2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ Complaints

60,000 MILES, ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED FOR ABS, 3 LIGHTS ON, DEALERSHIP AND HYUNDAI CORPORATE WON'T WARANTEE OR FIX. MODULE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND IS DEFECTIVE AND FAILING IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF HYUNDAI AND KIA VEHICLES, HYUNDAI REFUSES TO FIX. ALL OVER INTERNET ABOUT THIS COMPLAINT

ON AT LEAST A DOZEN OCCASIONS WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS ALONE, WHILE DRIVING I WILL SUDDENLY HEAR A HIGH-PITCHED "WHIRRING" SOUND THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S REVVING UP, THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS ALL OF MY DASH LIGHTS AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHTS START TO FLICKER AND/OR GO OFF COMPLETELY AND THEN COME BACK ON AGAIN. EVERY SINGLE TIME THIS HAPPENS, AS SOON AS I TURN OFF MY CAR (DOESN'T MATTER IF I KEEP DRIVING FOR A LONG WHILE OR STOP DRIVING SHORTLY AFTER IT HAPPENS), IT WON'T START AGAIN. IT'S COMPLETELY DEAD AND I HAVE TO HAVE IT JUMPED. MY CAR HAS 94,000 MILES ON IT, AND IN THE PAST 8 YEARS, THE CAR HAS DIED/I'VE HAD TO HAVE IT JUMPED OVER 30 TIMES. I'M ON MY 5TH BATTERY! AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR GASKET VALVE CAP, I THOUGHT THESE PROBLEMS WOULD BE FIXED, BUT I'VE HAD EXACTLY THE SAME ELECTRICAL ISSUES/BATTERY CONSTANTLY DYING SINCE THEN! THAT RECALL LITERALLY DID NOTHING. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE, AS THE CAR CAN JUST SUDDENLY LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING, AND THEN IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF, IT WON'T START UP AGAIN WITHOUT BEING JUMPED. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO FIX THIS ASAP. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE!! I'LL IN THE PAST 8 YEARS, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY BATTERY 5 TIMES IN MY VERACRUZ.

AT APPROXIMATELY 62000 MILES, ALL BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON THEN OFF THEN ON THEN OFF. FINALLY AT 65000 MILES THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND ABS AND ECS LIGHTS ALL CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. TOOK TO DEALER PAID $136.00 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. HYDRAULIC MODULE DEFECTIVE. DEALER WILL NOT WARRANTEE YET KNOWS OF PROBLEMS WITH SIMILAR VERACRUZ VEHICLES PART ALONE $1,500.00 NOBODY IS HELPING CONSUMER WITH THIS ISSUE. COMPLAINED AGAIN TO HYUNDAI USA AND NOTHING!!! I'M BEING TOLD HYDRAULIC MODULES ARE KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART! CAR BRAKING SYSTEM NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AS A RESULT!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V472000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

HEADLIGHTS BRIEFLY TURN OFF WHEN TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED. PROBLEM INTERMENT BUT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WHILE MOVING OR STOPPED. DEALER SERVICE WILL NOT REPAIR DUE TO OUT OF WARRANTY. DATE HAPPENED BELOW IF FOR LAST OCCURRENCE ONLY. ISSUE HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. *TR

ESC LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT HAVE COME ON INTERMITTENTLY SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2010. THEY USUALLY WENT BACK OFF AFTER STOPPING THE CAR AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. THE OTHER NIGHT WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY AT 70MPH, THOSE 2 LIGHTS AND THE AWD LIGHT CAME ON AND ARE NOT TURNING OFF. LOOKING ON INTERNET, I SEE THESE 3 LIGHTS COMING ON IS FAIRLY COMMON AND CAN BE A SAFETY HAZARD. WONERING IF/WHEN THIS MIGHT BE ADDRESSED ASA RECALL.

ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. THIS IS REPETITIVE PROBLEM. IT LOOKS LIKE HYUNDAI HAS NO IDEA HOW TO FIX.. IF YOU GOOGLE VERACRUZ ESC LIGHT, YOU WILL SEE TONS OF POSTS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS.. AIR-BAG SIGN IS ON INTERMITTENTLY AFTER THE RECALL. HYUNDAI REFUSES TO REPAIR BECAUSE WHEN THEY TAKE THE CAR INTO THE GARAGE, THE LIGHT IS OFF(UNABLE TO READ THE CODE).

PROXIMITY KEY WORKED ON AND OFF FOR A WEEK AND THEN STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY, KEY INSIDE PROXIMITY FOB ONLY UNLOCKS DOORS, NO WAY TO START VEHICLE WITHOUT THIS DEVICE WORKING. TRIED TO ORDER A NEW PROXIMITY KEY FOB THROUGH AN AUTO LOCKSMITH, HYUNDAI SERVICE WOULD NOT ASSIST LOCKSMITH ON PROGRAMMING NEW PROXIMITY KEY AND WE WERE TOLD ONLY DEALERS CAN DO THIS AND THAT IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $65.00 TO REPROGRAM THE PROXIMITY KEY. ONCE WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HYUNDAI AND HYUNDAI CHECKED THE VEHICLE WE WERE TOLD THE PROXIMITY KEY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED, PRICE JUMPED FROM $65.00 TO $290.00 PLUS $65.00 REPROGRAMMING THE NEW PROXIMITY FOB, THE NEXT DAY WE WERE CONTACTED THAT THE MODULE THAT MAKES THE PROXIMITY KEY FOB WORK WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PRICE WENT FROM $355.00 TO $1300.00 FOR THE NEW MODULE AND PROXIMITY KEY FOB. TODAY, AFTER A WEEK OF THE VEHICLE BEING AT HYUNDAI WE WERE TOLD BY THE HYUNDAI SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THE MODULE FOR THIS PROXIMITY KEY FOB IS UNDER THE CUP HOLDER IN THE MIDDLE CONSOLE AND THAT FLUID (THEY ASSUMED SODA) LEAKED THROUGH THE CONSOLE SHORTING THE MODULE CAUSING US TO REPLACE THE MODULE AND THE PROXIMITY KEY FOB..

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON ON DASH PANEL HYUNDAI ADVISOR THOUGHT IT MAY BE A LOOSE CONNECTION AND TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT ON OUR NEXT SERVICE VISIT, AFTER HYUNDAI DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM IT TURNS OUT THAT IS THE CLOCK SPRING WHICH HAS A RECALL DATED 9/11/2011 RECALL CONFIRMATION #11V472000, HYUNDAI DEALER TOLD ME THAT MY VIN IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL

VEHICLE STOPPED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING. UNABLE TO START. DANGEROUS SITUATION, UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE INTERSTATE AND LOSS POWER. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE ALTERNATOR RECALL. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. DEALER SAID IT WAS ENGINE FAILURE. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON DASH, NO ISSUES. WITH THE PREVIOUS ALTERNATOR RECALL, OIL WAS DRIPPING ONTO THE ALTERNATOR AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AS I DID NOT KNOW WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.