEEK AGO. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND BY THEN IT STARTED SQUEAKING AND SQUEALING. HE SAID IT WAS CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND ASKED IF I HAD EVER LET IT RUN OUT OF OIL, WHICH I NEVER DID. WHEN DRIVING TO MY MECHANIC, LOST A LOT OF POWER ON AN ENTRANCE RAMP TO HIGHWAY AND ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT. MY MECHANIC NEVER SEEN IN AN ENGINE WITH < 200,000 MILES UNLESS AN OIL EVENT, SO HE BELIEVES THIS WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE 2011 AND 2012 SONATA WAS RECALLED FOR EXACTLY THIS TYPE OF ISSUE AS WELL. I WONDER IF THE PROBLEMS WERE ALSO EXISTING ON PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS, SUCH AS THE 2007 MODEL.