2008 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE Structure Problems

THE REAR DOOR (HATCHBACK DOOR), (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGE, STRUCTURE), ON MY 2008 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE MINI-VAN, FAILED TO OPEN. ALL EFFORTS TO OPEN THE DOOR PROVED FRUITLESS. REQUEST HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA TO REPAIR LATCHES, LOCKS, AND/OR LINKAGE UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE RECALL AND/OR REPAIR CONSENT DECREE NEGOTIATED WITH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA). NOTE, LATCHES AND LOCKING MECHANISMS ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE FAILED PREVIOUS. REFERENCE THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SLIDING DOOR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CAR BEGAN SHAKING, WITH THE CHECK ENGINE AND ESC LIGHTS BOTH COMING ON, THEN A SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF ACCELERATION, AND THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN MOTION. THIS CAUSED THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF STEERING AND THE BRAKES TO GO SOFT. THE VEHICLE SAT FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE RE-STARTING; HOWEVER, AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, THE CAR ONCE AGAIN MADE THE GRINDING NOISE, ENGINE AND ESC LIGHT ILLUMINATION, SHAKING, AND THEN SHUT DOWN. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 2008, THAT THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED A THROTTLE SENSOR TWICE, THE LAST TIME BEING OCTOBER 18, 2009, AND IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL ONGOING PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS...

THE SLIDING DOORS DO NOT OPEN AND CLOSE PROPERLY. SOMETIMES THEY WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT. THEY MAY CLOSE HALF WAY AND THEN GO BACK TO OPEN POSITION AND STAY THERE OR GO BACK TO CLOSED POSITION. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR CLOSED ON ME ONCE WHEN I WAS STRAPPING MY GRANDSON IN, IT HAD BEEN OPEN AWHILE. LUCKILY I HAD THE KEY ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF ME AND USED THE KEY FOB TO OPEN IT. THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY WHEN IT HIT ME, AS I SUPPOSED IT WOULD. THESE DOORS WERE REPLACED A FEW MONTHS AGO. THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE HATCH DOOR, MY HUSBAND CLOSED IT WHILE I WAS REACHING FOR SOMETHING INSIDE THE VAN. I JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY BUT IT HIT ME ON THE SHOULDER AND DID NOT STOP. AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP SIGN THE CAR...