NHTSA Complaint #10197322 — 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE

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