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We took this vehicle over for a relative who originally owned it. We had no idea about all the engine problems We had some trouble with accelerating and a knocking sound on our engine. We called in to get it checked out. We were told there was a recall to install a chip to monitor these exact symptoms. We went in and got the chip. The engine finally quit and we were stuck in the middle if the road while driving a child to school. First the dealer said there was nothing wrong with the car accept, -??this can happen if the oil is changed anywhere but the dealer.-?? So, that-??s obviously dishonest and made everything after, suspect.It-??s the type of filter you use that matters and it-??s not going to cause the problems we described. Then we told them all the problems we had that were identical to the recalls. Soon after saying that they said -??we have more to talk about-?? and told us this was -??piston scoring-?? not covered by the extended warranty. Now they said even though they put the recall chip in for these EXACT problems. This was not related to those problems. This was -??scoring on the pistons.-?? So, now I see piston problems are being addressed in many Hyundai Models but not ours. This is ridiculous to have a vehicle that you can-??t count on and then a dealer that is dishonest even for only $50 oil change. The EXACT SAME ISSUES HAPPENED TO US AS LISTED IN THE RECALL. If it didn-??t pass a bearing test we would have gotten a new engine. But Hyundai did the test after lying to us about the car-??s oil change and being fine. So how can we trust anything they say?
Hello, well, I want to inform you that the check engine code P1326 is arrowing and it lost power, it does not go from 1800 to 2000 revolutions and the engine is sounding down. And I called the Hyundai and they washed their hands saying that it's already over 100,000 miles, it's out of warranty when I know that's a problem with those factory wear engines.
Hello I have a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe sport 2.4l and looked up Vin and says no open recalls. My question is why is there no recalls on 2.4l engines and there is on the 2.0? The 2.4l engines are having the same issues as others as far as engine bearings and other things
Was driving vehicle when it stalled out. Engine, oil pressure, and stearing lights came on the dash. Tried to crank the car again and a loud noise from the motor happened. Like a rod in the motor.
The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving at 65 MPH, the vehicle started rattling. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact continued to drive the vehicle. Upon arriving at his destination, the contact opened the hood of the vehicle and noticed that the dipstick was dry, indicating a lack of engine oil; however, there were no oil leaks found. The contact added 5 quarts of oil to the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that there was an internal engine failure and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 156,000.
- Gladewater, TX, USA
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VERY WELL MAINTAINED LOW MILES WITH A P1326, P0014, C1611 CODES WHICH I HAD CLEARED AND LOOKED AT BY MY SHOP ONLY TO BE STANDARD HALF-MILE LATER ON A VERY BUSY ROAD, HAD A TOW COME AND GET ME WHICH WAS EXPENSIVE ALONG WITH THE BILL I HAD JUST PAID FOR. I THOUGHT IT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE B/C THE SMELL WAS SO TERRIBLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THIS SUCKS AND THEY PROBABLY WON'T DO A [XXX] THING ABOUT IT. AS I LIVE ALREADY LIKE I'M IN POVERTY THIS ISN'T ENOUGH. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
My wife was driving down the highway on her way home from work. It was dark and at the evening rush hour, when the highway is already dangerous to be traveling on at that time. All of the sudden while traveling in the second lane her engine lost power and dropped in speed to 20 mph from 65 mph. There were no warning lights, or prior sounds, vibrations or other symptoms to indicate an issue. She immediately became worried about trying to get the car off the highway and to a safe place, with out causing or being involve in an accident. She called me scared and didn-??t want to drive it any further. After we got the car home, I checked for fouled plugs, bad coil pack, maybe bad fuel in the tank or possibly a bad or stuck injector. None of these had any issues. Our son who works at Somersworth Hyundai here in New Hampshire, as a salesman, talked to the technician there and he told us to bring the car there and he-??d take a look at it. When we heard back from him the technician said that there was no compression in cylinder number 2. My safety concern is that when this the case the injectors continue to dump fuel into the cylinder. Causing excess fuel that doesn-??t get combusted in the cylinder to be dumped into the exhaust manifold and out the tail pipe as a heated vapor. The concern is the fumes, the possibility of a fire igniting in the hot exhaust manifold and causing an uncontrollable situation. The technician also said if you take a bore scope you will see that a valve in the head has broken off for cylinder 2 and has caused this issue. The car has been sitting in my garage now for 4-5 months. We still owe on this car and it can-??t be safely moved anywhere with out being towed.
The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle started vibrating and making a knocking sound. The contact stated that he then took his vehicle to an independent mechanic who advised him that he needed to take his vehicle to the dealer. The contact stated that once he arrived at the dealer he was advised that he would need a new engine and it may be covered under the warranty. The contact stated that he was denied the warranty coverage from the manufacturer, as he did not follow up with a recall to update the engine software to prevent the engine from knocking. The contact stated that he never received a recall notice regarding the recall. The contact also stated that he was informed that even if he had the software updated the engine failure would have still occurred. The contact stated that he spoke to the manufacturer who explained the denial and a case was opened. The approximate mileage failure was 99,023.
The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently stalled. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer where an oil consumption test was performed. The contact was informed that the engine was blown and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and informed the contact that they were unable to assist. The failure mileage was approximately 123,000. The VIN was unavailable.
The engine(3.3L) on my vehicle went out. It has well under 100,000 miles on it. I was driving down the highway and the engine just started making a noise and instantly shut down. There were no check engine lights on or any warning at all. The vehicle wasn't making any noises at all until the moment it shut down without warning. There wasn't any oil pressure lights on or low oil lights or nothing. The oil was always regularly changed. My family and I are just lucky that we were on a cold, dark, empty highway that night instead of on a busy interstate. If we had been in busy traffic, it would have been a very dangerous situation. I have called the Hyundai dealership(Crain Hyundai, North Little Rock, AR)where I bought the vehicle from. I explained to them what was going on. They said there is nothing they can do about it because I'm the second owner of the vehicle. I called the Hyundai Cooperation and explained the situation to them as well. They gave me a case number and also said there is nothing they can do about it. I went on the internet and found that several people have had the same problem with their vehicle engine (3.3L)as me. I also found that Hyundai had done a recall on that same vehicle year, make and model for the exact same problem. But their recall was only for the 4 cylinder engine and not for the 6 cylinder engine. I called Hyundai Cooperation back and told them that they needed to add the 6 cylinder engine to their recall as well. They still insisted that there was nothing they could do. I think the Hyundai Cooperation needs to fix this problem. It's very expensive to us consumers of theirs. Someone could also get hurt if their vehicle shut down on them in heavy traffic or in the wrong place.
This is my daughter car and she is getting no where with Hyundai. The middle of November I was driving her car from Raleigh nc, we stopped to get gas, then I got to my house and then she drive to her house. After 20 minutes later she called and her car had stopped on the side of the road. She waited for triple a but no luck so she had to leave on the side of the road. The next day car was towed to garage. They said motor was gone. No warning no nothing. He told us about a recall 953?? Or something so we towed to Hyundai. They said she didn-??t have a recall so they will not pay for her car to be fixed. We feel like Hyundai should stay behide this engine. My daughter is a hard working nurse and purchases this car used snd still owes 5,000 and they said they would give her $500 for the car. The car was driving great and no lights ever came on the dash. Please help me to get in touch with the right people bc I know this all has to do with all the engine problems all Hyundai-??s are having. She did say right before it stopped running some lights came on the dash then it just died. She thought it was just a battery so she tried to get triple about with a battery but they were behide that night and never showed. The oil had been changed about 3,000 miles when this happened. Please help us get her car fixed. Thank you
hyundia and darcy hyundia dealership (815) 725-5200 know of this excessive oil consumption problem with the engine and now this vehicles oil consumption has ruined the catalytic converters. vehicle is using 1 qt. a week driving about 150 miles estimated. My Daughter was driving home from work during rush hour and car lost power and went into limp mode. car was towed to dealership.12/3/2021 and had vehicle 7-10 days and said problem is plugged catalytic converters. root cause to much oil consumption.this problem started years ago with oil consumption. we took it to the dealership and they kept saying it was normal.I said that it was excessive.which it was.I could not get them to repair the motor and they new it was excessive oil consumption.My Daughters safety was put at risk.It was night time and rush hour.Now were getting nowhere with hyundia and Darcy hyundia of joliet IL.60436
My wife-??s 2013 Santa Fe 2.0 Sport AWD started consuming 1-2 quarts of oil a week a few months prior to the problem that inevitably ended in a very stressful and unsafe situation for her on her drive home. The engine with out warning on the dash or any other signs lost the number two cylinder compression and caused the car to have major acceleration issues. As well as raw fuel being dumped into the cylinder and entering into the exhaust manifold. As you can barely breath when standing behind the car or even driving behind it. Her car was taken to a Hyundai dealership after I had seen there was a recall on her motor for a failure of a Nok Sensor. The dealership technician diagnosed the issue and said that there was no compression in the second cylinder due to a valve in the head breaking off. We were told that the repairs would not be covered by a recall and that the cars engine would need to be replaced as the fact that the raw fuel being dumped into the engine destroyed that cylinder. Again no warnings or warning lights, car acceleration was extremely slow and the car shook while trying to get it home safely. I am concerned that in an area where the temperature outside is significantly higher than where we live, that raw fuel could ignite in the exhaust system, as well as cause a vehicle low on fuel to combust due to the vapor of the tank possibly igniting due to to the possible fire in the engine compartment and exhaust system.
The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. The contact stated that as he pulled into his workplace, he saw smoke coming from underneath the hood of the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that he parked the vehicle and left. The contact also stated that the vehicle was burning a significant amount of oil. The contact did not sustain any injuries. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed by an independent mechanic or dealer. The contact became aware of the recall for NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V226000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), the vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall repair; however, the dealer informed the contact that no issues were found upon inspecting the engine. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring while driving. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The contact was still awaiting a call back from the manufacturer. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.
The engine has a Knock. As if the rod or bearing are lose. The connecting Rod bearings sound loose. It started in my way to Dance class for my daughter.
October 15, 2021. Driving South on Hwy 99 near Pixley when all of a sudden the engine died and the car started coasting. I was in the fast lane doing approximately 65mph. Put the blinker on and when a semi truck on the other lane finally passed me I was able to coast off the 99 onto a off ramp where I pulled over shaking because the engine stopping could have caused a very tragic accident. Tried to restart the engine and it did but could hear it rattling so I shut it off and called Auto Club for a tow. Had it towed back to Fresno to Auto Works where they confirmed the lower end had failed. Left it there and picked up my Jeep and continued my trip to So Cal. While there I was told by a friend there were numerous 4 cyl engine failures. I then found out thru Hyundai that there was a recall on my vehicle.
Engine oil level is low even though the car had just an oil change. Car was brought to Subaru dealership where we bought the car. They said the engine is burning oil and the oil was very dark. They recommended to bring it to a nearby Hyundai dealership for engine recall or warranty. We contacted Hyundai dealership but they told us there was no recall nor warranty nor are they going to conduct a diagnosis. We brought the car to a trusted auto repair shop and they said the same thing the Subaru dealership told us. We contacted Hyundai dealership but told us again that there is no recall or warranty.
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- Warrensburg , MO, USA