2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE Complaints

FRONT LOWER ARM WAS CORRODED AND BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT WHICH COULD'VE RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE/CRASH. SEEMS THIS ISSUE WAS RECALLED ON EVERY 2007 ENTOURAGE EXCEPT MINE.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO DISPLAY THE "AIRBAG" LIGHT ON WITHOUT GOING OFF. I HAVE BEEN TO NUMEROUS MECHANICS WHO HAVE ALL TOLD THE SAME THING THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A MANUFACTURER MALFUNCTION IN THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. ALL MECHANICS REFUSE TO TOUCH THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS SERIOUS ERROR. THIS LIGHT APPEARED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WHEN TURNED ON THE AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARED. I AM UNCERTAIN AS TO WHEN. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A VERY SERIOUS CONCERN WITH THE DRIVERS SEAT WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE WELDED TOGETHER, HAS BROKEN CAUSING THE DRIVERS SEAT TO ROCK FREELY WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS ALSO AND CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER WELDING ERROR THAT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON AN EVEN ROAD. THERE WAS NO FORCE OR EXTRA WEIGHT THAT CAUSED THIS INCIDENT AND ALSO ALL MECHANICS HAS SAID THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURER WELDING ERROR CLING FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION THAT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK TO MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. THE SEAT BELTS ARE ALSO A SAFETY RISK AS THEY DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WHEN FASTENED. SOME ARE TOO TIGHT CAUSING UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING AND OFTEN STICK INTO THE SLIDING GROVE CAUSING NON-MANAGABILITY LEADING TO POSSIBLE INCIDENTS WHILE DRIVING. AGAIN, MECHANICS HAVE STATED THIS IS A MANUFACTURER ERROR WHICH IS REASON WE FIND IT NECESSARY TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT WITH OUR TRUSTED VEHICLE MANUFACTURER. THANK YOU. *TR

BRAKE CALIPERS COME LOSE FAULTY SUSPENSION OF SHOCKS, ARMS, ETC. BECOME LOSE REGULARLY

PASSENGER ELECTRIC SLIDING DOORS DO NOT LATCH PROPERLY. LATCHING THE DOOR MAKE TAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. SHAFT HUMMING WHILE ON GEAR ON ACTIVE GAS PEDAL. THE NOISE DISAPPEARS WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS NOT USED WHILE IN GEAR.

WHEN I TRIED TO PULL OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE ACCELERATOR WOULDN'T WORK. THE VAN WAS COASTING SLOWLY, BUT THE GAS PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT, EVEN PUSHED DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THE ESC OFF LIGHT, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WERE BOTH ON. I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF, AND IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS LUCKY THAT DAY, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC COMING, BUT IF I WAS ON A BUSIER HIGHWAY, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT.

REAR DOOR LATCHES ARE DEFECTIVE. THEY WERE DUE TO BE REPLACED UNDER A RECALL. AFTER THE DEALER COULD NOT GET THE PARTS FOR A YEAR THEY FINALLY REPLACED THEM WITH THE SAME PART ON ONE SIDE AND ONLY INSPECTED THE OTHER SIDE. THE RECALL WAS TO REPLACE BOTH WITH A NEW STYLE LATCH. LATCH STILL FAILS AND HYUANDAI CLAIMS THE RECALL IS COMPLETE. THE DEALER HAS TOLD HYUNDAI THAT THEY ONLY INSPECTED THE LATCH WHICH IS NOT THE SCOPE OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED. I HAVE TRIED TO RESOLVE THIS WITH HYUNDAI AND THEY JUST CIRCLE ME BACK TO THE DEALER.

THE POWER SLIDING REAR DOORS BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO PROPERLY CLOSE AND LATCH DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTED FIXES BY THE DEALER (ONE UNDER RECALL) THE PROBLEM HAS STILL REMAINED AND EVEN GOTTEN WORSE. NOW THESE DOORS ALMOST ALWAYS FAIL TO PROPERLY LATCHED CLOSED AND HAVE SLID OPEN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING.

WHILE MAKING A SLOW RIGHT HAND TURN A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL AREA CONTINUED WHILE DRIVING SLOWING THEREAFTER WHENEVER THE WHEEL WAS TURNED SLIGHTLY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC IF THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE LOSS OF STEERING FUNCTION. UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE LEFT SIDE STRUT ASSEMBLY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE UPPER SPRING MOUNT HAD CORRODED TO A POINT THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT MATERIAL REMAINING TO SUSTAIN THE LOAD LEVELS EXHIBITED BY THE VEHICLE ON THE STRUT. THE MOUNT HAD LITERALLY BROKE INTO 2 MAIN PIECES. IT APPEARS FAILURE WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION DUE TO ROAD SALT USE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT SIDE WIPER PIVOT HAD A RUBBER DIVERTER UNDER IT WHICH ACTUALLY LET THE WATER FROM THE COWL AREA DRAIN DIRECTLY ONTO THE TOP OF THE STRUT MOUNT. THIS MIGHT HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE AMOUNT OF CORROSION PRESENT. RIGHT SIDE STRUT WAS ALSO REPAIRED AS A PRECAUTION. THERE WAS LESS CORROSION OF THE UPPER SPRING MOUNT PRESENT AND IMMINENT FAILURE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

3 OUT OF 7 OF MY SEAR BELTS ARE FAULTY. ONE HAS RIPPED IN HALF, ONE IS PEREMENTLY LOCKED AND THE OTHER ONE IS FRAYING. IT'S A 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. WE HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE 5 CHILDREN SO I NEED ALL THE SEATBELTS. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NO ONE IS WILLING TO ADDRESS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH A MONTH LATER, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. ALSO, THE VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT INTO PARK AND THE BATTERY HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO TURN OFF. THE FAILURES RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 13V556000 (SUSPENSION) AND 06V356000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.