To my knowledge, if the timing belt goes the engine shuts down. According to others on Hyundai forums, you can blow the engine in a Hyundai Elantra if the timing belt goes. Is the latter really the case?

Timing Belt Question - Hyundai Elantra

Caddyman February 17, 2012, 7:06am 9

With most new models, they have moved away from timing belts and returned to the more reliable chain…Or at least they have designed out the “interference” problem…