While driving on the i90 through snoqualmie pass in washington, moved to overtake another vehicle in the overtaking lane. As I moved into the lane and accelerated, the engine dropped down a gear and a whining noise was heard. At this point I had total loss of power and was travelling at ~70mph. I was able to safely pull over onto the side of the road and the car was towed. There was medium traffic at the time however I was on a slight downhill so didn't rapidly lose speed. Hyundai carpros in renton reported that the piston had failed and had punctured the engine casing.
2012 Hyundai Tucson engine complaints
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I pushed on the gas to accelerate and nothing happened except the rpms spiked to around 5-6k and the engine sounded as if I were in neutral and revving it up aggressively. This has subsequently happened dozens of times when traveling between 30 and 65 MPH. It is scary, especially when I need to accelerate, say in a passing situation or when traveling to get out of the way. I've taken the vehicle to hyundai (sheppard in eugene/springfield, or) twice for this issue. Both times, they kept it overnight and returned it to me without fixing anything saying: 1) I was the only one in the world who reported this problem, 2) they couldn't replicate the problem, and 3) there is nothing wrong with my vehicle.
Tl* the contact owned a 2012 hyundai tucson. While parked in a driveway, the vehicle caught fire. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire. A police and a fire report were filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 53,000.
I bought a new car. 3 1/2 months later , I was rear-ended. I took car to dealership to get tailgate and pan and bumper repaired. When we picked up vehicle, strong toxic fumes from repair were so strong that we could not drive car. Instant headache, upper respiratory aggravation, sore throat, burning eyes. Car has been to repair shop numerous times and months later still causes illness in family. At one time that I drove car I almost lost consciousness. I have informed hyundai dealership several times. I informed hyundai corporation. Problem persists consistently for 8-9 months and after numerous trips to dealership. The dog foams and vomits before car starts moving.
2012 hyundai tucson. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle failure to get the fuel economy as advertised. *smd the consumer stated subsequently, he began having trouble with the vehicle; on intermittent starts. The car would idle below 1000 RPM, shudder and misfire. The dealer was unable to locate a problem.
I should start by stating that this has been an ongoing issue with this vehicle since I got it last year. At random times, while driving, my vehicle will not allow me to go above 2500k rpms, even with the gas pedal fully depressed. This may happen while I am on a slow road or, as today, when I am on the highway. It is a safety concern because I will need to merge onto the highway or speed up for some other reason and suddenly I have no power. I will be going 30mph and entering a 70mph roadway. The only way to stop this is to pull over, turn the vehicle off, and then turn it back on. I have taken it to my hyundai dealer multiple times and they have been unable to fix it or address it in any way whatsoever. It is a huge safety issue that they will not address.
Brand new car- a few days after purchasing and driving the car, noticed car was not driving right. Several symptoms became noticeable. Car would jerk when accelerating and braking. Cars pick up was delayed and had a very uncomfortable vibration, while in idle and while driving, to the point of getting nauseous while driving in the car. Took car to hyundai service and told them of symptoms and my concerns of something not right with the car. The mechanics felt the problems I explained above and said something was wrong, now had to figure out what exactly. Several tests were done on the car but nothing showed up on electrical grid. Service had to call a higher tech out in california to see what to do next. California tech made them run several tests, all this took more then 2 weeks until they finally figured out that the engines throttle assy was defective and not functioning properly. They said that this also caused the sensor to malfunction. They replaced the throttle assy and claim the car is repaired. No longer trust car is safe to drive due to the electrical and engine defects that where found after the original inspections by the manufacture and the dealership failed to find these defects with the car and sold it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai tucson. The contact stated that the vehicle would not start, even after the fuel tank was filled to capacity. She had to apply pressure to the brake and accelerator pedals in order to start the vehicle. The dealer made three attempts to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer had not been notified nor was the vehicle repaired. The current mileage was 1,304. The approximate failure was 1,000.
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