NHTSA Complaint #11252034 — 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA

I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 6-7 MONTHS I BOUGHT IT FROM A PRIVATE OWNER I CHANGED THE OIL AND BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY. THE CAR DID HIGH MILAGE AT 194,000 MILES I STILL BOUGHT THE CAR. LAST WEEK WHILE ON MY LUNCH BREAK I WAS IN MY WAY TO GO PAY MY CAR INSURANCE WHEN I SEEN I HAD 32 MILES TO EMPTY WHICH I NEVER LET IT GET THAT LOW BUT I DID OBVIOUSLY THAT DAY. AS I BEGIN TO GO UP HILL IT FELT LIKE IT STUTTERED SO I FIGURED I WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. BUT AS I CAME OVER THE HILL I PRESS ON THE GAS AND NOTICED THAT IT REVVED UP AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE CAR WAS LOCKED UP THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE BREAKS WERE LOCKED UP AND ALL MY DASH LIGHTS WERE ON. I WAS SCARED AND JUST LET THE CAR COAST DOWN THE HILL APPROACHING A RED LIGHT WITH TRAFFIC STOPPED ALL I COULD DO WAS HOPE I DIDNT GET IT OR HIT NO ONE ELSE FOR NOT HAVING MUCH CONTROL OVER THE CAR I BRAKED AS MUCH AS I COULD AND COASTED IT INTO A GAS STATION TO WHERE. I MADE IT TO THE PUMP AND TURNED THE OFF OFF AND WENT AND GOT GAS FOR THE CAR. TRIED TO TURN IT OVER AND NOT A THING HAPPEN SOUNDED DEAD BATTERY LIKE IT WANTED TO START BUT ONCE I TURNED THE KEY AND IT DID NOT START IF I TRIED RIGHT AFTER JUST MADE A CLICK CLICK NOISE. I TOOK MY BATTERY OUT AND HOME TO CHARGE THINKING MAYBE A BAD CELL OR MAYBE ALTERNATOR. BOUGHT NEW BATTERY AND IT NOT START SO NO NOT THE ALTERNATOR. I AM AT LOST FOR WORDS TRIED TO TURN THE CRANKSHAFT AND WONT BUDGE. AM I ABLE TO STILL GET THIS LOOKED AT BY HYUNDAI EVEN IF I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR. ITS REGISTERED TO ME IF IT IS CAUSED BY THESE RECALLS DOES THE CAR HAVE TO STILL BE RUNNING FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO RECIEVE THE BENEFITS I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR JUST STRAIGHT DIE. NEVER MADE ANY NOISE OR SMOKE OR GOT HOT. ALSO I NOTICED WHEN I HAVE THE KEY AND DROP IT DOWN INTO ALL THE GEARS IT GOES BUT WHEN I SLAP IT OVER TO THE MANUAL SIDE I CAN GO FROM 1ST TO 2SD AND THAT'S IT.