2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON Complaints

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 75 MPH THE CAR SPONTANEOUSLY TURNED-OFF, FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN TIME. WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT THEN ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER IT STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE. WE HAD TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD US THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED-UP AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. IN THE MEANTIME, WE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE FROM HYUNDAI ABOUT THE OIL PAN LEAK. WE CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND THEY ARE CLAIMING THE ENGINE FAILURE IS UNRELATED TO THE RECALL AND WILL NOT COVER THE COST TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THERE WAS 103,000 MILES ON THE ENGINE AND WE FEEL THIS WAS PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY THE OIL PAN/SWITCH DEFECT. THIS WAS NOT DISCLOSED TO US UNTIL EARLY SEPTEMBER. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE NEVER CAME ON PRIOR TO THIS POINT TO LET US KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE. WITH THIS TYPE OF ISSUE, I WOULD THINK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SHOULD HAVE ALERTED OF US OF AN ISSUE WAY BEFORE THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE OCCURRED.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HWY ( APPROX 50 MPH ) WHEN THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. GOT TOWED HOME AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN. ENGINE TURNED OVER BUT IMMEDIATELY STARTED KNOCKING VERY LOUD. TURNED THE ENGINE OFF IMMEDIATELY. TOWED THE CAR TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC TO VERIFY MY INITIAL DIAGNOSIS. COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT 50K MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PHIL LONG HYUNDAI OF MOTOR CITY (170 W MOTOR WAY, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80905, (719) 453-0549) TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V063000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT NOTICED AN OIL LEAK IN HIS GARAGE WITH PLASTIC RINGS COVERED IN OIL. THE CONTACT HAD TO TAKE THE PLASTIC RINGS OUT OF THE OIL BAG TO SHOW TO THE DEALER WHO THOUGHT THE PARTS WERE INSECTS. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE REPAIR. THE DEALER ONLY REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, BUT NOT THE FULL OIL PAN. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO MONITOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE WAS DETECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ENGINE OIL LEAKED OUT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL PAN WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

THE MOTOR BLEW UP AT 72K MILES IT IS A SALVAGED TITLE SO THE WARRANTY WAS VOID BUT EVERYTHING THAT I RESEARCHED SAID HYUNDAI HAD A MOTOR PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR OF MOTOR. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS ONLY THE SONOTA COVERED I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THEY MAKE DIFFERENT MOTORS IN EACH VEHICLE WITH THE SAME SIZE MOTOR. WE WERE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WHEN THE MOTOR BLEW UP.

MY VEHICLE HAS 105K MILES. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A FAULTY MAIN BEARING. I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE MANUAL SAYS IT'S OKAY TO DRIVE, BUT TO GET IT SERVICED. SO I DRIVE IT TO MY MECHANIC AND THE ENGINE STARTS MAKING A STRANGE TICKING NOISE, ALMOST TURNING OFF WHEN I STOP AT A LIGHT. THE MECHANIC AND A THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR FROM MY WARRANTY COMPANY DETERMINE THAT IT IS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, A FAULTY MAIN BEARING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V063000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT CALLED EDWARDS HYUNDAI (1029 32ND AVENUE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51501, 888-812-6584) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND WOULD NEED TO BE ORDERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A CASE WAS OPENED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V063000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND SMOKE AND FLAMES EMERGED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE DRIVER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND THEN TO HERB CHAMBERS HYUNDAI OF AUBURN (735 SOUTHBRIDGE ST RTE. 12 & 20, AUBURN, MA 01501, (508) 832-9990) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS NEEDED. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY COVERED THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT STOPPED CHANGING GEARS AND WOULDN'T PICK UP SPEED. THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT AND TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN BECAUSE THERE WAS METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. I ONLY HAD 67K MILES ON THIS VEHICLE SO THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

2013 HYUDAI TUCSON. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *JS