NHTSA Complaint #11120818 — 2012 HYUNDAI TUCSON

DRIVING ALONG WITH ABOUT 77735 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WHILE DRIVING TO ARIZONA BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. (HAS PASSED AWAY AS OF THIS WRITING) THE ENGINE AND ENTIRE CAR SHOOK. THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING ON THE ROAD. LOOKED UNDERNEATH, NO DAMAGE AND THE CONNECTING ROD WAS KNOCKING. GOING 70 MPH MUST HAVE BROKE IT LOOSE AND SPUN THE BEARING. SPENT $850 TO RENT A U-HAUL TRAILER AND TRUCK TO TOW IT BACK FROM NEW MEXICO TO KANSAS. DROPPED THE OIL PAN AND METAL SHAVINGS EVERYWHERE IN THE PAN. I SEE THE SAME 2.4 LITER ENGINE IN OTHER KIA'S AND HYUNDAI'S ARE BEING REPLACED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY NOT THE TUCSON, I KNOW THERE AREN'T AS MANY OF THEM AS THE SANTA FE'S AND SONATA'S. BUT IT IS THE SAME EXACT ENGINE WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I WAS RUNNING QUAKER STATE FULL SYNTHETIC OIL WITH A MOBIL ONE FILTER...OIL WAS FULL WITH ABOUT 5700 MILES ON IT. I NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE HAD AND ENGINE FAILURE AS I MAINTAIN MY VEHICLES WELL. I BOUGHT IT WITH 69,000 ON IT 10 MONTHS AGO AND STILL OWE $2500. I'M SURE I WILL NO LONGER BE A HYUNDAI CUSTOMER UNLESS SOMETHING GOOD COMES OUT OF THIS.....SURE IT WON'T! JUST WANTED A NICE CAR TO RETIRE WITH, SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH THE HONDA CR-V I HAD BEFORE THIS.