Perfect Timing.

"McMike" (mcmike) 09/25/2015 at 11:23 • Filed to: recalls

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Recall 470K cars for a new long block during VW shitstorm, hope nobody notices.

DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai is recalling nearly a half-million midsize cars in the U.S. to replace the engines because a manufacturing problem could cause them to fail.

The recall covers 470,000 Sonata sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years equipped with 2-liter or 2.4-liter gasoline engines. At the time, the Sonata was Hyundai’s top-selling vehicle in the U.S.

The company also is recalling nearly 100,000 Accent small cars because the brake lights can fail.

In documents on the Sonata recall posted Friday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Hyundai says that metal debris may not have been fully removed from the crankshaft area during manufacturing at Hyundai’s Alabama engine plant. That can restrict oil flow to the connecting rod bearings, and since they are cooled by oil, they could fail. If that happens, the engines could stall and cause a crash.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4711a9…

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > McMike 09/25/2015 at 11:29

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Smarts. Hyundai have them.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > McMike 09/25/2015 at 11:34

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I guess made in the USA isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > McMike 09/25/2015 at 11:34

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Dieselgate managed to push takata out of the news. This will not get much publicity

not for canada - australian in disguise > McMike 09/25/2015 at 11:36

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For a moment there I thought you were saying they made engines with 000 metric horsepower.

LongbowMkII > McMike 09/25/2015 at 11:39

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i expect to see news of this on Jalopnik sometime next week.

Your boy, BJR > McMike 09/25/2015 at 11:40

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My sister had this issue with her 2012 sonata about 2 years ago!

McMike > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/25/2015 at 11:40

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Once they start throwing rods, they won’t have much.

DerW220 > McMike 09/25/2015 at 11:46

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I’m a way, the owners are lucky getting new engines. They can just abuse the shit out of the current ones before the replacement.

Under_Score > McMike 09/25/2015 at 11:52

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Hybrids affected, too?

McMike > DerW220 09/25/2015 at 11:55

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NEUTRAL DROP!

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Under_Score 09/25/2015 at 12:08

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From what I looked up they have the 2.4 which is listed in the article as a bad engine

Sneaky Pete > McMike 09/25/2015 at 12:54

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That’s gonna cost Hyundai a pretty penny.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > McMike 09/25/2015 at 19:35

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ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!! BECAUSE VW HAS THIS SCANDAL AND THEN HYUNDAI HAS THIS AT THE SAME TIME AND HYUNDAI HAS A D IN IT AND D IS THE FOURTH LETTER IN THE ALPHABET AND IF YOU MULTIPLY FOUR BY FIFTEEN YOU GET SIXTY AND IF YOU DIVIDE SIXTY BY TWENTY YOU GET THREE AND A TRIANGLE HAS THREE SIDES AND THREE IS ILLUMINATI! I’m sorry I made all of you read that.