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Hyundai Motor Company Ltd. and Hyundai Motor America Inc. are facing a class action lawsuit alleging certain vehicles contain an engine defect that prevents oil flow to vital areas of the engine, leading vehicles to stall during operation and potentially experience catastrophic engine failure.
Plaintiffs James Kinnick and Wallace Coats claim that the Hyundai engine defect results in the restriction of oil flow through the connecting rod bearings and other vital areas of the engine. They claim that the defect typically manifests during the limited warranty period or shortly after it has expired.
Kinnick and Coats allege the Hyundai engine defect can cause catastrophic engine failure at any time—even when the vehicle is in operation. As a result, the driver and occupants of the vehicle are at an increased risk of an accident, injury or death. Other drivers and passengers who share the road are also at risk, the Hyundai engine defect class action lawsuit alleges.
According to the Hyundai class action lawsuit, the vehicles affected by the alleged Hyundai engine defect include certain 2015-2016 Sonata, Tucson and Santa Fe vehicles with Theta 2.0-liter and 2.4 liter gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines.
“Not only did Defendants actively conceal the fact that particular components within the Class Vehicles’ engines are prone to failure, they did not reveal that the existence of the defect would diminish the intrinsic and resale value of the Class Vehicles and lead to the safety concerns described herein,” the Hyundai class action lawsuit states.
Kinnick and Coats claim that Hyundai has long been aware of the defect but that the motor company has refused to repair the affected vehicles without charge even when the alleged defect manifests during the limited warranty period.
“Indeed, in many cases Defendants have even refused to disclose the existence of the defect when Class Vehicles displaying symptoms consistent with the defect are brought in for service, instead choosing to ignore the defect until it has caused significant mechanical problems necessitating costly repairs,” the Hyundai engine defect class action lawsuit alleges.
Kinnick and Coats both claim that they had to pay thousands of dollars to replace the engines in their affected Hyundai vehicles. According to the engine defect class action lawsuit, Hyundai did not inform them of the existence of the Hyundai engine defect despite allegedly being aware of the issue.
The Hyundai class action lawsuit asserts claims for violations of the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, California Unfair Competition Laws, the California False Advertising Law, the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, breach of written warranty under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, common law fraud, breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, and violation of the Song-Beverly Act – breach of implied warranty.
Last year, Hyundai settled a similar engine defect class action lawsuit that allegedly affected 2011-2014 model year Hyundai Sonata vehicles with a Theta II 2.0 liter or 2.4 liter GDI engine.
Kinnick and Coats are represented by Richard D. McCune, David C. Wright, Joseph G. Sauder, Matthew D. Schelkopf and Joseph B. Kenney of McCune Wright Arevalo LLP; Bonner Walsh of Walsh PLLC; and by Adam Gonnelli of The Sultzer Law Group PC.
They Hyundai Engine Defect Class Action Lawsuit is James Kinnick and Wallace Coats v. Hyundai Motor Company, et al., Case No. 8:17-cv-02208, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
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164 thoughts onHyundai Class Action Alleges Defect Leads to Catastrophic Engine Failure
I recently just purchased a 2009 Hyundai Sonata and while I was driving on a 10 hour trip from Long Beach to Northern California while on the Highway my car was suddenly starting to drive pretty rough and then out of nowhere my car just all the sudden jerked to the right and right as I was passing a semi truck! yes an 18-wheeler semi truck which made me clips the back left corner of the semi trucks and then suck me under the truck like a treadmill and drug me for a 100 yards! It instantly totaled my and almost killed me! It instantly shattered my windshield, completely caved in the whole front end of my car and completely shredded both of my front tires and put me on two rims! since the check was moving at fast speeds it was trying to flip my car underneath the truck so I had to hold on to my steering wheel for dear life and just pray to God that I wouldn’t die! I cannot let go of my steering wheel so I did not know the truck has seen me yet or not considering they are heavy vehicles but I could not let go of my steering wheel to honk or flash my lights even though he did it was the scariest thing I have ever experienced in my life! This just happened 2 months ago now and I contacted nhtsa and top class action lawsuits but I’ve yet to hear from anyone and I just happened to stumble across this article I think it goes for more years then just the 2014-15! how do I get in on this lawsuit because now I am screwed without a vehicle I have no money and no means to get to work not to mention I almost lost my life!!
Driving a 2015 already Sonata and once been at dealer for engine problems, add me to claim
I have a 2011 Tucson and we are just starting to have problems. It would still be under warranty though if I am correct – it is 10 years or 100,000 miles? Wouldn’t everything be covered still?
I have a 2015 sonata limited that once or twice my ingine has shaken took to dealer no problem were found it does make a tickling sound when idle was told is normal but I don’t hear it from other sonata that has rented when out of town.
I have a 2013 Sonata 2.0 turbo my car stalls out every now and then, I would love to be part of the class-action suit I called Hyundai numerous times they told me bring the car for servicing and I would be charged, I also have a problem with my steering column it makes a banging noise when I turn on from left to right they sent me a recall for that, so if others are experiencing a knocking in their steering column when you turn left to right on 2011 two 2016 Hyundai Sonata it’s a faulty steering column it’s recall bring it back
Bought s 2009 Santander and when I’m driving. The power goes out and then on again. I noticed it happened on the highway and had no power steering I’m noticing it does it more often and mechanic don’t know what the problem is. But obviously there is a major problem and want this fixed before I die on the freeway one of these days.
I have a 2016 Tucson that would not move at time when the vehicle was stopped for a sort period of time. Like at a red light. I was almost rear-ended twice because of this.
I have been having the same problem. Have had 2 attorneys, complained since first oil change ( now has 52,000 miles) Hyundai refuses to buy it back but offers 2,000 and I keep the LMAO.
Hyundai. I used to think they were saying Honda. The name is a cheap knock-off. They should be forced to change their name. How about Yugo? No one has ever used that name (sarcasm).
wonder if 2017 models are affected?
I was wondering about the 2017, also. My Tucson takes forever to heat up.
I have a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe that I continuously get the check engine light on. Several times I had this checked in which I am told it reads “runs rich” but can’t identify the problem. Twice I have been driving down the road when my car would suddenly lose power in my steering and brakes. After struggling to pull off the road and sitting there I was later able to restart the car the 1st time it happened. On the second incident, I had just left the Hyundai service department that could not find anything wrong with it and I was advised it was safe to drive to NJ! Less than 30 minutes later the same thing, lost all my power and luckily was able to pull off in a parking lot that happens to be across from the Hyundai Dealership. I had been told on different occasions what they thought the problem might be. Sick of false costly diagnoses and not fixing the problem. I had spark plugs changed, injectors cleaned, radiator flushed, all at a hefty repair cost. The last straw was when I was told I needed to replace the fuel pump. At that point I got Steve the manager involved. I live in rural area and it’s unsafe. Knock on wood they replaced a throttle positioning sensor and my car has been riding fine for over a year but just recently the engine light came back on again. It rides fine and my husband had it checked and it’s reading running rich AGAIN. He disconnected the battery and the light went out so far, No incidence. Wondering if it’s a bad sensor AGAIN but they can’t seem to know unless the car breaks down!