NHTSA Complaint #11098690 — 2012 HYUNDAI TUCSON

* VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHEEHY HYUNDAI IN DECEMBER 2017 FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, WHICH INCLUDED A TIRE ROTATION. * VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHEEHY HYUNDAI IN FEBRUARY 2018 FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE WITH AN ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT FOR NOISES WHEN MAKING TURNS, PARTICULARLY TO THE LEFT. * THE SHEEHY HYUNDAI SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED A TIRE WAS RUBBING A CONTROL ARM. MY DAUGHTER DECLINED THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE SERVICE CENTER DID NOT STATE IT WAS AN URGENT ISSUE. * VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHEEHY HYUNDAI AGAIN IN MARCH 2018 AND WAS GIVEN AN ALIGNMENT TO DEAL WITH THE VIBRATION AND NOISE. ACCORDING TO INVOICE, THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. * MY DAUGHTER COMPLAINED AGAIN OF THE NOISE AND VIBRATION. SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO COME IN NEXT WEEK TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP LOOK AT THE ISSUE. * WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING (25 MAY 2018), NEAR EXIT 13 ON INTERSTATE 495 SHE HEARD A POP AND VEHICLE SWERVED ALL OVER THE LANES. SHE ENDED UP RIGHT NEAR A GUARD RAIL. THE TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF AND TWO INSERT BOLTS ON THE DRUM WERE SHEARED. * I CALLED SHEEHY HYUNDAI AND EXPLAINED THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE SERVICE MANAGER RELAYED THAT THEY WERE NOT LIABLE SINCE THEY DID AN ALIGNMENT ON THE LAST SERVICE AND DID NOT TOUCH THE TIRES. * I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THEY WERE THE LAST ONES TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE AND NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING WITH THE TIRES. I ALSO REMINDED HIM THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD BEEN THERE MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE DECEMBER. * THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT AN ALIGNMENT WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ANY VIBRATION ANYWAY. * THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FAILED TO COMPLETELY TIGHTEN LUGS AND MISSED THIS ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE LED TO MULTIPLE INJURIES AND FATALITIES. I INFORMED HIM THAT IF HE SUGGESTS THAT THE LUGS AND WHEEL JUST CAME OFF, THEN HYUNDAI CORPORATE NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED OF THIS VEHICLE DEFECT.