Control arm, ball joint or bushing failure on the 2008 Hyundai Entourage
When control arm, ball joint or bushing failure gets reported
Owners of the 2008 Hyundai Entourage report control arm, ball joint or bushing failure at a median of 120,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 95,000 miles and a quarter after 230,000 miles, from 9 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 108,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 70,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 230,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 158,000 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
0% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72,000 miles | 95,229 miles | 120,227 miles | 230,000 miles | 230,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $400–$2,200 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure, every year of the Hyundai Entourage
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
The purpose of this letter is to request NHTSA to include 2008 hyundai entourage vehicles from the state of virginia in the agency's recall and repair authorization, NHTSA campaign number 13v556000, components suspension, and/or front lower control arm corrosion,' dated november 06, 2013. I am the original owner of a 2008 hyundai entourage, purchased in the state of virginia, with the exact mechanical problems delineated in the agencys recall and repair notice and authorization. Although I lived in virginia, I worked in washington, dc, and traveled extensively in the salt belt' states of maryland, new york, pennsylvania, and washington, dc, as noted in the agencys recall and repair authorization. Critically important, the state of virginia has the exact weather conditions as west virginia. To include the state of west virginia in the recall and repair authorization and not virginia is nonsensical or preposterous. 2008 hyundai entourages from virginia have had as much exposure to the corrosive and harmful impact of road salt and water' as other vehicles designated in the agency's recall and repair report of november 06, 2013…
The purpose of this letter is to request NHTSA to include 2008 hyundai entourage vehicles from the state of virginia in the agency's recall and repair authorization, NHTSA campaign number 13v556000, components suspension, and/or front lower control arm corrosion,' dated november 06, 2013. I am the original owner of a 2008 hyundai entourage, purchased in the state of virginia, with the exact mechanical problems delineated in the agencys recall and repair notice and authorization. Although I lived in virginia, I worked in washington, dc, and traveled extensively in the salt belt' states of maryland, new york, pennsylvania, and washington, dc, as noted in the agencys recall and repair authorization. Critically important, the state of virginia has the exact weather conditions as west virginia. To include the state of west virginia in the recall and repair authorization and not virginia is nonsensical or preposterous. 2008 hyundai entourages from virginia have had as much exposure to the corrosive and harmful impact of road salt and water' as other vehicles designated in the agency's recall and repair report of november 06, 2013…
This complaint is in regards to the NHTSA campaign number 13v556000-component suspension and/or front lower control arm corrosion. My vehicle was purchased march 2008 and is registered in virginia (not included in the recall), however 90% of the miles on this vehicle are from traveling in west virginia (which is included in the recall). I called the hyundai customer service line to ask if my van was included in the recall. They told me it is not included in the recall. They would not tell me why it was not included. My mechanic has checked the van and has quoted in writing the following. "suspension front and rear has heavy corrosion (appears to still meet va state inspection criteria)". He told me the rear toe cannot be adjusted due to the heavy corrosion. It is now making a horrible metal to metal grinding noise in the front end. I am very concerned and afraid for my safety in this vehicle. I travel alone in areas that are mountainous and I do not have cell phone service in these areas. This van is my only vehicle so I have no choice but to drive it. Any vehicle that has heavy corrosion that creates a safety issue regardless of…
Also reported on the 2008 Hyundai Entourage
Other body or interior problem
Other engine problem
Other electrical problem
Other brake problem
Other driver assistance problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 11 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does control arm, ball joint or bushing failure happen on the 2008 Hyundai Entourage?
Across 9 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 120,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 95,000 miles and a quarter after 230,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is control arm, ball joint or bushing failure on the 2008 Hyundai Entourage?
11 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed