2007 Hyundai Entourage Other / unspecified Problems

The contact owned a 2007 Hyundai Entourage. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, another driver alerted her that there were flames coming from underneath the vehicle. The ABS warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over and exited the vehicle while it caught fire. No injury was sustained. The fire department arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire. The contact was not aware if there were fire department and police reports filed. The vehicle was towed to her sister's residence and was not yet deemed totaled by the insurance company. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the VIN was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V061000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic). The failure mileage was approximately 207,000. The VIN was unavailable.

NHTSA ID

11514152

Incident

Mar 28, 2023

Mileage

207,000 mi

THE SPARE TIRE ASSEMBLY WAS SO RUSTED THAT YOU COULDN'T REMOVE THE SPARE DONUT. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE REGULAR TIRE HAD A SMALL NAIL IN IT RESULTING IN SOME AIR LOSS. SO TOWN FAIR TIRE IN TEWKSBURY MA AGREED TO PLUG THE TIRE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE DO TO HEAVY RUST IN WHICH THEY ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO THIS MODEL VEHICLE. ALSO I AGREED WITH TOWN FAIR TIRE THAT I WOULD GET IT UP TO MY DEALERSHIP: JD BY RIDER UP IN MANCHESTER NH ASAP FOR EXTRA SERVICES. JD BY RIDER SENT MY VEHICLE TO TOWN FAIR TIRE IN MANCHESTER NH & T.F.T. ALSO RECOMMENDED A BRAND NEW FACTORY SPARE TIRE ASSEMBLY. I ENDED UP HAVING TO BUY 4 BRAND NEW REPLACEMENT GENERAL GRABBER TIRES P75-65R-16 TIRES. ALSO JD BY RIDER HAD TO BUY ANOTHER SPARE DONUT TIRE FOR PUTTING IT IN THE WAY BACK OF MY VEHICLE. THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE IS STILL FROZEN UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER REAR OF MY VEHICLE. I HAD TO DRIVE TO TOWN FAIR TIRE THINKING THAT THE FRONT TIRE JUST NEEDED SOME AIR PUT IN IT BUT TFT TOOK IT OFF THE RIM & DISCOVERED THE NAIL IN IT RIGHT NEAR ANOTHER PLUG. THAT WAS WHY THEY WERE HESITANT ON PUTTING IN THE NEW PLUG.

NHTSA ID

11271396

Incident

Sep 19, 2019

Mileage

111,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK YESTERDAY MORNING, I WAS TURNING OFF A SIDE ROAD ONTO A MAIN ROAD. AS SOON AS I TURNED ON TO THE MAIN ROAD THE VAN SOUNDED LIKE MAYBE IT HAD A FLAT, IT DID NOT. BOTH ESC LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THE STEERING AND BRAKING WAS ERRATIC AND THERE WAS NO PICK UP. I COULD NOT GET THE WHEELS TO TURN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE STEERING WHEEL FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MOVING INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET SHORT PERIOD OF CONTROL, ENOUGH TO BARLEY TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. I AM SO FORTUNATE THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH OR COULD HAVE BEEN HORRIFIC. I DID CALL HYUNDAI AND THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS FOR THE VAN INCLUDING THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS. I ASKED IF THEY CAN TOW TO THE NEAREST DEALER CONSIDERING I JUST AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT AND HAD NO CONTROL. HYUNDAI WILL NOT TOW TO THE DEALER. THEY DID OFFER TO REIMBURSE ME IF I TOW IT, BUT THAT DOES NOT HELP ME CURRENTLY. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED BY HYUNDAI BEFORE A DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT DUE TO HAVING NO PICK UP OR CONTROL OF THE STEERING.

NHTSA ID

11174492

Incident

Feb 4, 2019

Mileage

193,000 mi

TAKATA RECALL MY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IT'S NOT WORKING I WAS DRIVING AND WHEN I STOP TO GET SOMETHING I PARKED AND TURN OFF THE VAN THAT IS WHEN I SEE THAT

NHTSA ID

11171255

Incident

Jan 16, 2019

I HAD FOR YOKOHAMA AVID ASCEND BLU EARTH TIRES INSTALLED AT MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP ON 5/21/2016. COST WAS NEARLY $1000 INSTALLED!! VEHICLE MILEAGE AT INSTALLATION WAS 171,500 MILES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME A SECONDARY VEHICLE AND RARELY GETS USED. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 175,700 MILES (5/1/2018). OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE HAD INTERNAL BELT SEPARATION. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD THE SAME MANUFACTURING DATE OF 85D4015 STAMPED ON THEM. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES DUE TO THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY DEADLY CONDITION. DISCOUNT TIRE CALLED YOKOHAMA TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION. YOKOHAMA DECLINED TO REPLACE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE EVEN THOUGH THESE TIRES WERE FAIRLY NEW WITH 80% TREAD REMAINING. THEY AGREED TO COVER 60% OF THE COST TO REPLACE THE FOUR TIRES. I PAID ROUGHLY $300 TO REPLACE THE FOUR TIRES. YOKOHAMA IS MANUFACTURING DEFECFTIVE TIRES AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE NOTHING TO ALTER THEIR DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE POSSIBLY KILLING PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS.

NHTSA ID

11092214

Incident

Apr 10, 2018

Mileage

174,500 mi

WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 30 MPH (MOVING STRAIGHT; NOT TURNING) A NOISE WAS HEARD, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO DROP, AND BOTH STEERING AND BRAKES BECAME ERRATIC. THE VAN, STILL ACTING UP, MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT, WHERE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WELL INDICATED WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A BROKEN CONTROL ARM (SEE PHOTO). THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND LATE IN 2013 THERE WAS A RECALL (# 13V556000). VEHICLE OWNERS WERE ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AND INSPECTION AND EITHER RUSTPROOFING OR REPLACEMENT OF THE CONTROL ARMS. ON 1/20/14, THE VEHICLE UNDERWENT THIS PROCESS AND REPORTED "INSPECTED, WAXED, AND UNDERCOATED AS PER CAMPAIGN" (SEE EXCERPT FROM INVOICE). NO DAMAGE TO THE CONTROL ARMS WAS REPORTED BY THE DEALER'S SERVICE SHOP. HAD I BEEN INFORMED OF A DAMAGED PART DURING THE "INSPECTION", I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO REPLACE IT, AS THIS IS APPARENTLY VITAL TO KEEPING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, I HAVE DONE A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT 65 OR 70 MPH, RATHER THAN AT THE 30 MPH IN THE CITY, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. A POLICE OFFICER SHOWED UP TO HELP AND TOOK DOWN MY NAME - I DO NOT KNOW IF A FORMAL REPORT WILL BE FILED..

NHTSA ID

11006270

Incident

Jul 18, 2017

Mileage

128,000 mi

MY 2007 ENTOURAGE LIMITED HAS SEVERAL QUALITY DEFICIENCY ISSUES AND RECURRING MAINTENANCE ISSUES. THE REAR SLIDING DOORS (BOTH) HAVE BEEN WORKED ON SEVERAL TIMES, YET THEY CONTINUE TO MALFUNCTION, I.E COME UNDONE/RE-OPEN, NOT FULLY LATCH, AND CONSISTENTLY BEEP AS A NOTICE OF FAILURE. THIS IS WHERE MY BABIES SIT, BOTH OF THEM. THE DVD SCREEN HAS BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE IT QUIT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE VAN SHIMMIES OR RATTLES AT SPEED AROUND 70 MPH. IT CAUSES THE CENTER CONSOLE TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY. THE WHEELS WERE BALANCED ON A SPECIAL WHEEL BALANCER BUT THIS ONLY REDUCED THE PROBLEM. THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM HAS HAD MALFUNCTIONS MULTIPLE TIMES. THERE IS A WHINE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED, THE ALTERNATOR IS CREATING A WHINE OVER THE STEREO SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY(REALLY ANNOYING), THE SIDE MIRRORS HAVE BOTH HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE REVERSE/ANGLE FUNCTION WHERE THE MIRRORS' MOTOR FAILS TO RETURN THE MIRROR TO ITS USER PRESET SETTING WHEN TRANSMISSION IS PLACED OUT OF REVERSE(DRIVERS SIDE) OR FAILS TO TILT THE SPECIFIED DEGREE IN REVERSE(PASSENGER SIDE). THE ROOF LEAKED WHEN THE VAN WAS COMPLETELY SHUT AND HAD TO BE RESEALED BY A SPECIALIST TO CORRECT AN EXISTING DEFICIENCY, THE SEAL AROUND THE GLASS FOR THE SUNROOF IS DEGRADING AND CRACKING. THE SLIDING REAR DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS A CRIMPED WINDOW CHANNEL SEAL. THIS SHOP ALSO STATED THAT THEY "HAD NOT SEEN ONE OF THESE [ENTOURAGE] VANS WITH SO MANY PROBLEMS". THE DOOR HANDLES AND REAR HIGH MOUNT STOP LIGHT HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE PACKING/SHIPPING POLY WRAP RUINING THE CHROME AND PLASTIC LENS. THE GASKET FOR THE HIGH MOUNT STOP LIGHT HAD TO BE REPLACED LATER DUE TO WORKMANSHIP OR MATERIAL QUALITY. THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED/FAILED (1/2" CHUNK OF THE WINDSHIELD) WHEN MY WIFE ADJUSTED THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE IDLER PULLEY HAS BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE THE BEARING FAILED. STRIPPING AROUND THE SLIDING DOORS ARE FADING ALREADY AND YELLOWING. MORE NOT ENOUGH SPACE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10246443

Incident

Mar 16, 2008

Mileage

20,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. THE DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE CONTACT NOTICED RIPPLES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE QUARTER PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT AND REPAIRED IT FOR TWO WEEKS. SHORTLY AFTER SHE RETRIEVED HER VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED A SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING OVER 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO BENT RIMS. THE TIRES AND RIMS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NEVER FULLY CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT THEY STATED THAT NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,300 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

NHTSA ID

10215737

Incident

Jan 5, 2007

Mileage

1,300 mi

I BOUGHT MY ENTOURAGE IN NOVEMBER 2006. ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2007 MY 18 M.O. SON AND I WERE RUNNING SOME ERRANDS. WE STOPPED AT THE BAKERY, THEN PROCEEDED TO OUR PLAY GROUP. ON THE WAY, I NOTICED THAT THE GAS TANK WAS LESS THAN 1/4 FULL, SO I STOPPED TO GET GAS. AS IT WAS A HOT DAY, I LEFT MY SON IN THE CAR WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN AND PROCEEDED TO FILL THE TANK. WENT IN THE VEHICLE TO START IT--IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER, NO CLICKING OR ANYTHING. CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHO TRANSPORTED IT TO DEALER. DEALER HAD IT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SAID IT STARTED RIGHT UP FOR THEM, COMPUTER DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING WRONG. SUNDAY JULY 22, 2007 WE WENT TO OHIO FOR A FAMILY GET TOGETHER. DROVE BACK TOWARDS HOME AND STOPPED AT A STORE TO DO A BIT OF SHOPPING. SON WAS FUSSING AFTER 10 MINUTES, SO MY HUSBAND TOOK HIM BACK TO THE VEHICLE SITTING THERE WITH WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN AND RADIO PLAYING. I CAME OUT 10-15 MINUTES LATER, LOADED THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. HAD TO CALL HYUNDAI ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AGAIN. SINCE IT WAS SUNDAY, VEHICLE COULD NOT BE TAKEN TO DEALER UNTIL MONDAY. DEALER GOT IT MONDAY AND SURPRISE, SURPRISE, IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THEY TELL ME THAT IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE CONDITION, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THAT IS NOT RIGHT. I HAVE A 1 1/2 YEAR OLD PLUS I AM PREGNANT. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WON'T START UP AGAIN, WHICH I AM SURE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I'VE ALWAYS LIKED HYUNDAI VEHICLES--I STILL HAVE MY 01 ELANTRA WHICH RUNS GREAT. THIS VEHICLE HAS DISSUADED ME FROM EVER WANTING ANOTHER HYUNDAI. *TR

NHTSA ID

10197322

Incident

Jul 18, 2007

Mileage

9,883 mi