2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON Complaints

THE HYUNDAI TUCSON HAS THE THETA 2 ENGINE. THIS ENGINE HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED 4 METAL SHAVINGS FROM THE A DEBURRING PROCESS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO HAVE OIL DISTRIBUTION PROBLEMS RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE FOR EXAMPLE A THROWN ROD. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON WITH ONLY 42000 PLUS MILES ON IT. SO WHY HASN'T THE TUCSON BEEN ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST ALONG WITH THE SONATA AND SANTA FE, THEY BOTH HAD THE SAME EXACT ENGINE IN THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS. NOW I AM STUCK WITHOUT A VEHICLE STILL HAVING TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON, AND BATTLING HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP OF LITHONIA GEORGIA, BECAUSE THEY AREN'T WILLING TO FIX THE ISSUE DUE TO AN EXPIRED WARRANTY OF 5 YEARS OR 60,000 MILES. WARRANTY IS NOT AN ISSUE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THE ENGINE HAS BEEN RECALLED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THE WARRANTY DUE TO NOT HAVING EVIDENCE OF OIL CHANGES. THE VEHICLE HAD NO OIL UPON INSPECTION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE HAD A HOLE IN IT CAUSING THE OIL TO DRAIN OUT. *JS

CORRECTION TO COMPLAINT NUMBER:11110257 DRIVING ON FREEWAY, ON VACATION, WHEN HEARD CLACKING NOISE. BECAME WORSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. TOLD US THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACED. NOT SURE IF TRUE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS THE SAME ENGINE THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE SONATAS (WE HAVE A SONATA THAT HAD THE RECALL). QUESTIONING WHY THE MOTORS ON ALL VEHICLES WITH THAT ENGINE WERE NOT RECALLED. SEEMS THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE ENGINE, NOT THE VEHICLE.

DRIVING ON FREEWAY, ON VACATION, WHEN HEARD CLACKING NOISE. BECAME WORSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. TOLD US THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. NOT SURE IF TRUE, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS THE SAME ENGINE THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE SONATAS (WE ALSO HAVE A SONATA THAT HAD THE RECALL). QUESTIONING WHY THE MOTORS ON ALL VEHICLES WITH THAT ENGINE WERE NOT RECALLED. SEEMS THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE MOTOR, NOT THE ENGINE?!?!

DRIVING DOWN A STREET 35 MPH, ENGINE MADE LOUD SOUND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND CAR SHUDDERED AND WOULD NOT DRIVE. MOVED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THETA-II ENGINE SEIZED. NOT REPAIRABLE. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURE REFUSED TO HELP IN ANY WAY DESPITE KNOWN PROBLEM. EVENTUALLY TRADED IN AS COST TO REPLACE ENGINE WITH USED ENGINE(NO NEW ONES AVAILABLE) WAS PROHIBITIVE. RECEIVED TRADE IN OF $3500 BLUE BOOK VALUE $9000.

ON JUNE 13, 2017, THE ENGINE IN THE TUCSON COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AFTER WORK. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP IN CANYON, TEXAS. THE REPAIR SHOP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN A HOLE IN IT DUE TO NO FAULT OF SYDNEE PARKHURST AND WOULD NEED A COMPLETE REBUILD. RESEARCH WAS DONE AS TO WHAT OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE. [XXX] CONTACTED THE VANDERGRIFF HYUNDAI IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA FOR A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. RESEARCH HAD SHOWN THE SAME ENGINE WAS PUT INTO SEVERAL MODELS OF HYUNDAI VEHICLES. THIS SPECIFIC ENGINE MODEL WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN A CLASS ACTION REGARDING THE 2011-2013 MODELS (BUT NOT THE 2013 TUCSON). THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE ENGINE AND SOME PARTS THREE (3) TIMES DUE TO MANUFACTURER ISSUES WITH THE PARTS FOR $8,751.28. AFTER MORE THAN SEVEN PHONE CALLS TO EACH VANDERGRIFF HYUNDAI AND HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA, IT WAS LEARNED THAT NEITHER WAS WILLING TO HELP OR OFFER ANY AID OR ASSISTANCE CLAIMING THAT BECAUSE IT WAS SOLD TO A SECOND OWNER, THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM WHETHER THE PRIOR OWNER HAD BEEN NEGLIGENT IN THEIR CARE OF THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SOLD AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE. HYUNDAI BLAMED THE OWNER FOR THE DEFECT. AFTER THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED VANDERGRIFF CONTACTED THE OWNER ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLE BACK FOR LESS THAN THE PURCHASE PRICE AND EXCLUDING THE COST OF THE ENGINE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ENGINE BLOWN AT MILEAGE 129653. WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE IN PENNSYLVANIA, ENGINE SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AT 60 MPH, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. STARTED TO SHUTTER AND ENGINE MADE A LOT OF NOISE, BAD RATTLE SOUND. ENGINE LOCKED UP. I COASTED TO STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD. ON JUNE 30,2017. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CIOCCA HYUNDAI IN QUAKERTOWN PA, WHERE I WAS TOLD ENGINE HAD BLOWN. HAD TO HAVE ENGINE REPLACED$5237.34 COST. TOOK MONTH TO FIND GOOD REPLACEMENT ENGINE AS THIS WAS SAME ENGINE TYPE I WAS TOLD AS SANTE FE AND ACCORDS ON RECALL. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THE TUCSONS ENGINE SHOULD BE RECALLED ALSO.

THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING AND BEGAN SHAKING WITHIN MINUTES THE ENGINE BLEW UP

THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M TAKING IT FOR INSPECTION AND IT IS READING FUEL SYSTEM NOT READY. WHEN I BOTH THE CAR THEY SAY I HAVE A TEN YEAR WARRANTY OR 100.000 WHICHEVER IS FIRST. MY CAR IS NEITHER BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT COVERED FOR THEM TO CHECK IT IS $230 PLUS TAX. AND MY WIPER BLADES

PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT TO TALK ON MY PHONE AND AFTER I PULLED AWAY THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL ON TIME EVERY TIME AND MOST OF ALL THE MILES ON IT ARE HIGHWAY MILES. I HAVE ISSUE THAT HYUNDAI RECALLED THE SONATA AND SANTA FE OF THE SAME YEAR AND ALSO KIA RECALLED THE SPORTAGE FOR ENGINE KNOCKING. THE ENGINE IS THE SAME EXACT ENGINE IN THE 2013 HYUNDAI TUSCON BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL. THIS MAKE ZERO SENSE.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, MY CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND FELT AS THOUGH I HAD A TIRE ISSUE. I SLOWED DOWN, AND THE VIBRATION ESCALATED SO I PULLED OVER. ONCE I WAS AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING LOUD KNOCKING NOISES. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AT THIS POINT AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY DID A CASE REVIEW. I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE CAR, WHICH IS 5 YRS OLD AND HAS 87,900 MILES, IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY. I QUESTIONED THE RECALL ON OTHER CARS WITH THE THETA II ENGINE SUCH AS THE SANTA FE AND THE SONATA AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO BE INCLUDED. APPARENTLY, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE THE SAME ENGINE, THE TUSCON ENGINE IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER SO DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. THE SAME ISSUES APPLY WITH THE RECALLED ENGINE THAT MY ENGINE HAS WHICH IS METAL SHAVINGS AROUND THE CRANKSHAFT. THE METAL SHAVINGS HAVE CAUSED INSUFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF OIL THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE.