2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V472000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT JUST CAME ON WHEN I STARTED MY VEHICLE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN ANY SORT OF ACCIDENT. I HAD A SERVICE TECH PULL THE CODES (B1448- OCS MAT DEFECT AND B1481 - HIGH RESISTANCE TOO HIGH(2ND STAGE) FOR DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG AND THE CODE POINTS TO THE CLOCK SPRING. THERE IS A RECALL ON THESE MODEL VERACRUZ'S BUT NOT ON MY VIN. HYUNDAI MAY NEED TO EXPAND THEIR VIN LIST. I HAVE THE CAR SITTING NOW UNTIL I GET THIS RESOLVED BY HYUNDAI. MY CAR IS THE EXACT SAME MODEL AND COLOR AS PICTURED HERE. HTTPS://WWW.CARS.COM/ARTICLES/2011/09/RECALL-ALERT-2007-08-HYUNDAI-SANTA-FE-VERACRUZ/ HYUNDAI WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO ACTIVE RECALL FOR MY VIN. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO? HYUNDAI CASE # 11682549

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURES WITH THE ALTERNATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO J.D. BYRIDER (1525 GALLATIN PIKE N, MADISON, TN 37115, (615) 860-3838) WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED FOR FREE PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NO RECORD OF THE INITIAL RECALL REPAIR AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT CALL THE DEALER AGAIN WITH AN INVOICE NUMBER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HONOR HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AGAIN AT NO CHARGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE GEAR SHIFT IS STICKING AND WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF DRIVE AND REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, TURNED ON IN A PARKING LOT WITH OTHER CARS AROUND.

I WENT TO START MY CAR AND I HEARD A NOSE SO THEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND SO AS I PUT IT IN GEAR TO DRIVE IT WENT ON IT OWN THE BRAKES WAS NOT WORK

THE CAR STOPPED WORKING 2 WEEKS AGO. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON SO WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE ALTERNATOR DUE TO EXCESSIVE GREASE ON THE ALTERNATOR, AFTER DRIVING HOME THE CAR WOULDN'T START SO WE HAD TO TOW TO REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC TOOK ABOUT 2 DAYS TO CHANGE THE ALTERNATOR . WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CAR BACK WHILE IN IDLE IT STOPPED WHILE IT WAS IN IDLE ABOUT 15 MILES FROM REPAIR SHOP .WE HAD TO AGAIN TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP WE TOOK THE CAR BACK AND THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AGAIN AND BATTERY WHERE THE CAR IS RIGHT NOW. THE CAR AGAIN WOULD TURN OVER BUT AGAIN WOULD STOP RIGHT AWAY. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE VALVE COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING AND POSSIBLE DAMAGED WIRES IN THE ENGINE/ALTERNATOR. THE VALVE COVER WAS REPLACED ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO ACCORDING TO THE HYUNDAI RECALL RECORDS AT BOULDER HYUNDAI. OUR MECHANIC STATED AND HE WILL PUT THAT IN WRITING THAT THE VALVE JOB WAS SUBSTANDARD AND THE WORK 'SHODDY '.UPON RESEARCHING THE NHTSA OTHER OWNERS OF THE HYUNDAI 2008 VERACRUZ HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND ONE OWNER HAD THE VALVE COVER REPLACED 3 TIMES AND ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE CALLED HYUNDAI AND THEY ARE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND I AM UNABLE TO TRADE IN THE VEHICLE OR SALE SO I AM OUT ABOUT $7000.00 PER KELLY BLUE BOOK VALUATION FOR A WORKING CAR. WE ATTEMPTED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH TO CHECK THE CAR TO SEE IF IT WOULD RUN AND AGAIN AFTER JUMPING THE CAR IT CUTS RIGHT OUT. I BELIEVE IF THE REPAIR ON THE RECALLED VALVES WAS DONE CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WOULD BE IN WORKING ORDER AND THE ALTERNATOR WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE EXCESSIVE GREASE ON THE ALTERNATOR.

HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WHEN OIL LIGHT GLOWS BUT DOESN'T COME ON FULLY. AS DRIVER SLOWS TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD, OIL LIGHT COMES ON FULLY W/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND POWER STEERING QUITSALL AT ONCE, MAKING STEERING VERY DIFFICULT. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IT WAS ON A TURN ON I81. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION. IN TERMS OF RELEVANT HISTORY, WHEN TRIP STARTED, NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. BUT INCIDENT CAME A FEW DAYS AFTER THE OIL LIGHT HAD GLOWED (NOT FULLY LIT). THE OIL WAS A TAD LOW BUT NOT A FULL QUART. IT WAS TOPPED OFF WHICH TURNED THE OIL LIGHT OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD ALSO CAME ON BRIEFLY AT A DIFFERENT TIME FROM THE OIL LIGHT BUT AROUND THE SAME DAY AS THE OIL LIGHT. IT TOO HAD TURNED ITSELF OFF AFTER BEING ON BRIEFLY. SO THE DAY OF INCIDENT THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON AT ALL AND THERE HAD BEEN NONE ON EXCEPT FOR THAT BRIEF TIME I DESCRIBED ABOVE. PEOPLE HAVE SINCE SPECULATED THAT THE STEERING FAILED BECAUSE THE CAR HAD STALLED. I DID NOT THINK THAT THE CAR HAD STALLED. RATHER, IT JUST SEEMED AS THO THE POWER FOR THE STEERING HAD QUIT. ONCE THE CAR WAS AT THE SHOP, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A BAD BANGING SOUND WHEN THE CAR ENGINE WAS ON AND THE MECHANIC SPECULATED THAT A ROD HAD BROKEN. UNTIL THIS HAPPENED, THE ENGINE APPEARED TO RUN WELL AND THERE WAS NO BANGING SOUND OR ANY OTHER NOISE WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE SERVICE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE OIL WAS FULL BUT MENTIONED IT BEING ALL OVER. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. I WAS VERY LUCKY.

HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WHEN OIL LIGHT GLOWS BUT DOESN'T COME ON FULLY. AS DRIVER SLOWS TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD, OIL LIGHT COMES ON FULLY W/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND POWER STEERING QUITS-ALL AT ONCE, MAKING STEERING VERY DIFFICULT. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IT WAS ON A TURN ON I-81. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION. IN TERMS OF RELEVANT HISTORY, WHEN TRIP STARTED, NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. BUT INCIDENT CAME A FEW DAYS AFTER THE OIL LIGHT HAD GLOWED (NOT FULLY LIT). THE OIL WAS A TAD LOW BUT NOT A FULL QUART. IT WAS TOPPED OFF WHICH TURNED THE OIL LIGHT OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD ALSO CAME ON BRIEFLY AT A DIFFERENT TIME FROM THE OIL LIGHT BUT AROUND THE SAME DAY AS THE OIL LIGHT. IT TOO HAD TURNED ITSELF OFF AFTER BEING ON BRIEFLY. SO THE DAY OF INCIDENT THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON AT ALL AND THERE HAD BEEN NONE ON EXCEPT FOR THAT BRIEF TIME I DESCRIBED ABOVE. PEOPLE HAVE SINCE SPECULATED THAT THE STEERING FAILED BECAUSE THE CAR HAD STALLED. I DID NOT THINK THAT THE CAR HAD STALLED. RATHER, IT JUST SEEMED AS THO THE POWER FOR THE STEERING HAD QUIT. ONCE THE CAR WAS AT THE SHOP, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A BAD BANGING SOUND WHEN THE CAR ENGINE WAS ON AND THE MECHANIC SPECULATED THAT A ROD HAD BROKEN. UNTIL THIS HAPPENED, THE ENGINE APPEARED TO RUN WELL AND THERE WAS NO BANGING SOUND OR ANY OTHER NOISE WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE SERVICE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE OIL WAS FULL BUT MENTIONED IT BEING ALL OVER. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. I WAS VERY LUCKY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ABS MODULE MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND FLAMES IGNITED FROM THE BATTERY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY ATTENDANTS FROM A NEARBY AUTO BODY SHOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 144,000.

MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ALL OF THE ISSUES LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS, YET, THE MANUFACTURER IS REFUSING TO COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PART. 13V113000 09V122000 THE VEHICLE GETS STUCK IN DRIVE, OR PARK, AND CAN'T BE ADJUSTED WHEN THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED. THE ESC STICKS ON RANDOMLY. I'VE REPLACE MANY, MANY BRAKE LIGHTS IN THIS VEHICLE.