Question 2007 Hyundai Entourage

[kmw]

I'm in Canada

So... since we recently found out that we are going to change from a family of 3 to a family of 5, common sense has hit us with the fact that the 4 door car is just not going to be overly convenient, nor functional once these two new babies arrive in the summer.

We live in a place that does have quite chilly winters - as low as -30 isn't uncommon for a couple of those months with the rest of the 4 months of winter hovering around 0, -10 ish! It's clear that a minivan will be best - I can load babies and toddler and jump in, close the door and then buckle everyone up in the warmth!

We can't do a new vehicle, it's just not an option for us. We did find a 2007 Hyundai Entourage Limited for a good price though.. seems to have good reviews online - has 4 tether anchors (kinda irks me that there isn't one third row center but I think only Ody/Sienna have those!)..

Anyone have an Entourage? Reviews? known issues? The one we are looking at has 120,000 kms on it but is in fab condition in and out!

 

[jjordan]

I think it's the same as the Kia Sedona, which we have (2008) and like very much.

 

[kmw]

Awesome! Yes, they are the same essentially

No issues with it so far? I have read that some have problems with the power sliding doors and the motors going?

 

[jjordan]

Actually, one of our power sliding doors is finicky. But the other works fine. We haven't had it checked out.

 

[kmw]

There was a recall... but apparently, it's not a bad fix to do yourself either!

 

[stephie1012]

I had a 2008 and I loved it. The one door was a little weird sometimes but that's it. They don't make the entourage anymore though which I was sad to hear.

 

[jjordan]

Thanks for the recall info, kmw. I will ask the Kia dealership about it, but I also did find instructions for fixing it ourselves. So once it warms up we might give it a try, depending on what the dealership says.

 

[kmw]

I found a YouTube video of how to do it too.. and looked up the part number on the Hyundai website - $13. Looks like about an hour to do it yourself and really doesn't look difficult at all!

We put in our first offer.. fingers crossed we can get the deal done!

 

[Mingie]

We have this van and it is a 2007. It has served us well. We have a ton of kms on it and it runs well still. It is a dream for installing car seats I find, very roomy and love the rear row folds flat into the vehicle. It's had minor issues and we did receive a recall notice this week but we are pretty sure we had this dealt with already. We have been pretty loyal to Hyundai for a while as we have had good service at most(save for 1 dealer) and that led us to buying recently a new Santa Fe. I will say when we were in snowy cold Ontario we did have our doors freeze so we took them off automatic in the winter to help remedy that situation.