NHTSA Complaint #11388238 — 2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

I WAS DRIVING IN COLORADO ON I-70 AND AS I SLOWED DOWN TO EXIT, HEARD A CLICKING SOUND. THE SOUND GOT LOUDER/QUICKER WHEN I ACCELERATED. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED BUT SAW NOTHING. I CHECKED THE OIL AND HAD A SERVICE GUY AT A SUPERSTORE CHECK IT TOO. HE SAW NO METAL PARTS IN THE OIL. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ON. IT WAS A SUNDAY AND NOTHING WAS OPEN. I TRIED TO DRIVE FARTHER AND WAS GOING 35 MILES PER HOUR UP A HILL BEHIND A TRUCK BUT AS SOON AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS, I HEARD A POP. THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME UP. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO AT LEAST ACCELERATE TO THE FREEWAY EXIT, BUT HAD AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TWICE - ONCE TO THE CLOSEST TOWN AND THEN BACK TO DENVER TO THE DEALERSHIP (WHICH WAS AGAIN CLOSED ON SUNDAY). THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME THERE WAS OIL EVERYWHERE UNDER THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT IT A WEEK LATER AND SAID THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE BLOCK.