2008 Hyundai Entourage
Complaints about this year name driving far more often than the model's other years — 33% of them, about 83× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 72 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 0 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- open — 32% of complaints, 80× usual
- door — 32% of complaints, 80× usual
- sliding — 28% of complaints, 69× usual
What owners wrote
THE RIGHT REAR SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT STAY LATCHED. IT AUTOMATICALLY SLIDES OPEN WHILE DRIVING.
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT RELEASE OPEN AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES WHERE THE MOTOR WAS REPLACED EACH TIME BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V061000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 16V843000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
- 13V113000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 13V556000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Entourage was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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