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A class action lawsuit alleges that an engine defect can cause Hyundai Tucson and Kia Soul vehicles to stall and even burst into flames.
Plaintiffs Elizabeth Snider and James Twigger claim that Hyundai and Kia have concealed the defect from consumers for years.
The Hyundai, Kia engine defect has allegedly affected thousands of car owners and others on the road when vehicle engines fail unexpectedly, stall, and even catch fire.
According to the Hyundai, Kia class action lawsuit, the affected vehicles include the 2011-2013 Hyundai Tucson and the 2012-2016 Kia Soul. The alleged defect affects engines with a gasoline direct-injection.
The Hyundai Tucson class action lawsuit contends that the defect causes these direct injection engines to suffer from improper sealing during engine production, leading to oil leaks.
These leaks then cause serious problems, including the stalling, failure, and flames, the Kia Soul class action lawsuit states.
“Only recently—after years of concealing serious safety defects—have Hyundai and Kia begun to recall certain [models] of these vehicles, but…such a recall will be inadequate to remedy the problem or to compensate the customers who bore the risk that their cars might suddenly stall while driving or, worse, burst into flames,” alleges the Hyundai, Kia class action lawsuit.
The class action states that according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the car makers are recalling certain vehicles equipped with the 1.6 liter “Gamma” engine. The recall includes 120,000 Tucsons and 378,000 Souls.
The plaintiffs allege that the most recent recalls issued in response to numerous complaints do not go far enough, however.
“The proposed recall of the Kia Soul covers 375,000 vehicles equipped with one engine—the 1.6-liter ‘Gamma’ engine— but does not address Kia Soul Plus vehicles equipped with what is, on information and belief, a second defective engine, the 2.0-liter ‘Nu’ engine,” contends the Kia class action lawsuit.
One of the plaintiffs alleges that his vehicle is equipped with the Nu engine and suffered from the engine defect.
Further, alleges the Hyundai, Kia class action lawsuit, car owners must now deal with the loss in value of their recalled vehicles.
“These consumers did not get the vehicles they bargained for at the time of purchase, have gone years without an adequate repair, may have suffered diminished resale value, and cannot now be made whole merely by recalling and repairing the vehicles,” argue the plaintiffs.
According to the Hyundai, Kia class action lawsuit, in addition to economic damages, the plaintiffs and those in the proposed Class have risked injury and even death because of the alleged engine defect.
“Hyundai and Kia alike have concealed these defects for years, despite hundreds of consumer complaints of spontaneous catastrophic engine failures, stalls, and fires,” the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Soul class action lawsuit states.
The Hyundai, Kia class action lawsuit seeks to represent a nationwide Class of those who owned or leased a Class vehicle, including the 2011-2013 Hyundai Tucson and the 2012-2016 Kia Soul, along with subclasses of Washington and West Virginia residents.
The plaintiffs are seeking damages and a court order stopping Hyundai and Kia from concealing the alleged defect and requiring them to repair or buyback affected vehicles.
Snider and Twigger are represented by Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Gretchen Freeman Cappio, and Ryan McDevitt of Keller Rohrback LLP and Benjamin L. Bailey and Jonathan D. Boggs of Bailey Glasser LLP.
The Hyundai, Kia Engine Defect Class Action Lawsuit is Snider, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America Inc., et al., Case No. 3:19-cv-05193-TLF, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle.
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156 thoughts onHyundai, Kia Class Action Says Engines May Burst Into Flames
I have a 2014 Kia Soul. My car drove like a champ. Never had any issues until a few days ago. All of a sudden the engine started making noise and lost power. I had to be towed. After the evaluation I was told that the engine had Catastrophic damage to the engine. Even though I have a extended warranty the company is fighting me on the damage. The worst part of this is I still owe $14000 on the car. Would like to know more about this lawsuit.
I would like to know how many people have gone in for this recall, had the sensor replaced, then and been told their engine is fine. The Kia dealer replaced my sensor, and said I needed the Catalytic converter replaced, but it would take 6 weeks for this part to arrive. I feel the issue of my car now being devalued with this “black mark” related to my engine running hot and burning through oil warrants a new motor because we don’t know how many end years this car has lost with this catalytic converter issue. A new motor would bring the value of my car back where it should be. My car does not smoke or leak, but I go through oil like crazy, and the oil turns black every soon after my oil changes, which I have changed regularly. How would someone go about facilitating this? I will address it with the dealership when I go back in the for new catalytic converter, but wondered if anyone else is having this same issue. I know any dealership is going to try to get through this recall spending as little as possible.
I had the same vehicle it caught fire they offered me 5,000
Do you think that is fair? Would I get more if I sued
it only had 30,000 miles
2013 Hyundai Sonata 2.0T.
I would like to join this class action
Driving home on the free way when my car loose power pull over on the freeway and try to turn the engine back on and waiting. noticed my car smoking and caught on fire.
How does one join this?
Have a 2013 hyndai tuscon. From time of purchase with 40k miles on it I brought it to dealership dozens of times, and even called hyndai Corp cause there was a constant low rumbling noise. Everyone told meni was crazy. Well engine just blew on it from an oil pump problem, which apparently is a problem with alot of the similar engines and hyndai told me that it’s not there problem. From what reggie- regional manager for hyndai Corp stated. Anything over 100k miles is not premature engine failure, that’s it’s normal for an engine to fail. Yet he admits that he does have all the documents of me calling non stop, since I’m over 100k miles it’s out of warranty. Well maybe if someone called me b as co and helped me while it was still under warranty???!!
2013 Tucson 3 stalls lucky on side roads. Got the recall notice took it into Hyundai dealer on M McDowell today. Service said “bad news, problem with your engine”. Recall notice supports that. Also looked at a new Kona and sales agent said “the problems with your trade in will decrease the value if you trade in”. They are holding my car hostage will not authorize a rental so stuck all weekend with no car so Lyft expenses. Missed a day of work because…well, I don’t want to die in a defective car. If it isn’t rectified by end of day Monday I will need to seek legal action. Maybe a new Hyundai isn’t a good decision. Do not want to be a statistic.
I have a 2016 Hyundai Elantra that just completely shut down while i was driving with other family inside.Any info on who i need to speak with concerning this? Tried contacting Hyundai, they ar eof no use, want ME to pay for an inspection into THEIR vehicle.
I have a 2012 hyundai tucson limited concerned
My fiance had a 2015 Kia soul. We got an oil change and it blew up on the highway the next day when she was in surgery. I was in the car while it was on fire. There was a police report filed and very many video/photo footage.