2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ Complaints

THE ABS LIGHT, ESC LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ,ALL WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH, MADE APPT WITH DEALER (03/25/2015) AND WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED LEFT & RIGHT SIDE REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. THE VEHICLE IS A 2008 WHICH WAS PURCHASED MAY 2009 AND HAS ONLY 26417 MILES ON IT AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. BIN ON THE INTERNET AND SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I AM HOPING THAT YOU WILL LOOK INTO THIS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME AND THE REST OF THE OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

STARTED CAR, ESC OFF, AWD, AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS STAYED ON. AFTER A FEW MINUTES DRIVING THERE WAS A WHIRRING NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. STEPPING ON THE BRAKES MADE THE NOISE GO AWAY, NOISE RETURNED WHEN RELEASING THE BRAKES. REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSED IT TO BE THE ABS MODULE WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

THE ABS MODULE IS FAULTY BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS. THE HARNESS IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO LIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER DUE TO THE HIGH SALT USE ON ROADS ESPECIALLY IN THE STATES WITH HARSH WINTER. THIS PROBLEM CREATES A SAFETY HAZARDS AND RENDER THE VEHICLE OPERATION IN A STALL MODE. OVER TIME IT COULD CAUSES FIRE HAZARD, SUDDEN ACCELERATION CRUISE CONTROL LOCK WITH NO RELEASE OPTION THAT COULD RESULTS IN A CRASH. IT COULD CAUSE OTHER COMPONENTS FAILURES LIKE MAIN PCM MODULE AND SIDE MODULES OF THE VEHICLE. THE HARNESSES ON THE VERACRUZ ARE NOT SEALED PROPERLY AND HIGHLY DEFECTIVES. *TR

CAR WAS DRIVING OK SINCE WE HAVE ACQUIRED IT . NO PROBLEMS, NO ISSUES UNTIL WE HAD A SNOW STORM WHEN MY WIFE DRIVING HOME FROM MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL THE CRUISE CONTROL GOT STUCK AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. SHE PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE RPM KEPT GOING UP. SHE TURNED THE CAR OFF THEN RESTARTED IN 5 MINS IT WAS OK WITH ALL LIGHT IN CLUSTER ON. DIAGNOSED THE CAR WITH WHEEL SPEED SENSOR RR. IT DROVE FOR 1 HOUR THEN ALL LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK IT TO DEAL FOR THE OPEN RECALL I FOUND ONLINE ABOUT MY MODEL CAR. DEALER CHANGED ALL RECALL PROBLEMS BUT LIGHT IS ON. NOW THE DEALER SAID NO COMMUNICATION TO THE CAR'S COMPUTER CAN BUS. CHECKED WITH MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND SAID IT IS THE ABS HYDRAULIC PUMP AND MODULE AFFIXED TO IT. IT IS SHORTED OUT INSIDE AND CAUSES INTERFERENCE WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE COST OF PARTS IS WELL OVER 2600 PLUS LABOR. *TR

ESC OFF, AWD, AND ABS LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED AND LOST ELECTRICITY AND HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF INTERSECTION, WHILE NOT HAVING POWER. EVENTUALLY ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE AGAIN. HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES WHERE THE VEHICLE DIED WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN. WHILE DRIVING IT TO THE DEALER, NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING. DEALER FOUND A BUNCH OF CODES FOR WHEEL SENSORS AND EVENTUALLY DETERMINED THE ISSUE WAS AN ABS HYDRAULIC MODULE, WHICH COSTS OVER $2000 JUST FOR THE PART ITSELF. I RESEARCHED THROUGH SEVERAL HYUNDAI FORUM WEBSITES AND IT APPEARS THIS IS A CHRONIC ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AS OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. DUE TO THE COST OF THIS PART AND THE SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED WITH DRIVING THE VEHICLE, I WOULD SUGGEST IT SHOULD BE PART OF A RECALL. VERACRUZ OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IF THE COMBINATION OF THESE LIGHTS COME ON, AS THE VEHICLE MAY QUIT AND LOSE POWER WHILE IT IS BEING DRIVEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING FOR THE AIR BAG FAILED. THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V472000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2008 HYUNDAI VERA CRUZ. IN 2014 MY OIL GASKET LEAKED AND I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND HAD IT REPAIRED. IT COST $400.00. A FEW MONTHS LATER, I HAD A PROBLEM DUE TO A POWER FAILURE AND I WENT TO ANOTHER GARAGE NEARBY, AND DISCOVERED MY ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT COST ME ANOTHER $400.00. A FEW MONTHS LATER, I RECEIVED NOTICE FROM HYUNDAI STATING THAT THEY DISCOVERED A FAULT IN THE OIL GASKET WHICH COULD LEAK INTO THE ALTERNATOR AND CAUSE IT TO FAIL. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY ASSURED ME, JUST AS IT SAYS IN THE RECALL NOTICE, THAT IF I HAD THE WORK DONE ALREADY, I WOULD BE REIMBURSED, BUT THEY FIRST WANTED ME TO BRING THE CAR TO A HYUNDAI SERVICE CENTER, WHICH I DID. THEY CHECKED THE REPAIRS AND DECIDED TO RE-DO THE GASKET REPLACEMENT, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY. THEY DID NOT RE-DO THE ALTERNATOR SO I ASSUME THEY DEEMED IT OKAY. NOW, I HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM SUPPLYING COPIES OF THE REPAIRS THAT I HAD DONE, AND THE REPAIR ORDERS, AND THE CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS, SOME OF WHICH, STRANGELY, KEPT GETTING LOST EVEN THOUGH I SENT THEM AS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS (AFTER SCANNING THEM TO DIGITIZE THE COPIES). I WAS TOLD SOME OF THE COPIES ARRIVED, BUT OTHERS DID NOT EVEN THOUGH THEY ALL WENT WITH THE SAME EMAIL. IN ANY CASE, IT HAS BEEN A FEW MONTHS AND NOW THEY FINALLY SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE REPAIRS BUT HAVE DETERMINED (AGAIN, WITH NO EXPLANATION) THAT I SHOULD ONLY RECEIVE $195.00. I HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION AND THEY SIMPLY STATE THEY WANT TO PAY ME A LESSER AMOUNT FOR THE PARTS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN THE REPAIRS AND LESS FOR THE LABOR. I MUST ADMIT, I AM A BIT DUMBFOUNDED. I MAY BE A DISABLED VETERAN BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY MATH. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE BEING SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V415000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE NOVEMBER 9, 2013. SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE HAD BRAKES, PADS, ROTORS, ALL AROUND THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BRAKES. I EVEN CALL THE COMPANY. I EVEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAKES. THAT IS THE FOURTH INCIDENT. I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN THE BRAKES ACT LIKE THEY DO NOT WANT TO STOP AND IT IS DANGEROUS. I AM NOT LIKING THIS AT ALL. I HAVE TO BRAKE ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OR MORE FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I CANNOT DRIVE UP CLOSE BEHIND ANYONE AT TIMES. IT IS STARTING TO DO IT MORE AND MORE AN NOT EVEN THE DEALERSHIP KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE MILEAGE, IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE. AT THE TIME IT HAD OVER 95,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS ONLY A GUESS ON MILEAGE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL WHEN MY WIPERS STOPPED WORKING . THEY WERE WORKING JUST FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY JUST STOPPED WORKING . THERE WAS NEVER ANY SIGNS OF THE WIPERS HAVING ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL THEY JUST STOPPED WORKING THAT DAY. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT. *TR