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Hyundai excessive oil consumption class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: A group of Hyundai and Kia vehicle owners are suing Hyundai Motor Co.
- Why: The drivers allege numerous models of Hyundai and Kia vehicles are equipped with defective engines that use excessive amounts of oil, stall and eventually fail.
- Where: The lawsuit was filed in a California federal court.
Hyundai makes numerous models of Hyundai and Kia brand vehicles with defective engines that use excessive amounts of oil, costing their owners huge sums of money, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
On Apr. 12, eight owners of Hyundai and Kia brand vehicles filed a class action lawsuit against Hyundai Motor Co. in a California federal court, alleging violations of federal warranty laws.
The Hyundai excessive oil consumption lawsuit alleges that numerous models of the automaker’s vehicles are equipped with defective Nu, Gamma, Theta, Lambda and Kappa engines.
The defective engines allegedly use excessive amounts of oil, stall and eventually fail. The drivers say Hyundai should have issued a recall for the vehicles a long time ago but hasn’t.
As a result, thousands of Hyundai and Kia owners and lessees have allegedly been forced to constantly check the oil levels, and oil must be added to the engines more frequently than even the owner’s manuals recommend, Car Complaints reports.
The engine issue has flow-on effects like reduction in engine lubrication due to crankshaft submersion and gaskets and seals damage, which leads to oil leaks.
The plaintiffs also claim that oil in their vehicles migrates to places where it shouldn’t be, damaging the combustion and exhaust systems.
This allegedly causes “abnormal wear of engine parts, oversaturation of carbon and deposits of oil sludge, ultimately requiring a costly engine rebuild or replacement.”
Automaker should honor warranty claims outside terms, Hyundai class action says
The plaintiffs allege that Hyundai should honor customers’ warranty claims even when the warranties have expired.
According to the lawsuit, Hyundai can’t adequately repair the oil consumption problems and doesn’t offer any reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs caused by the issue.
The class action states customers must suffer through long wait times for replacement parts, “and in most cases do not receive required engine replacements.”
The cars with the allegedly faulty engines include the 2012-2020 Hyundai Elantra, 2009-2018 Hyundai Genesis Coupe, 2019-2021 Hyundai Kona, 2020-2021 Hyundai Palisade, 2010-2012 and 2015-2021 Hyundai Santa Fe, 2009-2010 and 2015-2021 Hyundai Sonata, 2011–2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, 2010-2013 and 2015-2021 Hyundai Tucson, 2011-2021 Hyundai Veloster, 2020-2021 Hyundai Venue, 2010-2021 Kia Forte, 2017-2020 Kia Niro, 2011-2020 Kia Optima and Optima Hybrid, 2012-2021 Kia Rio, 2011-2020 Kia Sorento, 2012-2021 Kia Soul, 2011-2020 Kia Sportage, 2018-2021 Kia Stinger and 2022 Kia K5.
Meanwhile, Hyundai has expanded its recall of vehicles with an exploding seat belt part issue that has caused multiple injuries to include 6,240 of its 2021-2022 Elantra and 2020 Accent vehicles.
The plaintiffs are represented by Nye, Stirling, Hale & Miller LLP, Sauder Schelkopf LLC and Walsh, PLLC.
The Hyundai Oil Consumption Lawsuit is Cho, et al., v. Hyundai Motor Company, LTD., et al. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Are you one of the drivers affected by an allegedly faulty Hyundai engine? Let us know in the comments!
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3,133 thoughts onHyundai class action alleges excessive oil consumption
I have gone through 2 turbos in my 2013 Genesis Coupe. Both stating that oil sludge has affected the turbos causing the turbine wheel to shatter. My car runs through oil like crazy. Now my engine has seized due to the same issue, I have had to change the oil 4 times in the last 1,000 miles on my vehicle. They are wanting $9800 to replace the engine. I’ve already spent roughly $5,000 on the turbos combined in the last few years.
This is my 3rd recall having a 2014 tucson it went to hyundai corporation and now consumer affairs has my case yet my suv is at the dealership since Feb 23, 2022. No remedy to fix, what you might ask? Well whether you’re driving it or leaving it parked in your garage or a parking spot it can catch on fire meaning the engine. Thank God that has not happened. But it’s ridiculous that this seems ongoing…I have a case worker from internal affairs at hyundai Corp who has been and is wonderful. Hopefully this is straightened out soon.
Yes. burning 1 to 2 quarts every 1,000 miles and it started at 50,000 miles. 2018 Hyundai Tucson. Dealer says its normal. they are smoking Crack! They will have you do a oil consumption test basically until your car is out of warranty and say its not covered.
On March 31st, I took my car to the service department at Hyundai of Las Vegas for an issue I was having with the vehicle consuming oil. Since then, the service department there instructed me to gather the service records for my vehicle I could find to assist them in my claim for service to send to the warranty company. I gathered all the oil change records I could obtain at the time, and provided these to them so that they could pursue an approval for an oil consumption test to be performed to help us diagnose the problem. After two weeks I was informed that the warranty denied my claim, stating the reason as ‘lack of maintenance’. The case manager with Hyundai Customer Care was unhelpful, not supplying me with any description of what that entailed or how to overturn the decision, if possible.
This is my second vehicle with Hyundai, the first was paid off, after which I went back and purchased my current Sonata, brand new, in 2018, because I loved my first Sonata so much. I am the original owner and my car has less than 50,000 miles on it, and I am being told that my warranty will not even cover the TESTING required to diagnose the problem, let alone the problem itself. Hyundai has claimed that it prides itself on having the best warranty available, and me being a loyal customer believed in this, until now. I cannot continue to drive the vehicle in the current state, and to date I have paid over $20,000 dollars into my loan for this vehicle, only to be told that somehow, I have not maintained it, and that my warranty is worth nothing. Please, if there is anything you can suggest, any venue to help, or to perhaps direct me to anything that will help me fight this, I would greatly appreciate your time and effort. I am entirely disappointed and very literally stranded currently, and just need any help I can get to resolve this matter if possible.
Kelli Day. I owned a 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe in 2020. I currently have a 2012 Hyundai Elantra GLS. Please add me add immediately.
I have a 2015 Hyundai Tucson. It has had this issue for almost 2 years. I have been to three different dealerships and every time I get close to getting it fixed, Hyundai comes back and says it doesn’t meet the threshold. I am starting yet another oil combustion test after my car burned 2 quarts of oil in 700 miles. How can I get added to this or get involved?
I had a 2017 Hyundai Sonata. Used oil every 500 miles, Was told they could fix it for $700 – I thought it should have been a recall but told no. Had to get rid of car.
I have 2012 Kia Soul. Add me
I have two
2016 Tucson
2015 Veloster
I have a 2017 Sante Fe Sport. I am having the same problem. They said the oil is leaking. Twice I brought my care in for an oil change and twice I told them the oil light came on within 1,000 miles after the oil change. First they repaired the oil pan -no charge., Second time they are telling me the timing chain cover is leaking. They want $850.00 to fix it. If the oil is leaking wouldn’t I have oil on my driveway? I was away the previous week, my car was sitting in the driveway. There is no oil on my driveway.