It was a lovely afternoon last Sunday, Rick and I were traveling home...
The day before we had driven from our cabin in northern Minnesota to my son's house in Twin Cities. Our 4 year old Santa Fe Sport with 80,000 mi. had been running well except for the fact that I had been noticing a ticking sound from the engine, I did mentioned it to Rick.
A few weeks before we had it to the dealership to have it checked over because it was acting funky, and it appears to have a leak of some kind, but they "couldn't find anything wrong with it".
In January we had it in for a recall we received in the mail.
...."this condition would cause the vehicle to stall while in motion, increasing the risk of a crash"
They check what they needed to and "didn't see a problem at that time".
well...
The reason for the recall happened on the south side of Cannon Falls about 45 minutes from home.
A sudden downshift of the car as I heard an increase in a ticking sound coming from the engine,
all the while the RPM's reaved up to 4000.
The engine stalled but I was able to pull over to the shoulder and get off the hi way.
We waited about 1.5 hours for a tow truck to pull the car to Rochester.
We were thankful that it was a cooler day with a breeze. I took a nap and Rick did some reading.
It was a little unnerving sitting on the side of hi-way 52 while semi's and cars sped by at "hi-way speeds". The battery eventually died from having the warning flashers on for so long.
Three grown adults in the front seat of the tow truck for 45 minutes.... Can you say Claustrophobia?
Got a call on Tuesday from the dealership....."YOU NEED A NEW ENGINE",
and it may be several weeks till we find you one.
A defect in the engine caused exactly what the recall stated it would.
The good news....The car is under warranty &
We did not crash as the recall warned about.
The bad news, Hyundai's warranty only covers a small economy car for a rental while our car is getting fixed, did I mention it may be several weeks?
Getting in and out of this 2018 Toyota Yaris is a bit challenging.
It is made to fit itty-bitty people, and that I am not.
Good news it has a back up camera, and a keyless starter.....oh so fancy :)
i am so sorry, jackie. this has to be frustrating especially since you just had the vehicle in to be checked. argh.
ReplyDeletei understand your nervousness about being stranded along 52. thankful you did NOT crash.
I'm just glad it was a cool afternoon, the heat and humidity of late would have done me in.
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