There is another massive vehicle defect happening here in the United States that consumers need
to be aware of.
This particular defect involves engines and certain models of Hyundai and Kia vehicles.
Joining me now to talk about what is happening and what consumers need to be aware of, is
Scott Hardy from topclassactions.com.
So Scott, you and I have spoken plenty of times in the past about automobile recalls,
defects.
Here is yet another one and this one has the potential to be an incredibly serious problem,
you know, potentially fatal problem for consumers.
Tell us what's happening with these vehicles.
Sure.
You know, we've got Hyundai and Kia, you know, major manufacturers of automobiles that are
getting caught in this class action going back to 2011, for some of the models.
And it's a very severe defect where the fuel pump and actually some part of the fuel system
could puncture the engine, leak fuel and have the entire car be set on fire.
So this isn't, oh my gosh, my car might stop working.
This is a defect which could actually result in a catastrophic failure of your engine and
endangering the life of you, other motorists and anyone in your car if your car catches
fire because obviously a fuel leak is a major problem and so now the lawyers are going after,
alleged that Hyundai and Kia knew about this defect, refused to fix it, and now they're
trying to clean up the pieces and you have motorists and people that actually bought
these cars expecting a great deal, a great value, a great car, and now they might be
unable to sell her car because of this manufacturing defect.
And you know, it's really interesting because there's been very few instances that we've
ever seen really dealing with any kind of automobile defect where the manufacturer of
the vehicle did not know that this defect existed.
Or at the very least, someone along the supply chain.
You know, maybe it's where they bought the cylinders or whoever it is, the fuel injector
pumps.
Somebody along the supply chain new.
Absolutely had to have known that this is what could or would happen to these vehicles.
And as you pointed out, this is not just a, oh man, now my car is not going to start because
the, you know, it's a bad starter, no, this is, you could be driving down the interstate
90 miles an hour and suddenly there's flames shooting out of the hood of your car because
of this defect where the, it punched a hole in the fuel line or in the engine itself.
There's oil leaking, there's gasoline leaking.
That is an emergency situation that consumers would really only have very limited time to
be able to deal with and address to get themselves, anyone else in their car to safety.
This is a massive problem.
And these are hugely popular vehicles, you know, these are, you know, the smaller/midsize
SUVs.
You know, the Hyundai Santa Fe's, we see those all over the place because they're decently
priced, you know, not too big, not too small, can fit all the kids and a couple of soccer
bags in the back.
And these are the ones among some others that are seeing this defect.
Right, you know, it's affecting so many cars from the Hyundai Sonata, the Kia Optima, Kia
Sorento, as you said, the Hyundai Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Sport, the Kia Soul, and the
Kia Sportage.
There are thousands upon thousands of these vehicles out there on the road right now,
and these could be potential fire hazards when, you know, we've got eight years of these
vehicles that are affected.
Thousands of these vehicles out.
Many of them, as you said, are family vehicles or cars that you might buy for your kids as
they go ahead and go on to college and they're on the road.
You know, you wouldn't expect that your son or daughter might be driving to school and
all of a sudden their car goes on fire.
So it's, it's sad because any of these issues that we see, whenever you bring your car in
to get work done at the dealer, a lot of times you're going to have those, those mechanics,
excuse me at the, at the dealerships and they're going to go, yeah, I'm seeing this all the
time.
But unfortunately they're reporting up the line.
But the manufacturers have their hands over their ears and they aren't actually reporting
these things to get everyone fixed.
They'd rather go ahead and charge the end user, say man, that's a problem.
Make their money on it and instead of doing a full recall, getting all the cars fixed
and making sure that things are safe for their buyers.
You know, that's why we have these class actions filed to catch these manufacturers in the
act and make sure that they pay and compensate the buyers of their vehicles who have these
defective engine parts.
And it's really sad too because there's a lot of consumers out there, I mean, I'd venture
to say probably most consumers out there, when something happens to your vehicle, you
don't automatically think, ah, this was a defective product.
I need to look into this.
It's more of a, oh God, I've got to, now I have to deal with a problem.
Or maybe I hit that last pothole a little too hard, you know, whatever it is, they don't
tend to immediately go to that there's a defect.
The manufacturer did something incorrectly with this car, so they may not ever go out
there looking to say, hey, did other people have this problem?
You know, is there something I can join to get my money back for this vehicle that is
now burnt to a crisp or I had to have a thousand dollars worth of engine repairs on it.
What can I do to make myself whole again?
And that's, you know, one of the great things about Top Class Actions is that you guys spell
it out, all this information is right there for people.
So they know exactly which models are affected.
Which years.
Most of these go from 2011 to 2019.
So as you said, eight years worth of these cars that are hugely popular out there potentially
waiting to burst into flames at any moment.
This is a big recall and I encourage anyone that has one of these vehicles knows somebody
with one of these vehicles, direct them to topclassactions.com because this is something
they need to know about.
This is for their safety and the safety of everybody else out there on the roads right
now.
Yeah, make sure.
See if your car is impacted by it.
Call your dealer and don't be surprised if your dealer says there, there's, there's no
problem.
Show them, share with your dealer, the link to Top Class Actions and this lawsuit and
say, hey, just a heads up.
This is coming and you might want to prepare for it because you're going to have a whole
lot of people that'll be calling in concerned and worried about taking their families in
their cars that they rely on because if their car is impacted by this fuel injection defect,
you know, their family could be at risk and, you know, no one wants to go ahead and put
their family at risk and unfortunately they probably won't be able to sell the car the
more press this gets because no one wants to buy a car that actually has this alleged
defect.
Absolutely, and again, everyone, please check out topclassactions.com.
There's a link to this story in the description of this video.
Find out which makes and models are effected and make sure that you or anyone you know
or care about is not driving around in one of these without having it inspected to make
sure they do not have this particular defect and while you're on topclassactions.com, please
subscribe to their newsletter.
I mean, this is vital information that every consumer in this country needs to be aware
of.
Scott Hardy, topclassactions.com.
As always, thank you for telling us this story and keep up the great work.
Thanks Farron, I appreciate your time.