Engine Head Gasket Leaking problems of the 2008 Hyundai Veracruz

Hyundai Veracruz alternator-alternator-recall- when is stationary and in motion when leaking. City and highway driving. Hyundai replaced the original valve cover gasket under recall on November 25, 2014. The recall was based on oil leaks and alternator failures. Hyundai would not replace the alternator even though it was covered in oil at that time. A few years later, our alternator failed (April 2019). We paid a mechanic $750 to replace that alternator. The mechanic stated failure was caused by oil saturation. Hyundai has issued another recall for the same issue, but no resolution has been determined. I recently had another mechanic look at the vehicle and they mentioned the valve cover gasket is leaking oil on the newer alternator and the alternator is covered in oil again. I contacted Hyundai after receiving multiple recall notices starting in November 2020 and a reimbursement claim was filed. Hyundai denied my claim for reimbursement because I did not provide a valid reason. Hyundai is still sending me recall notices, but they claim to not have a fix for the issue. I am forced to clean the alternator off monthly to avoid failure. Please contact me with possible resolutions.

At about 61,253 miles, engine gaskets were found leaking and valve cover gaskets & valve cover set was replaced. Alternator tested bad and was replaced. Battery tested bad and was replaced. Oil leaked from valve cover/engine and dripped on alternator causing the alternator and battery to become defective. Car was pulled into service station as engine started puttering and power was dropping. A claim was made to Hyundai (case 17561397) who denied the claim saying that it was not covered, citing campaign 121 (guest because it was similar) and saying that it covered the cylinder cover gasket did not include the valve cover gasket leaking and causing the exact subsequent damage. Attached are repair documents.

The car stopped working 2 weeks ago. The battery light came on so we took the car to our mechanic and the mechanic proceeded to change the alternator due to excessive grease on the alternator, after driving home the car wouldn't start so we had to tow to repair shop. The mechanic took about 2 days to change the alternator . When we received the car back while in idle it stopped while it was in idle about 15 miles from repair shop . We had to again tow the vehicle to the repair shop we took the car back and the mechanic replaced the alternator again and battery where the car is right now. The car again would turn over but again would stop right away. The mechanic said that the valve cover gasket was leaking and possible damaged wires in the engine/alternator. The valve cover was replaced about 3 years ago according to the Hyundai recall records at boulder Hyundai. Our mechanic stated and he will put that in writing that the valve job was substandard and the work �shoddy �. Upon researching the NHTSA other owners of the Hyundai 2008 Veracruz have had the same problem and one owner had the valve cover replaced 3 times and are still having the same problem. I have called Hyundai and they are not taking responsibility and I am unable to trade in the vehicle or sale so I am out about $7000. 00 per kelly blue book valuation for a working car. We attempted on Saturday, June 9th to check the car to see if it would run and again after jumping the car it cuts right out. I believe if the repair on the recalled valves was done correctly the first time the car would be in working order and the alternator would not have had the excessive grease on the alternator.

Oil leaking from gaskets on to alternator.

I am the owner of a 2008 Hyundai vera cruz. In 2014 my oil gasket leaked and I brought the car to a local garage and had it repaired. It cost $400. 00. A few months later, I had a problem due to a power failure and I went to another garage nearby, and discovered my alternator failed and needed to be replaced. It cost me another $400. 00. A few months later, I received otice from Hyundai stating that they discovered a fault in the oil gasket which could leak into the alternator and cause it to fail. I contacted Hyundai and explained what had happened. They assured me, just as it says in the recall notice, that if I had the work done already, I would be reimbursed, but they first wanted me to bring the car to a Hyundai service center, which I did. They checked the repairs and decided to re-do the gasket replacement, although they had no explanation as to why. They did not re-do the alternator so I assume they deemed it okay. Now, I have been going back and forth with them supplying copies of the repairs that I had done, and the repair orders, and the credit card receipts, some of which, strangely, kept getting lost even though I sent them as email attachments (after scanning them to digitize the copies). I was told some of the copies arrived, but others did not even though they all went with the same email. In any case, it has been a few months and now they finally said they would like to reimburse me for the repairs but have determined (again, with no explanation) that I should only receive $195. 00. I have asked for an explanation and they simply state they want to pay me a lesser amount for the parts that were provided in the repairs and less for the labor. I must admit, I am a bit dumbfounded. I may be a disabled veteran but there is nothing wrong with my math. Can you please help me?.