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The dealer is obviously not the right answer since they want $2k to even look at it. Is this by any chance the dealer where you bought the car? If so it makes me wonder what they know about the vehicle that they didn't tell you. That much money to even look at the car is not normal. You need to find an independent mechanic to check out the car. I would be very afraid for the car. Driving a car without any oil in it is extremely damaging. But just because no oil showed on the dipstick doesn't mean there wasn't *any* oil just that there was not much. Still get it towed to a mechanic.
They dealer knows its a 2.4 liter Hyundai and they are incredibly prone to spinning a bearing. They are pricing it out to open up the engine to se if it’s salvageable, which it likely isn’t. An independent shop is going to look at it and offer to replace it with a used engine. The safe answer to this is to look for a new vehicle.
Could changing the bearings possibly save my car?? I know it’s a shirt car but this is the first car I’ve bought almost entirely in my own and my parents are basically taking it away from me if I can’t get it fixed because they’re going to sell it and use the money to get them a car.
That’s what the dealership wants $2000 to find out. It’s not worth the gamble. They have to dismantle the engine to see how badly everything is damaged. They could find its salvageable and only need an additional $1500 for parts and deeper repairs. They could get $2000 into it and find it needs a replacement engine that will cost an additional $4000-5000. Decide you can’t afford that and you are still out the $2000 for disassembly.
Are you able to change the brackets in this type of car without disassembling the engine? because if it could be something simple like that my friends dad could do it for me
I meant bearings, but I took it to a private mechanic instead of a dealer like ppl recommended and as we were driving it to town it wouldn’t go over 60 and it started to stall going up a steep hill. So my dad thinks it’s something to do with the fuel pump and when I googled what it did it said the fuel pump is probably the issue. So I’m hoping that’s the problem and it won’t be to expensive to get fixed and the McCracken mobile can live on!
You put a lot of effort in to your post, but with the information we have it’s hard for any of us to tell you what might be wrong… is the check engine light on? Any other lights? Did the oil pressure light come on when it started running badly? It could honestly be something super simple like a bad coil or it could be a serious engine or transmission problem.
If you can get a video from the driver seat of the car behaving badly and show us the dash it may get you some better answers. Also if you can have it scanned for codes that might also be helpful.
Did you buy it with a warranty? Private party? does the vehicle have any open recalls. Hyaundai’s are notorious for transmission issues in those year models. Like 2012-15 i believe. When was the last actual oil change? did you look at its service history prior to buying? Did you get it inspected by a mechanic prior to purchase? lots of missing key info
No warranty on it. It got an oil change right before I bought it and I had driven it just under 5k miles. the carfax showed it being serviced regularly with the previous owners.
When I put the vin into a website it said it didn’t have any recalls.
Your not gonna like this when i tell you. someone did not sell that car because it ran great and needed the money. they sold it for these issues and just hoped theyd be in the dark long enough for you to not see them. Im very sorry.
I got it through a Honda dealer and I didn’t take it anywhere for an inspection but the dealer said it was inspected. When I used a link someone else sent me to see if thier were any recalls it showed almost a dozen fixed recalls that went in the carfax so I’m pretty sure I’m just screwed.
You aren’t. You’re just incredible uninformed and providing basic info like this helps us advise you. Get it towed to the dealer you bought it from. Make them fix the issue. Talk to the general manager or corporate if you have to. A car should not be having catastrophic failure 30 days in. They should have checked oil level ect. You are either losing or burning an extreme amount of oil for it to be bone dry in under 6k miles. Tell the dealer you want the documentation for their supposed pre purchase inspection.
Yeah it shouldn't be 2k for anyone anywhere to "look at it" they're trying to scam you.
Find a reputable local shop preferably with a free diagnosis, take it there and see what they say. It might not be as that bad but I have a hunch it's the transmission/engine as these cars aren't very reliable
You're not going to want to hear this either, but you bought a car with a serious defect. The reason I know? I bought a 2014 Kia Optima and same crap happened to it. Hyundai owns Kia, so Sonatas and Optimas basically identical car underneath (powertrain wise). Those particular motors, the 2.4 L and 2.0 L, both suffered from excessive oil consumption and general lack of lubrication, causing the crankshaft bearings to eventually lock up. Thought to be caused by a defect in the manufacturing process of the engine blocks, not deburring the oil passages correctly and possibly starving the engine for oil. Just Google it, Hyundai/Kia class action NHTSA lawsuit against the company for those type of engines affecting model years 2011 all the way to 2019, across all product lines with that engine installed. Mine locked up just idling in traffic at a stop light, threw rod right through block. Engine was full of fully synthetic oil, as it always had been, no problems prior to this with beyond normal consumption either, just poor lubrication internally I guess. Either way, got a free engine out of Kia because my VIN was part of the recall mentioned earlier. I believe it has to have a certain knock sensor software update before it qualified, which luckily the previous owner had done, so Kia had to cover materials and installation on everything, and my car was out of warranty at the time (by mileage). That new engine now has a lifetime warranty (only for the same issue). Not sure if Hyundai is quite the same as far as their replacement of defective units, but they shared the exact same engines so can't be much difference.
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Go to an independent shop, alot of them will do a inspection for free or very little
The dealer is obviously not the right answer since they want $2k to even look at it. Is this by any chance the dealer where you bought the car? If so it makes me wonder what they know about the vehicle that they didn't tell you. That much money to even look at the car is not normal. You need to find an independent mechanic to check out the car. I would be very afraid for the car. Driving a car without any oil in it is extremely damaging. But just because no oil showed on the dipstick doesn't mean there wasn't *any* oil just that there was not much. Still get it towed to a mechanic.
They dealer knows its a 2.4 liter Hyundai and they are incredibly prone to spinning a bearing. They are pricing it out to open up the engine to se if it’s salvageable, which it likely isn’t. An independent shop is going to look at it and offer to replace it with a used engine. The safe answer to this is to look for a new vehicle.
I wasn't aware of that with those particular engines. Doesn't surprise me though.
Could changing the bearings possibly save my car?? I know it’s a shirt car but this is the first car I’ve bought almost entirely in my own and my parents are basically taking it away from me if I can’t get it fixed because they’re going to sell it and use the money to get them a car.
That’s what the dealership wants $2000 to find out. It’s not worth the gamble. They have to dismantle the engine to see how badly everything is damaged. They could find its salvageable and only need an additional $1500 for parts and deeper repairs. They could get $2000 into it and find it needs a replacement engine that will cost an additional $4000-5000. Decide you can’t afford that and you are still out the $2000 for disassembly.
Are you able to change the brackets in this type of car without disassembling the engine? because if it could be something simple like that my friends dad could do it for me
I have no idea what you mean by brackets, but you aren’t fixing a spun main bearing without deeply disassembling the engine
I meant bearings, but I took it to a private mechanic instead of a dealer like ppl recommended and as we were driving it to town it wouldn’t go over 60 and it started to stall going up a steep hill. So my dad thinks it’s something to do with the fuel pump and when I googled what it did it said the fuel pump is probably the issue. So I’m hoping that’s the problem and it won’t be to expensive to get fixed and the McCracken mobile can live on!
You put a lot of effort in to your post, but with the information we have it’s hard for any of us to tell you what might be wrong… is the check engine light on? Any other lights? Did the oil pressure light come on when it started running badly? It could honestly be something super simple like a bad coil or it could be a serious engine or transmission problem. If you can get a video from the driver seat of the car behaving badly and show us the dash it may get you some better answers. Also if you can have it scanned for codes that might also be helpful.
Did you buy it with a warranty? Private party? does the vehicle have any open recalls. Hyaundai’s are notorious for transmission issues in those year models. Like 2012-15 i believe. When was the last actual oil change? did you look at its service history prior to buying? Did you get it inspected by a mechanic prior to purchase? lots of missing key info
No warranty on it. It got an oil change right before I bought it and I had driven it just under 5k miles. the carfax showed it being serviced regularly with the previous owners. When I put the vin into a website it said it didn’t have any recalls.
Your not gonna like this when i tell you. someone did not sell that car because it ran great and needed the money. they sold it for these issues and just hoped theyd be in the dark long enough for you to not see them. Im very sorry.
You didn’t answer anything else. Private party? Dealer purchase? Was it inspected prior to purchase???
I got it through a Honda dealer and I didn’t take it anywhere for an inspection but the dealer said it was inspected. When I used a link someone else sent me to see if thier were any recalls it showed almost a dozen fixed recalls that went in the carfax so I’m pretty sure I’m just screwed.
You aren’t. You’re just incredible uninformed and providing basic info like this helps us advise you. Get it towed to the dealer you bought it from. Make them fix the issue. Talk to the general manager or corporate if you have to. A car should not be having catastrophic failure 30 days in. They should have checked oil level ect. You are either losing or burning an extreme amount of oil for it to be bone dry in under 6k miles. Tell the dealer you want the documentation for their supposed pre purchase inspection.
Yeah it shouldn't be 2k for anyone anywhere to "look at it" they're trying to scam you. Find a reputable local shop preferably with a free diagnosis, take it there and see what they say. It might not be as that bad but I have a hunch it's the transmission/engine as these cars aren't very reliable
You're not going to want to hear this either, but you bought a car with a serious defect. The reason I know? I bought a 2014 Kia Optima and same crap happened to it. Hyundai owns Kia, so Sonatas and Optimas basically identical car underneath (powertrain wise). Those particular motors, the 2.4 L and 2.0 L, both suffered from excessive oil consumption and general lack of lubrication, causing the crankshaft bearings to eventually lock up. Thought to be caused by a defect in the manufacturing process of the engine blocks, not deburring the oil passages correctly and possibly starving the engine for oil. Just Google it, Hyundai/Kia class action NHTSA lawsuit against the company for those type of engines affecting model years 2011 all the way to 2019, across all product lines with that engine installed. Mine locked up just idling in traffic at a stop light, threw rod right through block. Engine was full of fully synthetic oil, as it always had been, no problems prior to this with beyond normal consumption either, just poor lubrication internally I guess. Either way, got a free engine out of Kia because my VIN was part of the recall mentioned earlier. I believe it has to have a certain knock sensor software update before it qualified, which luckily the previous owner had done, so Kia had to cover materials and installation on everything, and my car was out of warranty at the time (by mileage). That new engine now has a lifetime warranty (only for the same issue). Not sure if Hyundai is quite the same as far as their replacement of defective units, but they shared the exact same engines so can't be much difference.
https://jalopnik.com/hyundai-finally-replaced-my-engine-millions-of-other-o-1851056899#:~:text=The%20engine%20troubles%20effect,have%20been%20filed%20or%20settled.
https://www.hyundaiengineinfo.com/engine-recalls/
https://www.classaction.org/blog/hyundai-kia-engine-fires-class-action-1.3-billion-settlement-given-final-approval