My 2016 Hyundai Tucson has been burning lots of oil. I told them at the dealership & they said just to add oil when needed between changes. Now the Catalytic converter went, could either issue have caused the other? They want $2500 to change the Cat because the warranty doesn’t cover it.

Hyundai agreed to pay 90% of the the new catalytic converter, so we are having it fixed, I will also check the PCV valve. Thank you all for your help.

Is it the dealership that is saying the oil burning ruined the cat? If so, you could consider escalating it up the corporate ladder (although it sounds like 90% cost share is probably fair). As someone else stated, they can’t simultaneously say “engine is burning normal amount of oil” and “oil burni…

Rockauto has the catalytic converter for $171.79.

hope they fix the oil burning issue as well, otherwise your new cat might not last long.

[image] Hyundai Mysteriously Missing Oil 2014 Tucson has serious oil loss issue. Tester

Your car has a 100,000 mile 10 year warranty. Now is the time to scream bloody murder for a new engine under the warranty. Don’t just talk to the dealer escalate it up the chain as shown in your manual. PS, let them replace the converter first.

You need to find out why the cat went… I assume its because of the oil burning.If the oil burning problem is not taken care of,your new cat will eventually go bad.I would also consider selling this vehicule due to the high amount of transmission problems… [image] 2016 Hyundai Tucson probl…

Hi All, I need some advice, first I have a Hyundai Velsoter 2016 at around 124,000 miles (a lot I know…) my car shut down on me and I had to get a oil change seems like my car had no oil and was not due for a oil change… 1009 miles later my car shuts off on me causing someone to rear end me. (I am…

Did you run your car out of oil? Why is the catalytic converter not part of the warranty?

[image] S.annrivera_186517: the dealership is saying I need to pay 3k to replace Cat Converter… I keep explaining to them that it’s no way I have the money to pay that. Exhaust system parts are not included in the class action settlement or engine warranty extension. If Hyundai agrees to repl…

2016 Tucson needs new Catalytic converter & burns lots of oil

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eddo August 21, 2023, 5:08pm 35

previous users catalytic convertor was still covered under the emissions warranty, i don’t think at 124,000 miles that yours is.

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