NHTSA Complaint #11103584 — 2012 HYUNDAI TUCSON

CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE ON A 2012 TUCSON WITH ONLY 80K MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS REGULARLY SERVICED. HEARD A FAINT TICKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING, AND LATER THAT DAY, THE ENGINE BLEW. APPARENTLY THE THETA 2 ENGINE THE VEHICLE USES IS KNOWN FOR FAILURE, BUT THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CLAIMED ONLY ABOUT 2% OF THESE CARS WERE AFFECTED, AND I WAS JUST "UNLUCKY". NO WARNING LIGHTS, NOTHING. WAS ON THE INTERSTATE DURING RUSH HOUR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY MULTIPLE VEHICLES BECAUSE OF THIS.