NHTSA Complaint #10691805 — 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ

ESC OFF, AWD, AND ABS LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED AND LOST ELECTRICITY AND HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF INTERSECTION, WHILE NOT HAVING POWER. EVENTUALLY ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE AGAIN. HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES WHERE THE VEHICLE DIED WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN. WHILE DRIVING IT TO THE DEALER, NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING. DEALER FOUND A BUNCH OF CODES FOR WHEEL SENSORS AND EVENTUALLY DETERMINED THE ISSUE WAS AN ABS HYDRAULIC MODULE, WHICH COSTS OVER $2000 JUST FOR THE PART ITSELF. I RESEARCHED THROUGH SEVERAL HYUNDAI FORUM WEBSITES AND IT APPEARS THIS IS A CHRONIC ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AS OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. DUE TO THE COST OF THIS PART AND THE SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED WITH DRIVING THE VEHICLE, I WOULD SUGGEST IT SHOULD BE PART OF A RECALL. VERACRUZ OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IF THE COMBINATION OF THESE LIGHTS COME ON, AS THE VEHICLE MAY QUIT AND LOSE POWER WHILE IT IS BEING DRIVEN. *TR