NHTSA Complaint #11204369 — 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA

OUT OF NOWHERE I STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING NOISE FROM MY ENGINE. MY CAR HAD OIL SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS KNOCKING. FEW DAYS LATER I WAS LEAVING WORK HEADING HOME AND MY VEHICLE JUST STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS AND NOTHING DIDN'T HAPPENED. SO I HAD TO PULL OVER; AS I WAS PULLING OVER LIGHT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD BUT MY CAR WASN'T RUNNING HOT. I SIT THERE 10 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING MY CAR BACK UP. THAT'S WHEN MY CAR WOULDN'T START OVER. I TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED BUT WOULDN'T MOVE THE LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD WHERE BLINKING ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON. PREVIOUS BEFORE ANY OF THIS STARTED I ALSO DID NOT HAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOR OIL LIGHT WAS ON. I HAD MY CAR TOWED THE NEXT DAY TO MY HOME. THAT'S WHEN I HAD A MECHANIC TO COME AND LOOK AT MY CAR. THE FIRST THING HE DO IS CHECK THE OIL SAID MY OIL WAS GOOD. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. THEN THE MECHANIC STARTED MY CAR UP AND IT MADE AND EVEN LOUDER NOISE WENT FROM LIGHT TAPPING KNOCKING TO SOMETHING UNEXPLAINABLE LIKE THE ENGINE JUST WANTED TO FALL OUT THE BOTTOM. MY MECHANIC HAD ME TO START MY CAR UP ONCE MORE AS HE LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AGAIN TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG AS HE SAID STOP THE CAR. ALL THE OIL IN MY CAR HAS SPILLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY. THAT'S WHEN HE TOLD ME MY ENGINE HAS BLOWN A ROD.