NHTSA Complaint #11691130 — 2021 HYUNDAI KONA

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11691130
Vehicle	2021 HYUNDAI KONA
Component	ENGINE
Date of Incident	October 1, 2024
Date Filed	October 3, 2025
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	IL

Consumer Description

My car consumes a lot of oil. This is a very similar problem as the wrong tempered piston rings. All this car has used is 5W 20 full synthetic oil., which gets changed every 5000 miles. I would burn around 1 quart every 1000 miles. Dealer solution is to put in 5W 30 full synthetic oil. Got a little better but within a few months, back to burning1 quart every 1000 miles. Dealer is now saying Hyundai won’t fix the issue because car now has 116000 miles on it. This has been a problem for a while.

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