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[quote=Anonymous]Many hyundai engines have a recall. It's not an official recall, but enough people have been suing them that they are replacing engines. I have a 2016 Santa Fe sport. Second owner (my step mom owned it before me with no issues, sold it to me with 70k miles for 2022 for 15k). Two times now it has stopped out of nowhere while driving. Power shuts off. First time, mechanic found nothing wrong. Second time, it happened on the freeway, and wouldn't start again. It was scary, I was with my two young children, luckily we pulled off to a safe shoulder near an exit. If we hadn't, we would have been screwed as that freeway is full of construction and no shoulders. People drive crazy in my city (in CA) and we would have been smashed...

Anyways, the connecting rod bearings were prematurely destroyed due to Hyundai being cheap during  manufacturing. I didn't need oil change receipts, but some people do. Looking it up online, many people have had this issue. Since my engine photos looked clean and it didn't look like it was from neglect, they immediately approved a new engine as well as a new catalytic converter and starter. I am at 93k miles now, so I also paid for new belts and hoses for 450 since they are already going in there so I won't be charged for labor. Besides the 450 for that and 150 I spent on another mechanic taking a look when it was first towed, I'm in the clear on payment.

I am considering selling it after this since I don't trust Hyundai so much now. In your opinion, should I keep it (since it has new parts anyways) or sell?[/quote]

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