NHTSA Complaint #10316793 — 2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE

POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO LOCK RESULTING IN IT OPENING ON HIGHWAY AT 65MPH. NO WAY TO SECURE DOOR HAD TO TIE IT TO KEEP FROM OPENING FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES DEALER REPLACED LATCH UNDER WARRANTY FIRST TIME 2ND TIME FAILED ON TRIP TO CANADA DEALER STATED MY WARRANTY WAS NOT COVERED IN CANADA BUT I WOULD BE RECOMPENSATED IF I SENT THE INVOICE TO HYUNDIA. SENT ALL PAPER WORK THEY REQUESTED AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT WAS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM AND NOT COVERED. EVEN THOUGH IT HAD ONLY BEEN 5 MONTHS SINCE THE LAST REPAIR THE SLIDER HAS NOW FAILED AGAIN AND THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT HYUNDAI HAS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE ENTOURAGE LT VAN AS THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE IS HUGE AND ALWAYS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDER. HYUNDAI STOP PRODUCTION OF THIS MODEL AFTER ONLY 2 YEARS AND IT IS MY FEELING THAT THEY REALIZED THEY HAD A DESIGN FLAW AND DID NOT WANT TO CHANCE A RECALL IF THEY CONTINUED MAKING THEM. THE HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE WITH POWER SLIDING DOORS SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOME ONE FALLS OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND KILLED. SENT ALL. *TR