My 2019 Hyundai Tucson Has 60K Miles, and the Dealer Says It Needs a New Engine, It Was the Biggest Financial Mistake of My Life

I bought a 2017 hyundai tucson last April 2024. Just a few weeks ago on our way back from a long trip back to Arizona, the car slowly dies and has no power or torque and we are left stranded on the freeway. It was horrible! The hyundai took too much oil which was strange. After my brother and aunt come to our rescue 380+ miles away, we wait and try not to freeze. When they arrive, my brother's engine goes out in his Dooley but another relative helps us tow our car home. Another relative gets my brother's truck towed to Albuquerque then back to AZ.
When we get back to Arizona, I get the hyundai towed to the dealership, they chew me out for not taking care of the car. They finally tell me the engine is gone and that I need a new engine that would cost a little over $8,000. I'm still paying on it. There was nothing to do so I paid a towing company to tow the hyundai back home. Since I have to work and get my kids to school, I had no choice but to buy another suv but this time a 2023 honda crv. It's been a nightmare. We tell everyone we see not to buy any hyundai tucson.

I was always taught that you check the oil every time you fill up with gasoline. These engines are garbage, no question. However she wouldn't have destroyed the engine if she had checked the oil every time she filled up with gasoline. My parents taught me this before I even had a driver's licence. It's just what you do.

Now this poor girl is making payments on a worthless car. I'm not certain that a 2019 Tucson is worth $10,000? Especially considering they'll just replace the defective motor with another failure prone engine. It is the Hyundai way.

It kind of blows my mind that we live in the age of all information is available to the internet. And nobody bothers to Google or use AI. To search these car brands and vehicles to find out. If there's any major problems, you can also go on and check for. Service bulletins on specific vehicles and will tell you everything.They end up in the shop for.
I see so many vehicles.Hyundnice used to be a decent vehicle that were cheap and now they're disposable As in you can just throw them all away about every Sixty to a hundred thousand miles

At 90k miles our engine gave us issues. It was 9 years old at times. We proved that we kept up on the oil changes and any recalls. They gave us a new engine at no cost. Frankly I was very impressed. The dar is now at 160k and still going. Little things popping up now. Do lesson learned. It's worth it to keep all paperwork. If buying used, have the sellar give you the history. It paid off for us

I bought slightly used 2017 Hyundai Tucson in 2019. I initially loved the vehicle. The sound system was fantastic and it still had a CD player to play my music. I knew there were issues with the car before I bought it, just by the way the salesman and manager handled certain paperwork. I thought the issue was transmission related. The car had 26,000 miles on it when I bought it. I routinely got oil changes according to the manual. Right around the 86,000 mile mark it started burning oil very quickly. Got an oil change in the summer but soon had to get another barely 2 months later. Car went into limp mode while I was driving on the highway. Had it towed and "repaired" and then it did it again about 1 month later. There was no 3rd time. I immediately traded it in and bought a new Mazda instead. I read up on all the recalls. Hyundai should be ashamed that they haven't resolved this issue. It's clearly an engineering and assembly issue.

My 2014 Tucsan was towed to the dealership on March 19th and we are waiting on a bearings test to see if they will replace the engine after going into limp mode just like hers. We shall see.

Our 2017 Hyundai Tucson did the same thing started using a lot of oil took it in for the test and they said it needed a new engine and they’d get back to us 90 days went by went back to them and they said they had to do another engine test and this time they said they needed records for all the oil changes that would ever done Well of course we couldn’t come up with that cause I changed the oil myself a lot. The car finally died and now it’s sitting in the driveway and we still owe $7000 on it biggest financial mistake I ever made. Coffee maker

I bought a 2017 Tuscan 1.6 limited turbo with about 40.000 miles on it from Hyundai dealership in city of industry $30.000 out the door for 6 years ($460) a month. And now , recently burning oil bad that I have to add oil a quart easily a month. And I am not driving it a lot also .
Everyday around 10 miles. To my work only .
I changed the oil myself every 3000 miles with mobile -1 5-30 and take care of it myself and drive it myself only too .
But now I am getting worried about this matter but haven't got any problems with the engine so far .

Have a 2019 toucan automatic, 53000 miles.
Won't go into reverse, we now into the 8th week of them having the car,
£900 to remove and inspect gearbox.
They still can't find anything wrong.
No offer of courtesy car either

My 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe was consuming oil (up to 4 quarts in 1000 miles) Hyundai deemed it acceptable. When the engine finally seized, I got same story, $10000 for a new engine, still owed $8000 on car. HATE HYUNDAI. Never again. How there is no class action suit is beyond me.

I am using 2011 hyundai tucson theta ll. So far, I have not ecperienced unusual trouble on my engine, I just maintsined its engine oil right on time. I am from the philippines and my unit is a direct import from korea.

I have a 2017 Hyundai Tucson with a cracked valve (failed compression test on #3) 112000 miles. Was also using oil. Now I stuck because I still owe on the car and I can't afford to put a new engine in it.😥

This happened to my 2017 Hyundai tucson at 64,000 miles, I had service records and did every recall they had on my car. Talked to Hyundai corporation they were not helpful was so ever. I took the steps the dealership told me to do from oil consumption test which it failed to combustion chamber cleaning at my cost of $750.00. Didn't get anywhere with them. I will never buy another Hyundai. This was a tough lesson for me but it taught me to research the vehicle before purchasing it. Hope this helps others.

2014 Sante Fe sport 2.4 L. Excessive oil usage. Basically 2 qts per week. And we're in no financial position to trade it in

We own a 2019 Tucson, had exactly the same excessive oil consumption issues, and have just had the engine replaced. Fortunately, we had an extended warranty on the vehicle that covered the cost of the replacement engine, however Hyundai fought us for months on this and initially refused to accept this as a warranty issue.

The girl with the 2019 Hyundai Tucson motor problem there are recalls on these engines Hyundai has to honor them take them to court. If they refuse to honor this there are over 95,000 Hyundai cars having these issues.

There is a 150,000 mile 15 year extended warranty on some of these cars and a class action suit she needs to check in to Hyundai is supposed to replace motor.

My wife and I have had 2 Hyundai, a 2016 Sonata and a 2016 Tuscon, both had engine failure however Hyundai was more than generous in handling the issues, both engines were replaced and a rental car provided, and an additional period of warranty. I have purchased another Sonata and my wife will replace her Tuscon with another Hyundai when her current one is no longer drivable. She has 189,000 miles on her Tuscon, with 80,000 on the replaced engine. Very happy with Hyundai

I purchased a 2019 Hyundai in 2020, and it’s been **nothing but problems—recalls, a replaced catalytic converter, and now excessive oil consumption. The dealership initially hinted at an extended warranty claim (since they *knew* about the oil-burning issue) but later told me I’d have to **pay out of pocket** for a new engine and fuel pump.

Hyundai builds unreliable cars
and abandons customers when their products fail. Save yourself the headache—avoid Hyundai at all costs. I’ll never buy one again, and I warn everyone I know to stay far away.

Owner of a 2015 brand-new Hyundai Tucson.
Started excess oil consumption in 2021. Completed the Oil Consumption Test.
Was told to watch the oil and add as necessary. It is running rough. But the dealership couldn't do anything to resolve the issue.
End of 2024, engine started to act up. Had "check engine light" flash in early 2025.
Dealership and Hyundai Canada refused to accept that these engines are faulty. I was told I had maintenance gap which is not true; I kept adding oil every month.
DO NOT BUY ANY HYUNDAI even if it is the best deal in town!!!!!!

Buying without a warranty is NOT smart.

My son owns a 2019 Elantra. One day going to work, the car just died. He took it to the mechanic & was told he has to have it towed to the Hyundai dealer. The dealership service check it out & he needed a new engine. He was told he needs to be the original owner, which he is & the car had 84,000 miles. The Hyundai service once approved by Hyundai, ordered the engine & they gave him a liner, which he had for 3 weeks. He now has his car back with a new engine, but it’s very frustrating what some of the service people (not where was son went) to constantly saying come back after a 1000 miles so they can see if the oil was burning. I’m just grateful that he wasn’t over the 100,000 & that he was the original owner.

Wait so had an engine that was drinking oil and just went "meh it'll be fine". I would have been at that dealer constantly getting them to fix it, not just carry on by refilling the oil!

I'm on my last payment for my 2016 hyandia Elantra hatchback and know my engine is smoking real bad the dealership said that I need a new engine and I'm not on the recall list im mad as he'll this is wrong. I don't have 10000 thousand dollars for another engine. I will never buy a hyandia ever again. They should work with us as buyers at least replace the engine for free they are wrong.Im hurt about this Company.

I bought a 2019 Kia Soul (Same company as Hyundai) and had the same problem 3,000 miles after the warranty ended and they wouldn't cover it. Then the dealer tried to gaslight me into thinking that all five year old cars have issues like this and I might need a new one. This pissed me off so badly that I bought a 1956 Cadillac DeVille. It might not be "practical" but 69 years and counting is a hell of a lot better than five. Plus it actually has a personality and I take pride in owning it.

This story reminds me of Idiocracy. It can't be real, there is no way that a person exists that needs to take their vehicle to a dealership/mechanic to add oil. If you can figure out how to add gas, you can figure out how to add oil.

Bought my 2022 Hyundai off the showroom floor and before I had it a year check engine light came on broke down in my yard the first cylinder broke, under warranty got it fixed. 4 months later the check engine light came on
Next cylinder broke placed a complaint with Hyundai they said it
Was a different cylinder from the last one so my complaint was dropped. 8 months later the third cylinder broke different cylinder can’t honor my complaint. Needed new brakes took the truck in they kept for a week during the service they noticed something bad on the vehicle waited for part paid 1500.00 got the truck back and 4 days later truck broke down again took it back to Hyundai they ended up keeping the truck for over 2wks initially didn’t know what was wrong with it..then to tell me that it’s my fuel injector and charged me another 600.00 dollars. Picked the truck up and it drives like a 1984 Chevy pickup. The truck has less than 60k miles on it and it has been in the shop every yr since i purchased it. I want out

Bought a 2021 Hyundai Kona thinking it was a good car. It started burning oil at 40,000 miles but could not warranty it because we bought it from a Nissan dealership with a warranty that won't cover the engine tear down. Very disappointed in Hyundai. Still making payments on this piece of junk.

I have 2023 Tucson and I had issues with it 3 months after purchase as I took it to the dealer twice for engine issues. Now I’m over 100k miles and have similar problems in addition to transmission staking and they said that I’m only covered up to 100k miles.

This was the worst investment I ever made in a car.

Never trust a Hyundai again .

Highly not recommended to buy.

I also purchased a Hyundai Tucson used with low milage thinking it would be a reliable vehicle & decided to check the oil after about a month & there was no oil in it! I freaked! I went back to dealership & told them they sold me a car with no oil in it! They said they put oil in it & that it must have leaked onto my driveway! There was no oil on my driveway! I was putting oil in it constantly but had been very busy & didn't check it for about 3 weeks & I was on the freeway with lots of traffic & my car just suddenly froze up & I had to get it to the side of the ride! Towed it to the dealership & they said I let the oil run out so engined had seized up & there was nothing they could do-they blamed me & said I should have noticed the leak from oil in driveway but THERE WAS NO OIL IN MY DRIVEWAY! I WAS Pissed! AFTER RESEARCH FOUND OUT this had happened to MANY people & that Hyundai was aware of the problem with the engine but was doing nothing to change it out! My car was paid for & I got screwed!!! It's a BAD PRODUCT & I joined a class action lawsuit but have heard nothing about any progress with that! Reach out & let me know how we can rally together to save others from this fate!! It's a hard lesson to learn but their lack of responsibility since they know this is a problem , amazes me!! And blaming me for not taking care of my car & treating me like I was stupid did not set well with me either!! You are NOT ALONE in this matter! My email is [email protected]