Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2007 Hyundai Veracruz submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
The vehicle is able to be shifted out of park when no keys are in the ignition. My grandson was in the front seat while the vehicle was being cleaned and he shifted the car into reverse and almost rolled into the street. No keys were anywhere inside the vehicle.
My car broke down in the middle of the highway. I could not move my car. It was stuck in neutral, but still would not move. I had already switched out the battery, but the battery and engine light was still on. I come to find out it is my alternator. And I feel it is leaking into the alternator, making a crash hazard
REPLACE BULBS IN HEAD LIGHTS FRONT AND BACK AND ALTERNATER AND VALVE COVER GASKETS
REPLACE ALTERNATOR AND VAIL COVER GASKET AND HEAD LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHT
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.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE WAS NOT REGISTERING WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V122000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.
ESC LIGHT CAME ON, GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK, DRIVE OR REVERSE UNLESS GEARSHIFT RELEASE BUTTON IS PUSHED. ESC LIGHT BEING ON RESULTS IN SHIFTER NOT MOVING, NO BRAKE LIGHTS, NO REVERSE LIGHT AT ANY TIME. THIS RECALL WAS MADE IN 2009 WAS REPAIRED AND THE SAME ISSUE HAS RETURNED BUT HYUNDAI WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THE RECALL IS CLOSED. IT IS CAMPAIGN 092 STOP LAMP REPLACEMENT. THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS BRAKES AND BRAKE LIGHTS SO WHILE DRIVING OTHER DRIVERS HAVE NO IDEA WHEN YOU ARE STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN RECALLED ONCE FIXED AND IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN SHOULD MEAN ANOTHER RECALL AND DIFFERENT FIX FOR THE VEHICLES. HYUNDAI WAS NOTIFIED YET REFUSES TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN FIXED ONCE. WE WERE TOLD TO HAVE IT FIXED AND WE COULD POSSIBLY RECEIVE A REFUND. THIS ISSUE IS CONTINUOUS AND HAPPENS WHILE PARKED, ON THE HIGHWAY, AND CITY STREETS.
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. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE SHIFTER FAILED TO MOVE FROM THE PARK POSITION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STOP LAMP SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE EACH TIME. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V122000 (SERVICE BRAKES). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES, BUT REFUSED TO ASSIST BECAUSE THE RECALL REMEDY WAS ALREADY PERFORMED ONCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.
THE VEHICLE GOT HARDER AND HARDER TO PUT IN AND OUT OF GEAR UNTIL IT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK UNTIL YOU SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES A FEW TIMES AND TURNED THE ENGINE ON AND OFF. THEN WHEN YOU GOT TO YOUR DESTINATION YOU COULDN'T GET THE CAR BACK IN PARK WITHOUT THE SAME ROUTINE. BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WAS OUT. BUT THE DASH LIGHTS STARTED BLINKING ON AND OFF. TOOK IT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND IT TURNED OUT FRONT AND REAR VALVE COVERS GASKETS HAD LEAKED AND DUMPED OIL ONTO THE ALTERNATOR CAUSING IT TO BURN UP. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. *TR
AT 16343 MILEAGE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY UNDER WARRANTY. AT 40,100 MILEAGE, ESC WARNING LIGHT AGAIN ILLUMINATED. DEALER AGAIN REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY SWITCH UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN 092. AT 87,719 MILEAGE, THE ESC WARNING LIGHT AGAIN ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. DEALER AGAIN REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY SWITCH AT MY COST, EVEN THOUGH THE BAD SWITCH HAD BEEN REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL. AT 129,000 MILEAGE, THE ESC WARNING LIGHT IS ONCE AGAIN ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM PARK. THIS MEANS THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IS AGAIN BAD. THE VEHICLE IS ON IT'S 4TH BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. SINCE THIS IS PART OF A PART DEFECT RECALL, HYUNDAI SHOULD WARRANT THE REPLACEMENT PART FOR LIFETIME FREE REPLACEMENT, BUT THEY DO NOT. THE REPLACEMENT RECALL PART IS OBVIOUSLY NO BETTER THAN THE PART IT REPLACES. THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IS NOT A ROUTINE WEAR PART, AND AT THIS DEGREE OF FAILURE, AN SEVERE DESIGN FLAW IS INDICATED. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY ITEM THAT AFFECTS ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, SHIFTING, AND BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATION. *TR
CAR'S REAR PASSENGER SIDE CALIPER GRABBED THE BRAKES, STARTED TO WEAR ROTOR. WE REPLACED CALIPER HOSE, WHICH WE THOUGHT FIXED THE PROBLEM. FEB 10 2014, STARTED NOTICING ODOR. GOT WORSE ON 2/16, BROUGHT CAR INTO BRAKE PLACE ON A SUNDAY. REPLACED THE ROTORS, MANUALLY TESTED CALIPERS, WHICH SEEMED FINE. 2/22, SMELLED SAME BRAKE METAL SMELL; BROUGHT CAR BACK IN, THEY SAW ROTOR WAS AGAIN WORN BLUE FROM HEAT, AND THEY REPLACED CALIPER AND ROTOR AGAIN. SAME SMELL ON 2/25, AFTER DRIVING CAR ONLY ~30 MILES. CALIPER APPARENTLY AGAIN MALFUNCTIONING. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DEFECT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
MY ESC OFF LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON THE DASHBOARD CAUSING THE CAR TO NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THERE WAS A RECALL OF THE STOP LAMP SWITCH WHICH WAS PERFORMED IN 2009. I READ IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT THERE IS AN UPDATE TO THIS RECALL WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED STARTING IN JUNE 2013. DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM THE RECALL WORK AT THIS TIME AND HYUNDAI USA STATES THAT THE RECALL (CAMPAIGN 110) IS NOT VALID FOR 2007 VEHICLES, ONLY 2008-2009. I AM VERY CONCERNED, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND HYUNDAI REFUSES TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI VERACUZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS WOULD ENGAGE AND CAUSE AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO DEFECTS DETECTED WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
OUGHT USED HYUNDAI VERACRUZ 2007 MODEL ON OCT/29/2008. MILEAGE WAS 8,700, NOW MILEAGE WAS 12,770. ON APRIL 23 2009 WHILE I WAS ON TONNELE AVE JERSEY CITY NJ, I NOTICED THAT MY SUV'S SPEED GETTING SLOWER AND WHEN I GIVEN GAS IT NOT RESPONDING, AND ENGINE SIGN APPEARED ON ODOMETERS TOOK MANHATTAN AVE TO GET JFK BLVD. I STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF JFK AND MANHATTAN AVE DUE TO RED LIGHT, AFTER GREEN LIGHT I MADE RIGHT TURN, I LOST CONTROL, SUV DROVE INTO DRIVEWAY AND AFTER HITTING TWO CARS MY SUV STOPPED. THANKS GOD NO ONE INJURED. ON MANHATTAN AVE WHEN TRAFFIC GREEN. MADE RIGHT TURN, MY SUV TRAVELED ON LESS THAN 5 YARDS I NOTICED THAT MY BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING , STEERING WHEEL ALSO NOT MOVING TO CONTROL SUV. AT THE TIME ACCIDENT MY SPEED WAS LESS THAN 5 MPH. AND BRIGHT SHINING DAY, NO RAINING OR SNOWING. *TR
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