2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE RADIO SHUT OFF. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND THE VALVE COVER CASKET WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,822.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V415000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING).THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TECHNICIAN FAILED TO COMPLETE THE RECALL REMEDY AND ONLY REPAIRED THE VALVE COVER GASKET. AS A RESULT, THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR BEING PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STARTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

IN MAY 2013, BRAKE SWITCH FAILED. IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE CAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE, OR PARK TO DRIVE. TOOK VERACRUZ TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, BRAKE SWITCH REPLACED. PROBLEM SOLVED. IN SEPTEMBER 2014, ALL BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL. REPLACED BULBS. PROBLEM SOLVED. IN AUGUST 2015, ESC LIGHT ILLUMINATES, CAR GETS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. CAN NOT TURN OFF, SWITCH GEARS. BATTERY IS DRAINED AND CAR IS TOWED TO HYUNDAI. SPENT 3 DAYS AT DEALERSHIP. BRAKE SWITCH REPLACED AGAIN, ALL BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED, REPLACED BULBS. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DRAINING BATTERY. PROBLEM FOUND IN RADIO - SHORT IN WIRING. RADIO DISASSEMBLED. TWO WEEKS LATER, LEFT BRAKE LIGHT OUT AGAIN. REPLACED BULB AND RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP STATES CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM SINCE BULB WAS REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO THE PARK POSITION, THE SHIFT LEVER SEIZED AS THE ESC OFF LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO MADE THE CONTACT AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V113000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND TRY TO MAKE A LEFT...THE ABS, AND OTHER LIGHTS LIGHT UP AND THE ENGINE STALL.ALL ASSISTED POWER WAS LOSS FOR DIRECTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LEFT TURN. COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE ENGINE. MECHANICS FIND BRAKE FLUID IN THE ABS CONTROL UNIT.

I JUST GOT THIS CAR AROUND MAY AND IT STARTED MAKING A TERRIBLE NOISE WHEN IT WAS IN PARK AND NEUTRAL. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS IN THE SWITCH. ALSO, DURING THIS TIME I HAD NOTICED THE ESC LIGHT CAME ON AND SOMETIMES DURING THAT TIME I CANNOT CHANGE GEARS. WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS WITH THIS PROBLEM OR ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS.

I AM THE 2ND OWNER OF THIS 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE ESC, ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ILLUMINATED FOR MONTHS. TWO DEALERS WERE UNABLE TO TELL ME THE ISSUE OR TO GET THE LIGHTS TO TURN OFF. OFFERED MANY SERVICES (NOT THE AWD MODULE). THE AWD LIGHT WOULD OCCASIONALLY ILLUMINATE AND I WOULD LOSE CRUISE CONTROL AND SPEEDOMETER. MID-MARCH, THE CAR BECAME DIFFICULT TO START - WOULD TURN OVER BUT WOULDN'T STAY RUNNING ONCE IT WAS PLACED IN DRIVE AND STALLED A NUMBER OF TIMES IN TRAFFIC (VERY DANGEROUS! IMAGINE LEFT TURNS ACROSS A 2-LANE HIGHWAY!) I HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE RECALL WORK DONE INCLUDING THE ALTERNATOR AND LEAKY VALVE COVER GASKET (NOT PLURAL). THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON WITH THESE CARS. I UNDERSTAND THE MODULE IS AROUND $2500 TO FIX AND CAR IS JUST PAST WARRANTY WHEN THESE ISSUES START. I CANNOT WITH GOOD CONSCIOUS SELL THIS TO ANOTHER HUMAN. PLEASE MAKE THEM ISSUE A RECALL! THANK YOU! *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2008 VERACRUZ, THE ABS, ESC, AND 4WD LIGHTS WENT ON, A FEW MINUTES LATER THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED ZERO, THEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM WAS THE ABS MODULE. THE ORIGINAL ABS MODULE BECAME INOPERABLE IN MARCH 2015, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 41,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED ONCE THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE FROM HYUNDAI ON 4/9/15. THE PART WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM HYUNDAI BY MY MECHANIC AND PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED, DROVE APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES BEFORE THE . ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, THE ABS MODULE WHICH COST APPROXIMATELY $2,500 AND CONTROLS THE BRAKES, STABILITY CONTROL, SPEEDOMETER, TRACTION CONTROL, ETC IS ONLY GUARANTEED BY HYUNDAI FOR 30 DAYS. TWO ABS MODULE FAILURES WITHIN A MONTH. *TR

2008 VERACRUZ THAT FEELS LIKE MY BRAKE PEDAL IS GRINDING AND PULSATING AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 20 MPH. THE BRAKES GRIND RANDOMLY AND KICK BACK TOWARDS MY FOOT, AND I HAVE TO RE-BRAKE. IT ONLY HAPPENS AFTER THE CAR IS INITIALLY TURNED OFF AND THE FIRST ONE OR TWO BREAKS. THEN, BEHAVES NORMALLY. IT WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW, SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY AND/OR THEN COULD GO WEEKS OR MONTHS WITH IT NOT OCCURRING. WE DID NEW REAR BREAKS. THE DEALER SAID THE ROTORS AND PADS ARE FIND AND TOLD ME IT COULD BE FROM WATER OR SOMETHING GETTING IN THERE RANDOMLY (IE. POLLEN). I TEND TO COMPLETELY DISAGREE AS SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE WATER WOULD NOT MAKE THIS SIGNIFICANT OF GRINDING/PULSATING SO CONTINUOUSLY BUT YET RANDOMLY. THIS BECOMES VERY SCARY CONTINUING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I AM WONDERING IF SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO SNAP AND THE BREAKS WILL NOT WORK OR WHAT IS HAPPENING. I HAVE REVIEWED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH THE VERACRUZ. *TR

MY ABS, ESC AND AWD DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON MY 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. RAN CODES TO FIND OUT THE RF AND LR WHEEL SENSORS WERE GIVING AN ERROR, AS WELL AS THE BRAKE SWITCH. CHECKED FITTINGS AND FOUND NO MISSED CONNECTIONS WITH THE WHEEL SENSORS, AND WHEN I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP, ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH TURNED OFF. WHEN THE CAR GOT UP TO 30MPH, THE ESC LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, THE AWD LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND MY VEHICLE ACTED AS IF IT WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY SNOW (STALLING, SLOWING, AND ACCELERATION FAILING). AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK, TURNING IT OFF, AND STARTING IT BACK UP, ALL LIGHTS WERE AGAIN OFF. SAME ISSUE REPEATED ITSELF, AND THEN THE ABS, ESC AND AWD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AGAIN, AND THE CAR DROVE FINE. TOOK TO THE DEALER TO GET DIAGNOSED. FEARFUL OF SUDDEN MALFUNCTION DURING EXPRESSWAY DRIVING TO CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR