NHTSA Complaint #11196712 — 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON

2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON BOUGHT 10/30/17 WITH 31,000 MILES ON IT. IN 06/0?/18 THE ENGINE THREW A ROD. MY SISTER WAS DRIVING ON THE WAY TO WORK WHEN THE CAR STARTED MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND SHAKING RAPIDLY SHE HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL THE POLICE. THE COP TOLD HER THE ENGINE THREW A ROD. ONLY 46,000 SOMETHING MILES ON IT. WE CHANGE THE OIL OURSELVES BECAUSE THAT WAS SIMPLE MAINTENANCE, AND WE DO THIS WITH ALL OUR VEHICLES. BUT FAILURE TO SHOW OUR OIL CHANGE RECEIPTS HAS VOIDED THE WARRANTY ON THE ENGINE. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE THETTA II HAS BEEN RECALLED BUT ON ONLY CERTAIN TYPES OF HYUNDAI AND KIA MODELS. EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINES ARE THE SAME, AND THE COMPLAINTS ARE THE SAME, AND THE FAILURES ARE THE SAME, THE TUCSON NEEDS TO BE ADDED. WE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP IN LITHONIA GEORGIA AND THEY TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE OIL DIPSTICK AND SAID THE REASON FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OIL. NOW WE HAVE THE VEHICLE SITTING IN OUR GARAGE AND WE DID FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND FOUND A BIG HOLE ON THE ENGINE BLOCK ITSELF, THAT EXPLAINS WHY HYUNDAI'S DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS WOULD REPORT NO OIL BECAUSE ALL THE OIL DRAINED OUT THROUGH THE GAPING HOLE IN THE ENGINE. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE US ANOTHER $7,000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS ( HYUNDAI THETA II ENGINE FAILURE FACEBOOK GROUP) WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING 6 MONTHS AND ONGOING FOR A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. THEY KEEP POSTPONING BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO ENGINES BECAUSE THE ENGINES HAVE MANUFACTURER DEFECTS CAUSING A BEARING TO PREMATURELY FAIL RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. NOW OUR 2013 TUCSON SITS IN OUR GARAGE WHILE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS $16,000! THEY RECENTLY ADDED 2011-2013 TUCSON TO THE RECALL. FOR SOME REASON OUR 2013 IS NOT.?!!