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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
Engine failure a few days after receiving an engine recall notice in the mail that was scheduled for testing. Hyundai then turned down repair because of high mileage and out of warranty. Vehicle constantly leaked oil and was noisy.
I have a 2012 kia soul
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I have a 2014 Kia soul and with my 2 young children the car stalled out and when pulled over to side of road the engine burst into flames so why the engine on fire I’m pulling my two young children out of the car it’s a total loss by the time I had to come and put the fire out I called Kia and they said it’s not the same car it’s not the right car of the recall so there’s nothing they can do image of crazy same thing happened to the recalls about but it’s not concerning my car is making no sense at all had 35,000 miles on it. I just keep getting the Run around with Kia I don’t know what to do.
Please add me to the class action suit if possible.
I tried wrong lawsuit.
Is it too late fir 2012 Hyundai Tucson that stalled and died on the highway (Nov 2018).
Hyundai has paid $0. Nothing!!
We had to sell it for junk and lost over $11,000 in value- plus towings, car rental, diagnostics
I’ve had these problems with my 2012 Hyundai Tucson. It went down in May 2019, and Hyundai has been dodging me and refusing to help. Is there any way I can still have a claim?
Did you get an answer??
Ours died in fire.
Getting dodged by Hyundai since Nov 2018
2011 KIA SORENTO Had to pay almost 800. for one repair dealer told me it could catch on fire .
in summer 2019
I have a Kia 2013 Kia Soul which I bought used two years ago. After a few noticed it was a gas and oil fiddler and an oil too. Is this the reason there has been law suits
It uses way too much oil and gas
I have a Kia 2013 Kia Soul which I bought used two years ago. After a few noticed it was a gas and oil fiddler and an oil too. Is this the reason there has been law suits
Add me
I have a Kia Soul Plus with 2L engine. The engine failed while 6 hours from home on a GS trip, on a busy coastal highway around a blind corner. We were very lucky. No check engine or oil lights came on until the moment that it failed. I’d taken it to the dealership for it’s regular maintenance and then some. The dealership replaced the engine, under the extended warranty, I am grateful that I bought the extended warranty but what about those outside warranty?! And those injured due to engine failure. I was never informed as to what caused the failure, they seemed to think the problem is resolved since it was covered by warranty. However, I want to know why so that I can watch for simptoms since warning lights and regular maintenance obviously is not enough to safeguard my family and scouts against catastrophic failure. It’s currently at the dealership mechanic, now my neighborhood dealership which I love and are in general more helpful. I hope to get more cooperation now that the shadie dealership in Eugene is no longer on the job. Unfortunately, Weston may not be able to tell me why it failed since they didn’t do the engine replacement but I will be asking.
….It was in at Keffer Kia in Eugene for the initial repairs since it was the closest dealership to me at the time of the failure. It was due to an oversight during engine replacement that I had to take it to my local Kia as soon as I got home. That time the engine light was on for an Oxygen sensor that was fried from the unsecured new engine. Weston Kia, my favorite and local Kia dealership, is on the job and at least on the customer care level I am having a better experience.
Besides the engine, the check engine and oil lights should be included. I’m not the only one to have zero warning before failure occurred.
Please, add me to the class action.