2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON — Complaint #1558618
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE filed April 17, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1558618 (ODI reference 11196861) concerns a 2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON and was filed on April 17, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 26, 2019. The vehicle had 68,122 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI TUCSON cohort independently describe similar engine failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM THE OIL PAN AREA. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V063000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,122. *DT *TR *LN 4-17-2019: CALLED HYUNDAI AND SCHEDULED A CHECKUP OF THE VEHICLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. A CASE WAS OPENED WITH HYUNDAI REGARDING THIS. 5-17-2019: VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, DEALER MENTIONED WILL SUBMIT THE OIL PAN SEAPAGE TO HYUNDAI FOR NEXT ACTIONS AND WAS TOLD WILL BE GIVEN A CALL BACK. ATTACHING THE FINDINGS FROM THE DEALER. NO RESPONSE FROM HYUNDAI. 11-14-2019: PHOTOS OF OIL PAN LEAK AGAIN SENT BY DEALER TO HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA. HYUNDAI DELCINED TO REPAIR, STATING VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE HYUNDAI RECALL-181 AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY (OIL PAN LEAK FO
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1558618 |
| ODI Number | 11196861 |
| Date Filed | April 17, 2019 |
| Failure Date | January 26, 2019 |
| VIN | KM8JT3AB5BU |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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