2018 Hyundai Elantra Gt 5 HB FWD

So took my car for a recall at Hyundai which it was related to a camp 966 engine monitoring. The car has been turning off multiple times so took it to them and they told me it needs a new engine at only 60,000 miles on it.

At 77,000 miles, with immaculate care taken of the engine with regular maintenance (and only 2 weeks since the previous oil change), the engine failed at the end of an 11.5 hour road trip and left me stranded on the side of a busy highway. This vehicle has the Hyundai Nu 2.0 GDi engine, which has been recalled in other vehicles for this same issue (and sometimes resulting fires), but not THIS vehicle.

On December2, 2021 I was driving on the freeway when my engine made a high pitched sound followed by a banging sound inside the engine. There were no warning messages or symptoms prior to the incident. I immediately pulled off the freeway as much as I could. Then the engine just quit running. It was terrifying as I was in morning rush hour traffic and couldn't pull all the way off the road. I called a tow company, then my local Hyundai repair shop. I was told by them that they wouldn't be able to look at it for 6 weeks! I ended up having it towed to a local auto repair shop in my neighborhood and was told that there was a complete engine failure. As the car was 3,000 miles over warranty the Hyundai dealer would look at it but it would take at least 2 months. I still owe money on the car and need a car for work so decided to have it repaired. The cost of that repair was 8,578.00, in addition I had rental cars for a month.

The contact owns a 2018 Hyundai Elantra. The contact state that while driving approximately 40 mph a loud ticking noise was suddenly present coming from the engine compartment and the vehicle would not properly accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer Wiesner Hyundai(1645 Interstate 45 N, Conroe, TX 77304) who diagnosed that the engine was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was not yet contacted regarding the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000.

Driving down the freeway when my engine starting making strange noise before a boom occurred from the front of the car and completely shut off. No warning lights either

The tires came stock on this model car and at the 30K mile mark I noticed cracking or splitting in the sidewalls of each of the tires. I am not aware if the manufacture, Hankook, has released any statements or confirmation about this issue but the issue occurred well with the 50K mile warranty window. This was shocking to see and could have been very dangerous to myself and other drivers had the cracking sidewalls on any of the tires failed or caused a blowout on the road. Because of the nature of this issue there were no warning signs. Luckily I caught this issue before it contributed to any accidents or harm.

I WAS DRIVING ON A THE INTERSTATE GOING 75 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE, I LOST POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. I HAD TO STRUGGLE TO MANEUVER AND STOP THE CAR TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. IT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER THAT DISCOVERED THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED. THE TIMING CHAIN ALSO DAMAGED OTHER INTERNAL PARTS THROWING FLUID THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE AND CAUSING METAL SHARDS FROM OTHER INTERNAL COMPONENTS. THE CAR HAS 32K MILES AND LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHUT-OFF VEHICLE, THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM REMAINED ACTIVATED WHICH RESULTED IN A CHECK BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CAROLINA HYUNDAI OF HIGH POINT (2431 N MAIN ST, HIGH POINT, NC 27262, (336) 884-7000) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO FIRST TEAM HYUNDAI (6520 PETERS CREEK RD, ROANOKE, VA 24019, (540)362-4800) HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF FAILURE BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000.

TIRE: HANKOOK VENTUS S1 NOBLE 2. SIZE: 225/40R18 88W. ABNORMAL CRACKS ALL AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF OUTER SIDEWALL OF OEM TIRE FIRST NOTICED AT 17K MILES. TIRES HAVE 22K MILES NOW. NEW PORT RICHEY HYUNDAI INSPECTED ALL FOUR TIRES AND SPOKE TO HANKOOK AND ARE AWARE OF THE NHTSA RECALL FOR THE SAME BRAND AND MODEL TIRE WITH EXACTLY THE SAME DISCREPANCY BUT DIFFERENT SIZE AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. HYUNDAI SAID HANKOOK MAY OFFER TO REPLACE ONLY IF I PAY A PRORATED AMOUNT. TIRES ARE OEM INSTALLED ON MY 2018 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GT SPORT. VEHICLE IS GARAGED DAILY, NO DANGEROUS DRIVING, OR PASSENGER OR CARGO WEIGHT IN EXCESS LOADED WHILE STATIONARY OR WHEN DRIVING.

AFTER SWITCHING ENGINE OFF, SOME ELECTRICAL (MAYBE IGNITION) REMAINS ON WHICH SOMETIMES DRAINS BATTERY. THIS ISSUE HAS ALWAYS OCCURRED UPON SHUTTING CAR OFF.

18000 MILES ON THE CAR STARTED HEARING AIR COME FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS FAULTY NO RECALL ON THE 2018 ELANTRA GT BUT THERE IS ON THE 2017. CAR LOOSING POWER AND SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. DEALER WAS PLANNING TO CHARGE FOR THE INSPECTION OF A WARRANTIED VEHICLE AND IT ENDED UP WITH A BRAKING SYSTEM ISSUE?

I HAVE THE SPORT MODEL OF THE ELANTRA GT WITH THE FULL LED HEADLIGHTS AND THERE ARE MOON SHAPED SHADOWS WITHIN THE HEADLIGHT PATTERN THAT ARE VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT.

I BOUGHT A 2018 HYUNDAI GT SPORT 3 MONTHS AGO. SINCE DAY ONE CAR HAS BEEN STALLING AND HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 75MPH AND THE CAR JUST TURNED OFF NO WARNING. I CALLED THE DEALER IN MY AREA LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE STARTING ISSUES AND THE STALLING ISSUES WITH THE CAR I TOOK IT IN TO THEM FEW DAYS LATER. THEY KEPT IT FOR 3 DAYS AND TOLD ME SORRY WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU. TOOK IT HOME AND THAT DAY THE CAR STALLED ON MY WAY HOME. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD IT FOR 23 DAYS AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND THE INJECTION SYSTEM AND STILL DID NOT WORK. THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM REPLACED THE BATTERY, KEYS STARTER AND ALTERNATOR BEFORE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY DID NOT TELL ME THIS CAR WAS HAVING ISSUES. THE CAR IS BACK AT THE DEALER 3/7/2019 WITH STALLING ISSUES AND RUST BUILD UP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. I HAVE A CASE WITH HYUNDAI AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER 4 DEALERS LATER AND NOTHING.CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FLASHING ONE DAY BUT WENT OFF AND NO CODES FOUND. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 21/2 MONTHS CAR IS OUT OF SERVICE NOW FOR A TOTAL OF 26 DAYS NOW INCLUDING THE DAYS ITS BEEN AT THE CURRENT DEALER.

THE AEB SYSTEM DOES NOT SHOW ANY WARNINGS OR ATTEMPT TO STOP THE CAR. I DO NOT DRIVE AROUND TRYING TO MAKE THIS FEATURE WORK BUT AFTER GETTING THE NEW CAR I DID REALIZE IT WAS NOT DETECTING ANYTHING WHILE MY OTHER CAR DETECTS AND STOPS FINE IN THE SAME SCENARIO. I HAVE GONE TO THE HYUNDAI SERVICE CENTER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR ABOUT THIS AS WELL AS SUBMITTED A CASE WITH HYUNDAI CORPORATE. CORPORATE RESPONSE WAS: GO BACK TO THE SERVICE CENTER AGAIN AND TELL THEM WHAT MY CONCERN IS (AGAIN). SO, I DID. HYUNDAI SAYS THEY WILL NOT TEST THE ISSUE AND SINCE THE COMPUTER SAYS THERE IS NO ISSUE... THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE FEATURE. I HAVE MADE A VIDEO OF THIS ISSUE AND POSTED TO HYUNDAI FACEBOOK AND GOT NO RESPONSE. I AM CONCERNED AS WELL AS FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF ATTENTION FROM HYUNDAI FOR THIS SAFETY FEATURE ON MY CAR. I HAVE READ THE MANUAL, CONFIRMED THE SETTINGS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS FEATURE TO WORK AND IT SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK ON MY CAR AND FOR HYUNDAI TO TELL ME THEY WILL NOT TEST IT AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM BECAUSE THE COMPUTER SAYS THEIR IS NO PROBLEM IS SAD.

WHILE ON HIGHWAY CAR MOTOR STOPPED WORKING COULD NOT GET CAR TO TURN BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. AFTER 8 DAYS IN DEALERSHIP SO FAR RECEIVED A CALL SAYING THE CARS FUEL PUMP MAY BE THE PROBLEM

CAR SHUT OFF WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY RANDOMLY STARTED SHAKING. ALL LIGHTS TURNED ON CHECK ENGINE,MOTOR OIL LIGHT BATTERY LIGHT. CAR SHUT OFF TO THE POINT WHERE I COULDN'T ACCELERATE. SO IMAGINE BEING ON THE HIGHWAY AND YOUR CAR SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY WHILE YOUR IN MOTION AND CANT ACCELERATE TO MERGE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THIS HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES ON MY WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP LESS THEN 800 MILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY CAR, WITH LESS THAN 4K, HAS A "SPONTANEOUS" WINDSHIELD CRACK THAT IS LARGE, LONG AND TRAVELS ACROSS MY LINE OF VISION WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. NOTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD, IT IS PARKED IS LOCKED GARAGE AND I DID NOT DRIVE OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, HIT A POTHOLE, DRIVE UNDER ANY BRIDGES OR PARK UNDER A TREE. I DIDN'T DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY EITHER. I JUST GOT IN MY CAR AND THERE IT WAS! THIS CRACK IS GROWING IN LENGTH AND I HAVE NOTICED SOME BLACK, FOAM TRIM CURLING UP ALONG THE EDGE OF WHERE THE WINDSHIELD MEETS THE HOOD. THERE IS NO VISIBLE POINT OF CONTACT THAT I CAN SEE, NO CHIPS, NO STAR BURST CHIP - JUST SMOOTH ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF CAR. THERE IS ALSO SOME STRANGE SPLATTER MARKS ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDOW AS IF A SMALL CARBONATED BEVERAGE WAS SHAKEN UP. OPENED & SPRAYED ON IT BUT THE SPOTS ARE HARD & CAN'T BE EASILY SCRAPED OFF. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY WILL REPLACE IT AS I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

GAS TANK INDICATOR ARROW ON DASH POINTS TO WRONG SIDE OF CAR. POINTS TO PASSENGER SIDE, SHOULD POINT TO DRIVER SIDE.

THE LIGHTING AREA OF THE HEADLIGHTS IS MUCH TOO LOW. YOU CAN NOT SEE VERY WELL THE AREA IN FRONT OF YOU. SEE THE ATTACHED IMAGE OF A GROUP OF GIRLS ON THE SIDEWALK. YOU CAN BARELY SEE THEM FROM THE WAIST OR KNEES DOWN.

WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS, THERE IS VERY A DISTINCT SHADOW IN FRONT OF CAR. IT IS VERY DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS.