NHTSA Complaint #11404297 — 2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V746000 (ENGINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A ROD HAD GONE THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE AND WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A HYUNDAI DEALER AS THE VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED BY THE RECALL. THE CONTACT CONTACTED CONICELLI HYUNDAI (1208 RIDGE PIKE, CONSHOHOCKEN, PA 19428) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE REMEDY WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.