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2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE — ENGINE

fire · 1827575 · 2022-07-21

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
SANTA FE
Year
2011
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
ENGINE
Speed
20 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

UNKNOWN warning I’m the owner of a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe and a week ago at 185k mikes all of a sudden driving on the freeway it started hesitating and sounded like metal grinding and smoking really bad. Pulled to the side of the freeway on a ramp at that. Tried to restart the vehicle and I heard a bang noise which upon later discovery the engine blew a rod with no warning locked the steering wheel couldn’t get the keys out of the ignition DO NOT buy this car still owe 5k on the vehicle

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11475199
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown