2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

WE WERE RECENTLY DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY, WHEN THE ESC OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY ENGINE WAS STILL ON, BUT I LOST ACCELERATION AND HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VAN. I HAD TO DO THIS THREE TIMES BEFORE THE ESC OFF LIGHT TURNED OFF AND I REGAINED THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS EVERY MORNING I WILL START THE VAN AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENS, I HAVE TO LEAVE THE VAN ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN TURN IT OFF AND ON AGAIN MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE THE ESC OFF LIGHTS TURNS OFF AND I REGAIN ACCELERATION. THIS IS DANGEROUS SINCE WE'RE NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE ON THE HIGH WAY AND LOSE POWER. *TR

MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY TOOK A 5,000 MILE ROAD TRIP. THE FIRST 4,000 MILES WE HAD NO PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, WHEN WE WERE ABOUT 900 MILES FROM HOME, WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. WE GOT READY TO LEAVE THE HOTEL ONE MORNING AND THE ESC "OFF" LIGHT WAS ON AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. YOU COULD FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL, BUT ONLY GOT 1,000 RPM'S. THE ENGINE WOULD RUN, BUT IT HAD NO POWER. I TURNED IT OFF TO GO CHECK IT OUT, AND WHEN I CAME BACK THE ESC LIGHT WAS GONE, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. THE FIRST DAY THIS HAPPENED, WE GOT TO 250 BEFORE IT WENT INTO COAST. AFTER THAT, WE COULD ONLY DRIVE ABOUT 70+ MILES BEFORE IT WOULD START COASTING AGAIN AND WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN...

THERE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT WHINE COMING FROM MY SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE ENGINE FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS. UPON RESEARCHING THE CAUSE OF THE WHINE WE WERE ABLE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THE POWER STEERING OIL PUMP. WHEN WE WENT LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE KNOWN ISSUES, WE CAME ACROSS A TECHINICAL SERVICE BULLETIN - DATED AUGUST 2008 - ADDRESSING A WHINE NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING OIL PUMP. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TO ASK ABOUT HAVING THE POWER STEERING PUMP CHECKED, BASED ON THE TSB - I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT "HE" WAS THE SPECIALIST AND HE WOULD DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS - BUT FIRST HE WOULD HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE CHECK ON THE ENGINE (TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $450) TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. HE THEN ASKED THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I TOLD HIM, HE...

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN AUGUST OF 2007. THE CAR BATTERY HAS GONE DEAD 3 TIMES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ALL THE DOORS WERE CLOSED AND NO LIGHTS LEFT ON. IT WOULD JUST BE DEAD. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY AND SUPPOSEDLY TESTED ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND FOUND NOTHING EACH TIME IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. *TR