2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE Complaints

2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM AND FRAME CORROSION ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RUST ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS THREE YEARS OLD. *JB

WILD DRIVE IN THE CITY IF I DRIVE OVER A MANHOLE IT SOUNDS HORRIBLE WHAT CAN BE INSTALLED NEW SKERKENSHOWBERS AND IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING I AM A NEW OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE ARE THERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE THANK YOU MY NAME IS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT DETACHED FROM THE BASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN MY HOOD FLEW UP, SMASHED MY WINDSHIELD, THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND NO ONE WAS HURT BUT, MY HOOD WAS CRUNCHED AND MY WINDSHIELD SHATTERED, SET UP AN APPT. WITH HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AS THEY TOLD ME THE LATCH FOR HOOD HAD BEEN RECALLED. ON MY WAY HOME STOPPED FOR GAS, PULLED IN BEHIND A MAN WITH HIS YOUNG CHILD IN A CAR SEAT WHEN THE VAN JUST STARTED TO ACCELERATE, I COULDN'T STOP, EVEN HOLDING BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE, MY HUSBAND REACHED OVER AND TURNED THE VAN OFF. WE SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR WITH THE BABY IN IT, AGAIN, THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT BUT HAD THESE BEEN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THE VAN TO ACCELERATE, AND AM REALLY AFRAID OF DRIVING NOW. *TR

WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND WIPERS WAS WORKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE!!! *TR

VAN'S ELECTRICAL SUDDENLY CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC LOSING POWER - THANKFULLY A PARKING LOT ENTRANCE WAS NEARBY AND WAS ABLE TO BARELY STEER IT INTO THE PARKING LOT. I HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME. FOUND OUT IT WAS RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKING OIL ONTO THE ALTERNATOR. SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH RECALLED HYUNDAI VERACRUZ - SAME ENGINE LAYOUT - BUT NO RECALL ON THE HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THE ALTERNATOR DIED AND THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WILL DO NOTHING SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED AT 35 MPH, THE HOOD INDEPENDENTLY UNLATCHED WHICH RESULTED IN THE HOOD HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BATTERY AND BRAKE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL GASKET COVER WAS LEAKING AND CAUSED OIL TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE BATTERY AND THE ALTERNATOR. THE OIL GASKET COVER, BATTERY, AND ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V415000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,900.

AS I RAMPED ON TO A BUSY INTERSTATE, THE FRONT HOOD LATCH GAVE WAY. THE HOOD FLIPPED UP SMASHING MY WINDSHIELD AND BLOCKING ALL FRONT VISION. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS GOING ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN THE HOOD LATCH GAVE WAY. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, SAME THING: THE FRONT HOOD LATCH GAVE WAY, BUT THAT TIME I WAS GOING ONLY ABOUT 25 MPH AS I SLOWED DOWN ON A SECONDARY ROAD TO TURN IN TO THE SUBDIVISION WHERE I LIVE. NO HARM DONE TO THE WINDSHIELD THE FIRST TIME. FIRST TIME I ASSUMED I HAD NOT PROPERLY SHUT DOWN THE HOOD. SECOND TIME, THE HOOD LATCH AND SAFETY FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V556000 (SUSPENSION). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.