OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A major automobile manufacturer is facing allegations that it knew about a possible defect in a particular model vehicle that caused the engine to seize without warning.

Beth Graham filed a lawsuit on May 7 in U.S. District Court for the District of California against Hyundai Motor America claiming 2011 to 2015 Hyundai Sonatas have an undisclosed defect in the engine’s rotating assembly.