Engine Rattling And Whining Sounds problems of the 2014 Hyundai Elantra

My car started making a rattling noise in the engine. It then stalled when I came to a stop. I was on a side street and was able to restart it, but every time I came to a stop or slowed down it would stall. I was lucky I was able to make it to the side of the highway every time it stalled (it stalled several times in the 2 days before I could get it to the mechanic) I made an appointment with a mechanic and they told me I need a new engine. My car has 57714 miles on it and is regularly maintained. I called a Hyundai dealership and they told me since I was the second owner that it was not covered under warranty. The warranty I purchased when I bought the car will cover half the cost of a new engine.

I purchased a 2014 Hyundai Elantra gt brand new. Admittedly I put a lot of miles on my vehicle and it had 121000 miles. However, I always kept up on my maintenance and always used synthetic oil since the first oil change. After getting an oil change I was about 3 miles from the facility and my car suddenly lost rpm and the speed decreased. I pulled over to the side of the road and turned my vehicle off. No lights came on, not engine or oil. I turned the vehicle back on and suddenly the engine started making a rattling noise. I called a tow truck and had the vehicle towed to my local garage. That mechanic said he thought it was the timing chain. I then had the car towed to dickson city Hyundai. There, they said I needed a new engine. I began speaking with a representative from Hyundai customer care. I ended up having to pay half of the engine replacement and labor costs. My portion was $3250. This is completely ridiculous that a vehicle always maintained would have the engine gone a month before the five year anniversary of purchasing it. I will never buy another Hyundai in my life.

On December 8, 2017 I purchased a 2014 Hyundai Elantra coupe. On August 3, 2018 while driving on the highway the car started making rattling noises. I pulled over and the car shut down. I had to have the car towed. I contacted the Hyundai corporation. I was instructed to take the car to my local Hyundai dealership. The Hyundai contact stated that it was not normal that a three year old Hyundai automobile engine should die. The Hyundai contact stated that my local Hyundai dealership should perform a PA. Pa is a prior approval. The PA was performed and along with the Hyundai dealerships director of service kevin anderson support, and agreement of abnormality, the PA was submitted. The PA came back as denied stating �excessive mileage�. The director of service disagreed and resubmitted the PA. The case was elevated to a Hyundai corporate case manager by the name cameron. Cameron rejected the PA as well but changed the reasoning to �mileage over warranty�. The whole reason for the PA in the first place was because the car was out of warranty. I at this point on August 31, 2018 overnighted a letter to the ceo of Hyundai mr. Kyung soo lee. To date I have received no response from the Hyundai corporation. In speaking with the dealership service director I was informed that at his dealership alone there are 5/6 Hyundai Elantras that have lost their engines. He also informed me that the Hyundai sonata has an open recall on the engine. He stated that the engines for both the sonata and Elantra vehicles are currently back ordered for a term of at least 1 to 2 years. In my personal online research I have found complaints of the exact circumstances happening to the Elantra engines: highway driving, no warning indicators, rattling noises, vehicle stopping, and engine dead. I am enclosing the ceo letter along with the PA documentation.