2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON Complaints

2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON, 90,000 MILES. PURCHASED FROM CARMAX 6.5 MONTHS AGO AT 80,000 MILES. ENGINE STARTED SLIGHT KNOCKING ON 5/10/2019 IN THE AM. ON THE WAY TO THE SHOP, ENGINE LOST 95% OF POWER AND BEGIN KNOCKING VERY HEAVILY. THE ENGINE HAS "FALLEN APART" ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC. THIS IS AFTER I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL AFFECTING THE ENGINE ON 2/28/2019, AND IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM. HYUNDAI SAID THEY CAN'T / WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I'M OUT OF A CAR WITH ALMOST THE ENTIRE LOAN OF $13,000 LEFT ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HYUNDAI OF BEDFORD(18300 ROCKSIDE RD, BEDFORD OH) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

DRIVING CAR WITH 80K MILES ON IT 10 DAYS AFTER DEALER OIL CHANGE AND SERVICE. GOING 50 MPH DOWN 4-LANE HWY. WHEN ENGINE STOPPED. I WASN'T BRAKING OR ACCELERATING. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN RIGHT LANE AND COULD PULL OVER, RARE ON THAT ROAD. HAD TO HAVE TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER (NOT THE ONE WHO SERVICED IT). DEALER SAID $5700 TO REBUILD ENGINE DUE TO THROWN ROD. TALKED TO SERVICE MGR. WHERE OIL CHANGE DONE AND HE SAID THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE ENGINE OF 2010-2013 HYUNDAI AND THAT HYUNDAI WOULD FIX AT NO COST TO ME AND COVER COST OF LOANER. I'M NOT ORIGINAL OWNER BUT HE SAID THAT WOULDN'T MATTER SINCE THIS WAS A RECALL ISSUE. CALLED THE NUMBER I WAS GIVEN FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND WAS TOLD THEY TALKED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR WAS TOWED AND MY WARRANTY CLAIM WAS DENIED. ADVISED I WASN'T PUTTING IN A WARRANTY CLAIM AND THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT. AS STATED ON THE TAPE YOU GET WHEN YOU CALL CONSUMER AFFAIRS, THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE OIL PAN THAT CAN CAUSE ENGINE DAMAGE INCLUDING CAUSING A HIGH SPEED STALL. THE TAPE STATES THE RECALL HAS BEEN "ANNOUNCED BUT NOT LAUNCHED." THEY ARE FULLY AWARE THERE IS A PROBLEM, ONE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL FOR ME, AND I AM GETTING THE RUNAROUND. THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS REP FINALLY ASSIGNED ME A CASE NUMBER AND SAID SOMEONE WOULD CALL IN 3-5 DAYS. THEY DID NOT, SO I CALLED. THAT PERSON RETURNED MY CALL AND TOLD ME MY WARRANTY CLAIM HAD BEEN DENIED. I ADVISED, AGAIN, NOW 8 DAYS LATER AND NEARLY 2 WEEKS WITHOUT A CAR, THAT IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE. SHE SAID SHE WOULD CHECK AND GET BACK TO ME BUT SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT "CAMPAIGN 181," WHICH IS THIS ISSUE. DESPITE ADDITIONAL CALLS BY ME SHE HAD NOT CALLED BACK. I'VE CONTACTED [email protected] AND RECEIVED NO REPLY. THEY SHOULD IMPLEMENT A RECALL IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. THEY SHOULD REPAIR MY VEHICLE AND BE THANKFUL NO ONE WAS KILLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT START UP THE CONTACT WOULD SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSE AND REPAIRED THE CYLINDER BUT THE VEHICLE STILL HAD THE SAME FAILURE. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

WHILE I WAS AT IDLE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT ON A CITY ROAD , MY VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF AND WILL NOT RE START, I GOT IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID MY ENGINE LOCKED UP AND SEIZED!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V063000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. ALL THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS AN HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ISLAND HYUNDAI (1590 HYLAN BLVD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10305, (844) 672-7561) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (CAMPAIGN 181) IN APRIL 2019, THE NOTICE RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE MY VEHICLE TO BE LOOKED AT, I SCHEDULED THE APPOINTMENT AND ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER SHIP THE CAR SUFFERED A HIGH-SPEED STALL, FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE BUSY ROAD WITH NO INCIDENTS. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER SHIP AT MY OWN EXPENSE. THE STALL WAS EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID COULD HAPPEN TO MY VEHICLE ON THE RECALL NOTICE. NOW 18 DAYS LATER THERE HAS BEEN NO RESOLUTION, THE RECALL IS NOT BEING COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER. HYUNDAI SAID I COULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR MYSELF AND IF THE RECALL REMEDY COVERED IT I COULD APPLY TO BE REIMBURSED. I DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO COVER THE REPAIR MYSELF AND I AM WARY THEY WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ANY SORT OF REIMBURSEMENT. THEY HAVE ALSO NOT OFFERED A RENTAL VEHICLE.

CAMPAIGN181. THERE IS A RECALL THAT CAN CAUSE ENGINE DAMAGE THAT COULD LEAD TO A HIGH-SPEED STALL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. IT COULD ALSO INCREASE THE RISK OF A VEHICLE FIRE. THERE IS NO SOLUTION. MY VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. I DRIVE 60 MILES PER DAY TO AND FROM WORK. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY VEHICLE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON. AFTER ADDING TWO QUARTS OF OIL TO THE VEHICLE, THE OWNER NOTICED AN EXTENSIVE OIL LEAK WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER (LIA HYUNDAI ALBANY, 945 CENTRAL AVE, ALBANY, NY 12205, (518) 320-7235) INDICATED THAT THEY WERE WAITING ON THE MANUFACTURER TO PROVIDE THE REMEDY FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V063000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE OIL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

RECALL 181, NHTSA# 19V063 HAVE JUST LAST WEEK BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL FOR OUR VEHICLE YET IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A RECALL SINCE FEB, AND IT US NOW GOING ON 2-3 MONTHS AND THERE IS APPARENTLY STILL NO REMEDY AVAILABLE; SINCE THIS SOUNDS EXTREMELY SERIOUS, I BELIEVE NOTIFYING YOU IS AN APPROPRIATE MEASURE; AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE, THEREFORE NO INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE