NHTSA Complaint #11398139 — 2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

DRIVING MY 2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE,ON HARRIS BLVD. IN CHARLOTTE A MULTI 6 LANE ROAD. TRIED TO SPEED UP TO MOVE INTO THE CENTER LANE WHEN EVERYTHING DIED. MOTOR SHUT DOWN WITH TRAFFIC ZOOMING BY. NO WARNING OF ANY KIND. WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO FAR RIGHT LANE,WHERE WE SAT SCARED TO DEATH SOMEONE WAS GOING TO PLOW INTO US. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. CALLED POLICE TO SIT BEHIND US WITH BLUE LIGHT,AND CALLED TOW TRUCK. HAD CAR TOWED TO HYUNDAI DEALER, WHO LATER REPORTED ENGINE WAS SEIZED, AND WOULD COST $7600 FOR A USED ENGINE. I HAD RECEIVED A RECALL CAMPAIGN 198, ID 20V746000 NOTICE JUST DAYS BEFORE THIS MISHAP, BUT DEALER KNEW NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL. EVEN THOUGH IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. MY WIFE AND I CAME VERY CLOSE TO A DISASTER THAT DAY BECAUSE OF A KNOWN MOTOR DEFECT FOR THIS MODEL AND HYUNDAI CONTINUES TO STATE REMEDY NOT AVAILLABLE. GUESS THEY'RE WAITING ON SOMEONE TO GET KILLED, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN.