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NHTSA complaint #11504822

This page summarizes an official U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration owner complaint. Use the verification links below to confirm the record directly with NHTSA.

Vehicle

2023 HYUNDAI TUCSON

Manufacturer

Hyundai Motor America

Components

POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES

Dates

Incident: 12/26/2022
Filed: 01/31/2023

Owner complaint summary

I leased this SUV 12/22/2023,upon driving it on 12/26 as i exited a major highway,leaving highway amd entering exit ramp the SUV lost brake funcrion as well as transmission function,absolute total loss of both brake and transmission systems,miraculously I was able to coast to safty with assistance from another motorist holding the car from rolling furthermore,needless to say this was a harrowing and dangerously close to a tragic accident due to this compmete failure of brake and transmission simultaneously failing,i had to incur a costly towing fee and also completely uninformed as to what the root/cause of problem was as well as any timeframe of repair,as of the time of myself writing this message and thirty plus days later ,I have recieved ZERO cooperation and even outwardly standoffish behavior towards myself,my hisband and my personal leasing agent,I am very concerned of the loaner car becoming a financial burden as my husband was forced to basically suffer rentL vetting and credit card deposit protocols upon paying for and delivering the damaged SUV,we have for weeks tried to ascertain any information on the extent and cause of damage to leased SUV as we are NOT INTRESTED in recieving original damaged because we are FEARFUL of our safety as we are STILL uninformed as of 1/31/2023 PLEASE NOTE LOCAL POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND CONFIRMED TOTAL BREAKDOWN STATUs/TOW NEEDED STATUS

This is an owner complaint filed with NHTSA (ODI #11504822). It is not automatically an official recall, investigation outcome, or manufacturer admission unless the complaint text itself describes one.

Official record ID (ODI): 11504822. This page is the human-readable source link used across afterwarranty. The raw JSON link proxies NHTSA's public API for machine verification; prefer this page when reading the complaint.