2007 Hyundai Veracruz Powertrain & Transmission Problems

THE VALVE COVER GASKET IS LEAKING OIL ON TO THE ALTERNATOR. THE ALTERNATOR IS COVERED IN OIL, POSSIBLY CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT WHICH COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION.

VEHICLE FREQUENTLY IS LOCKED INTO GEAR, RECENTLY STUCK IN PARK WHILE BLOCKING A BUSY DRIVE-THRU. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BECOME STUCK IN DRIVE MAKING IN NEARLY IMPOSIBLE TO SAFELY LEAVE THE VEHICLE PARKED IN OUR ENCLOSED GARAGE. THIS HAS BECOME A FREQUENTLY OCCURING ISSUE AND MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE THAN WE PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

ESC OFF LIGHT STAYS ON DESPITE PUSHING BUTTON TO TURN ON ESC, UNTIL RESTART THEN WILL GO OFF. ALSO HAVE PROBLEM WITH GEAR SHIFTER NOT WANTING TO SHIFT AS IF IT IS STICKY. HERE AGAIN TURN OFF AND BACK ON PROBLEM GOES AWAY COMES BACK WITH ESC OFF PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM STARTS OFF AS CAR IS BEING DRIVEN.

REGARDING SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: SWITCHES: BRAKE LIGHT RECALL FOR 2007 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ, NHTSA REFERENCE #09V122000. MY 2007 VERACRUZ SUFFERS FROM SOME OF THE EXACT PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE RECALL DESCRIBES THE FOLLOWING: "A STOP LAMP SWITCH MALFUNCTION MAY ALSO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE-TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK FEATURE SO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. IT MAY ALSO CAUSE THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) MALFUNCTION LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE." FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS THE ESC LIGHT ON MY 2007 VERACRUZ HAS ILLUMINATED PERIODICALLY WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN STARTING THE CAR, AND IT WILL REMAIN ON UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. PRESSING THE ESC ON/OFF BUTTON ON THE DASH WILL NOT SHUT THE LIGHT OFF WHILE IN PARK OR DRIVING. TURNING THE CAR OFF IS THE ONLY WAY TO TURN THE LIGHT OFF. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM, THEIR ANSWER WAS THAT THE LIGHT ILLUMINATING IS NORMAL AND NOT TO WORRY. ALSO, FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS, PERIODICALLY THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. YOU MUST SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE CAR A FEW TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO OPERATE. I BELIEVE THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RECALL AND MY VERACRUZ SHOULD BE INCLUDED SO THAT MY VEHICLE OPERATES PROPERLY. THANK YOU.

I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY CAR BEING IN DRIVE AND THEN WHEN I STOP NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IT TO GO INTO PARK. THE ESC LIGHT IS ALSO ON.

ABS, AWD AND ESC LIGHTS COMING ON AND STAYING ON AT 90,000 MILES. THE ISSUE IS A FAULTY REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. DEALER WANTS $1,200 TO REPLACE THE SENSOR! THEY CLAIM THE SENSOR CANNOT BE REPLACED WITHOUT REPLACING THE REAR AXLE. THIS IS A TERRIBLE SAFETY ISSUE TO HAVE OVER AN INEXPENSIVE SENSOR. IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT THE AXLE MUST BE REPLACED TO REPLACE THE SENSOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT RECHARGED THE BATTERY IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE BATTERY LIGHT FLASHED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND BECAME STUCK IN THE DRIVE GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLIES CHANGED BY THE DEALER. IN ADDITION, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE (IN EXCESS OF 8 DEALER VISITS) OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES--THEN THERE IS AN UNRESPONSIVE THROTTLE--SOMETIMES INCAPACITATING THE VEHICLE. OTHER TIMES DURING NORMAL DRIVING--THE THROTTLE BECOMES UNRELIABLE. INTERMITTENTLY THE THROTTLE IS UNRESPONSIVE WHEN DEPRESSED NORMALLY THEN THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. THIS MAKES THROTTLE MODULATION ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. SOMETIMES FROM A COMPLETE STOP--THE THROTTLE HESITATES THEN SURGES--ALMOST RESULTING IN HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE VEHICLE MAKES MERGING IN NORMAL TRAFFIC OR LANE CHANGES UNPREDICTABLE. DEALER HAS MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT. TOLD BY DEALERSHIP AFTER A COMPLETE SOFTWARE REVISION INSTALLED IN 11-09 THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ONE OF ONLY THREE IN THE NATION HAVING THIS PROBLEM. WITH THE THROTTLE RESPONSE BEING FREQUENTLY UNRESPONSIVE AND UNPREDICTABLE THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. *TR

SINCE I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE I HAD THREE ALTERNATORS INSTALLED AND SEVERAL BATTERIES, I BELIEVE THERE IS A SHORT IN THE WIRES, BUT THE COMPANY ONLY WANTS TO REPLACE THE PARTS. THE PROBLEM IS AS YOU ARE DRIVING WITH OUT WARNING THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS DOWN ON YOU. THANK GOD I WAS ON LOCALS STREETS BOTH TIMES AND NOT A HIGHWAY THIS HAPPEN 1ST TIME 1/2010 THEN 9/7/2010 ON THIS DATE GOT CHECK ENGINE TURN OUT TO BE SOFTWARE ERROR PO300 RANDOM MISFIRE BUT STALL ENGINE TWICE AND NOW 8/10/2011 AGAIN ALTERNATOR.

PREVIOUSLY, MY 2007 VERACRUZ LIMITED HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON 8/20/08 WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH OUR YOUNG DAUGHTER CAR. THE CAR JOLTED AND VIBRATED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ADVISED BY THE LOCAL DEALER THE CAR HAD A THROTTLE WARNING CODE 2106, BUT THAT IT CYCLED THROUGH AND WAS FINE WITHOUT REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THEY TEST DROVE IT FOR 30 MILES TO ENSURE THERE WERE NO ISSUES, AND THEN RETURNED THE CAR TO US. FOLLOWING THAT THE CAR WAS DRIVEN WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL IT OCCURRED AGAIN ON 9/17/08, WITH MY WIFE DRIVING OUR YOUNG DAUGHTER AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THE FOLLOWING ERRORS APPEARED: 2135 - THROTTLE BODY 2106 - ? 1295 - ? I WAS ADVISED A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED TO DEALERS IN FEBRUARY FOR THIS, AND THEY WERE AUTHORIZED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY UNIT, WHICH WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. THE DEALER STATED THEY HAD REPLACED THE UNIT ON 3-4 CARS TO DATE AND THAT IT TOOK CARE OF THE ISSUE I WAS HAVING. FOLLOWING THE THROTTLE BODY UNIT REPLACEMENT, WE HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES UNTIL LAST NIGHT. ON THE WAY HOME FROM DINNER, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR DAUGHTER AGAIN, THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED, 6/26/09. THIS MAKES THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR. I HAVE NOTICED THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE BASED ON SIMILAR REPORTS OF OTHER OWNERS IN ONLINE FORUMS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NOT ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGE. MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER. IF SHE HAD BEEN PASSING ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. I NOTE THAT FROM POSTINGS ON ONLINE FORUMS THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

ESC OFF LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED AND SHIFTER WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF REVERSE GEAR. *TR

04/25/2009 :DRIVING IN THE HIGH WAY, SUDDENLY ENGINE STOP AND EVERYTHING GONE. EVEN BRAKE SYSTEM WAS NOT PROPERLY WORKING. 04/29/2009 :HYUNDAI DEALER HAS FIXED AND I PICKED THE CAR UP. DRIVE AROUND 10 MILES, CAR PROBLEMS HAPPEN SAME , ENGINE GONE AGAIN GEAR PUT IN DRIVE BUT CAR DID NOT MOVE AND 5 MINUTES AFTER, EVERYTHING GONE. *TR CONSUMER IS UPDATING INFORMATION. *NJ UPDATED 05/07/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR FROM REVERSE TO PARK, HE COULD ONLY MOVE THE GEAR FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY BY HYUNDAI. UPDATED 05/08/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35- 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK BACK AND FORTH. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE MOMENTARILY ONCE IT CAME TO A STOP. AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURS, THE VEHICLE OPERATES NORMALLY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. THE FAILURE IS INTERMITTENT AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,728 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,832. UPDATED 05/28/08 *BF THE FAILURE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPDATE. UPDATED 05/28/08

HYUNDAI 2007 VERACRUZ LIMITED. DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO SLOW MY SPEED IN FREEWAY CONGESTION AND THE CAR DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT, EVEN WITH TAPPING ON THE BRAKE. THE CAR STAYS IN 5TH OR 6TH GEAR TO SPEEDS AS LOW AS 20 MPH. I HAVE LITERALLY HAD TO STOP THE CAR COMPLETELY TO GET IT TO SHIFT DOWN. THE CAR HAS NO POWER TO MOVE QUICKLY WHEN NECESSARY IN THESE CONDITIONS (SUCH AS FOR A LANE CHANGE). ADDITIONALLY, THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH AND THE ENGINE LUGS, CAUSING A VERY BUMPY RIDE AND NEAR STALLS ON HILLS . THIS CONDITION OCCURS WITH DRIVING ON INCLINES, IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC SUCH AS FREEWAY SLOW-DOWNS, AND WITH AROUND-TOWN DRIVING AT A STANDARD MUNICIPAL SPEED OF 30-35 MPH. I HAVE HAD MY CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT HYUNDAI DEALERSHIPS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND SERVICE ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DESPITE THAT TWO MECHANICS, TWO SERVICE MANAGERS, ONE GENERAL MANAGER, AND THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE HAVE ALL RIDDEN IN THE CAR AND VERIFIED THE CONDITION, THE FACT THAT THE COMPUTER CANNOT DIAGNOSE A SPECIFIC PROBLEM HAS RESULTED IN ZERO REPAIRS AND ZERO RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. MECHANICS HAVE SPECULATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW COMPUTER, AND POSSIBLY THAT IT NEEDS AN ENTIRELY NEW TRANSMISSION BUT THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WILL NOT AUTHORIZE SUCH REPAIRS. HE IS RELYING ENTIRELY ON A COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS INSTEAD OF HUMAN LOGIC AND COMMON SENSE. I AM CURRENTLY PURSUING THE LEMON LAW IN MY STATE AND HYUNDAI'S CURRENT POSITION IS THAT "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG" WITH THE CAR AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING FURTHER. *TR