Power Steering Pump problems of the 2006 Hyundai Tucson

One problem related to power steering pump has been reported for the 2006 Hyundai Tucson. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Hyundai Tucson based on all problems reported for the 2006 Tucson.

1 Power Steering Pump problem

Failure Date: 05/24/2011

Crankshaft balancer/pulley separation causes serpentine belt failure and loss of power steering. The crankshaft pulley on several Hyundai models with the 2. 7 liter engine appears to have a high failure rate. The pulley is made of an inner and outer metal rings joined with an elastomeric compound. When the elastomeric compound fails the outer ring slips and works off the inner pulley causing the serpentine belt to bind against the engine block a or accessory mounting brackets resulting in a catastrophic failure. In all cases the failure results in a loss of drive to all accessories including the power steering pump. . Read more...


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