NHTSA Complaint #11290792 — 2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AFTER PICKING UP MY GRANDCHILDREN FROM SCHOOL (ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY), AND STARTED TO SPEED UP SO I COULD PASS A SEMI TRUCK AND MY SUV JUST WENT COMPLETELY DEAD WITHOUT WARNING. MY ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING AND I LOST POWER COMPLETELY. IT WAS A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE, AS I LOOKED INTO THE REVIEW MIRROR THE SEMI TRUCK WAS BARRELLING DOWN UPON US AND I COULDN'T GET THE SUV STARTED BACK UP. AS MY CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN, I QUICKLY PUT MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON AND THE SEMI TRUCK HAD TO SWERVE AROUND US, BLARING HIS HORN. THANK GOODNESS, NO ONE WAS COMING TOWARDS US IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, OR THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. MY CAR SLOWED DOWN AND I MANAGED TO PULL OFF THE SHOULDER, I TRIED STARTING IT BUT IT PUTTERED AND WENT OUT. I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS ON -ON MY DASH TO LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. I WAITED AND TRIED STARTING MY CAR BUT SAME THING, IT STARTED BUT DIED OUT. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES, I TRIED AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT STARTED AND WE SLOWLY DROVE HOME. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT MY CAR AND HE SAYS I NEED A NEW ENGINE.