Oil Pump Problems of Hyundai Santa Fe

After extensive trips to the maintenance shop (pepboys) my Santa Fe is now needing to get the engine rebuilt. The cause so I am told is a failed oil pump in the engine. I was picked up after having to go back the the shop because it would not start. It was towed in to pepboys, and they told me it was a one off with the starter and all was good now. I picked up the SUV and drove it out of the parking lot down the street only to have the engine shut off mid drive in the middle of the road. It was towed back into pepboys and now they are telling me it is a oil pump failure and the engin is locked up and it needs to be rebuilt. Is this a factory issue.

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I was driving through a 4-way street intersection turning left when the vehicle began making a knocking sound from the engine, then stalled in the middle of the road. All lights on the dash illuminated. Upon getting the vehicle to restart, it would not go over 2000 rpms. The vehicle continued to make a loud low sounding knock from the engine. Being close to home, I was able to drive slowly, mostly in a shoulder, to my home. Doing some research I discovered this model vehicle was subject to a recall due to failing connecting rod bearings. I called my local Hyundai dealership to ask about the repair, in which I was told the repair would cost $4,000-$6,000 for an engine replacement. The recall covered vehicles up to 120,000 miles, my vehicle has 127,000. I was denied the recall. I then called around to local mechanics but none of them, not one, would attempt to replace the faulty connecting rod bearings. I decided to take on the repair myself which Hyundai told me was impossible. I managed to remove the oil pan, oil pump, and finally the faulty connecting rod bearings which showed major scaring and damage. My oil pan was full of metal shavings. I contacted my local dealer, also Hyundai corporate and after both looked up my VIN number, neither could tell me what bearings were inside my engine. Their parts system comes back with 5 options for the bearings. Frustratingly I contacted the local dealer again telling them I will bring the old bearings to them (riding public transportation) but they said they have no way of measuring the part or telling me which part they used. The dealer and corporate both, told me to tow my vehicle to a 3rd party mechanic to measure the bearings, then tow my car back home, then give Hyundai the measurement to get a part number. Hyundai does not know what connecting rod bearings were used in the 2. 4l engine!.

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Oil pump failure at 90,000 miles causing motor to be replaced. Hyundai dealership service manager told me there were no available motors to replace the one in my car.

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