I was driving again and the engine died again. This time it will not start again. It sounds like the starter engages for a split second and then no sound. To me it sounds like the starter cannot spin the flywheel which to me indicates the internals of the engine no longer turn either.

There was no warning really. I did feel a pop in the pedal when it did it. No knocking or noises otherwise. The check engine light never blinked like Hyundai claims it will with the new ECM cluster update.

Has anyone else had this happen? If so, was the engine replacement process difficult? I work tomorrow, my car is 105 miles away at a dealer with no appointment. I just didn’t want to tow it all the way back here at 350 dollars.

 

Well, it is at the dealer
So, all you can do is wait

 

My engine died without any alert or whatsoever. Everything happened exactly as you narrated on your post. What I observed was that, my crank, bearings and oil pump was fine yet my crank and the bearings seems to lock each other at a point causing the engine to seize. I'm currently looking for a solution.

 

When we get a situation like this , the first thing , somebody should check if the engine can be turned over by hand , manually.
If it can't , it may be safe to conclude it might be seized. If, however, it can be rotated manually, then it is not seized and there is some other problem.

Depending on which result is obtained will determine what we do next. It is OK to assume the worst, but also hope for the best.

If you are able to manually rotate the engine, then we need to determine why the starter will not. That could be a starter problem , charging system problem resulting in a dead battery which the starter cannot do it's job with insufficient power to operate. As always , poor electrical connections are always a possibility interfering with charging the battery and so on. Warning lights are supposed to alert the driver when charging problems are present, but they don't always come on either.
So,,,,,,,,,,usually good to take things one at a time to eliminate each possibility.

 

This engine should be covered by the recall if it is the 2.4 or 2.0 gdi (THETA 2)