NHTSA Complaint #11519303 — 2017 HYUNDAI TUCSON

Around 80K miles, the oil consumption really started to become an issue and I took it to a few repair shops and no one could figure out what the problem was even though the car was consuming oil faster than it should have been. It wasn’t leaking, it wasn’t burning off, it was just using oil somewhere in the car. I checked the oil weekly and topped off if needed. I was driving down the interstate when the car completely lost power and would not accelerate, putting me, my family, and other drivers in serious danger as the normal speed for the interstate is 70 mph and I was surrounded by other vehicles who essentially had to slam on brakes to avoid hitting us. After pulling off the road, I checked the oil and it was not even reading on the dipstick even though I had just filled it the previous day! There were no signs that anything was wrong prior to this; neither the oil lamp nor the check engine light came on. Now there is a loud rod knocking in the engine - AND the check engine light is still not on. The engine now needs to be fully replaced. All other 2017 Tuscon models have an engine recall, except this one, and I believe that is a gross mistake. This issue clearly falls in the same issues that has caused a recall on the other models.