2007 Hyundai Veracruz
This year drew an ordinary 145 complaints for a Hyundai Veracruz — the model's median is 89. What they were about is the unusual part: 20% of them mention headlights, against 7.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 145 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 89 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 6 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- headlights — 20% of this year's complaints, against 7.3% across the model's other years (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: headlights, high, beams, low beams.
- performed — 9.7% of this year's complaints, against 3.4% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: performed, sign, recall work.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMED AND VARIOUS INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE STEERING ASSIST OPERATED IMPROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT TH…
I HAVE REPLACED 4 ALTERNATORS DUE TO OIL DRIPPING DOWN ON IT. I HAVE HAD MECHANICS TRY AND FIX THE OIL LEAK BUT HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED. ALSO WHENEVER THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN OR WHENEVER YOU GO THROUGH A LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER EVERYTHING WANTS TO SHUT DOWN IT IS DANGE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09V122000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 20V705000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 14V415000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 08E055000 TRAILER HITCHES Fixed free of charge.
- 11V472000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 08E016000 TRAILER HITCHES Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Veracruz 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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