CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2009 Veracruz has no complaint trends to worry about. Heck, it hardly has any complaints at all. One issue to look out for is trouble starting due to oil leaking onto the alternator, but even that was was fixed during a 2014 recall.
10.0
really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
$3,000
Average Mileage:
153,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
replace tcm (transmission control module) (1 reports)
Pulling out of my driveway, my car made a "jerk" (as if transmission 'slipped'). I stopped, but the shifter would not go past N, so I drove around the block (I could only go forward) and drove back into garage. I had to use the shifter over-ride switch to get car into P. But then shifter was stuck in P (yet no letter 'P' illuminated on display panel), and the car would not restart. Using the over-ride switch, I could move the shifter as far as N, but still the car would not start. Through extensive research I learned that the problem was the TCM (transmission control unit). Note, this is different from the ECM (engine control unit). The dealer wanted $3,000 to replace it. I learned that the Veracruz' TCM is unique from all other Hyundai's in that its attached to the top of the transmission. Other Hyundai's would have cost me $500. Oh, and I learned they are not repairable. But luckily I was able to buy a new TCM on-line thru a dealer in FL for $1,500 and was able to install myself (also had to buy a aftermarket gray-market repair manual for $40 to learn how, but it wasn't terribly hard). I was without my car for a month, but I saved $1,500.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Pulling out of my driveway, my car made a "jerk" (as if transmission 'slipped'). I stopped, but the shifter would not go past N, so I drove around the block (I could only go forward) and drove back into garage. I had to use the shifter over-ride switch to get car into P. But then shifter was stuck in P (yet no letter 'P' illuminated on display panel), and the car would not restart. Using the over-ride switch, I could move the shifter as far as N, but still the car would not start. Through extensive research I learned that the problem was the TCM (transmission control unit). Note, this is different from the ECM (engine control unit). The dealer wanted $3,000 to replace it. I learned that the Veracruz' TCM is unique from all other Hyundai's in that its attached to the top of the transmission. Other Hyundai's would have cost me $500. Oh, and I learned they are not repairable. But luckily I was able to buy a new TCM on-line thru a dealer in FL for $1,500 and was able to install myself (also had to buy a aftermarket gray-market repair manual for $40 to learn how, but it wasn't terribly hard). I was without my car for a month, but I saved $1,500.
- Steve N., St. Louis, MO, US