[sodoob]

Apparently, Palisades in Korea have problems with their evaporator coils improperly manufactured in China, causing white dust to come out of the AC. I am curious if any Palisade owners are having similar problems with ones they bought in the States. The white dust, called "eva-dust" in Korea, is Aluminum Hydroxide which is carcinogenic, and may also cause Alzheimer. Hyundai Korea is refusing to service the problematic cars (which seems to be pretty much every Palisade model), and they claim that the North American models also have the evaporator coils manufactured by the same Chinese company.

I put my deposit down for a Palisade, but I am now hesitant with the purchase. I'd love to know whether the NA models have the same problem.

 

[Ahep]

I’m about to purchase a Pallisade as well, but if this is an issue, that gives me pause. It’s one thing to have a little glitch with the tech here or there, but I take health risks seriously. Do you have any links or anything to where you found out about this problem with the Pallisades in Korea? I’d like to do some research on this.

 

[lowblow]

I have had the vehicle for over a week with 500 miles on it.. have not seen any such issue.. others might be able to confirm as well

 

[Danjimi]

Health is everything, I've had my Palisade for 2-weeks now, have not seen anything from A/C. But this has gotten me very curious. Should any of us get more info on this, let's kindly share on this forum please.
Thanks

 

[skiandexplore]

Had mine for a few days, and haven't noticed anything. I googled, Aluminum Hydroxide, and it seems to be an antacid among other things. I can't find anything that says it's used in AC outside of one article from a Tampa HVAC guy asking about seeing some flakes from a heat pump. My guess is that the coils are made from Aluminum and reacting with the air some how.

The Alzheimer's theory is that Aluminum somehow causes it. But no study has been able to prove a link. I also can't find anything that says it causes cancer.

 

[Ahep]

I ended up going ahead and purchasing the Palisade. I’ve only had it two days, but no white dust so far. I’m monitoring it though. I also googled it and couldn’t find anything but that one article about an HVAC. I would assume if it was a bigger problem, there would be more out about it ??‍♀

 

[skiandexplore]

I ended up going ahead and purchasing the Palisade. I’ve only had it two days, but no white dust so far. I’m monitoring it though. I also googled it and couldn’t find anything but that one article about an HVAC. I would assume if it was a bigger problem, there would be more out about it ??‍♀

That was my thoughts exactly.

 

[Cronus]

Maybe

Apparently, Palisades in Korea have problems with their evaporator coils improperly manufactured in China, causing white dust to come out of the AC. I am curious if any Palisade owners are having similar problems with ones they bought in the States. The white dust, called "eva-dust" in Korea, is Aluminum Hydroxide which is carcinogenic, and may also cause Alzheimer. Hyundai Korea is refusing to service the problematic cars (which seems to be pretty much every Palisade model), and they claim that the North American models also have the evaporator coils manufactured by the same Chinese company.

I put my deposit down for a Palisade, but I am now hesitant with the purchase. I'd love to know whether the NA models have the same problem.

Can you link to whatever articles, blogs, videos, etc there you've heard or read this?

 

[Danjimi]

So far, the claim is not showing credibility, also, we all can't find anything on the Web that supports it. No Hyundai vehicle has ever been mentioned to have that issue, why would it start with Palisade

 

[lowblow]

If it were a widespread problem, Palisade would not have 58,000 preorders in Korea with people waiting 10 months to take delivery. I have driven over 500 miles without seeing white dust.. will keep an eye out but I don’t think this is true

 

[aspehals]

I also do not believe this is widespread. I've driven about 500 miles, and with it being mid summer here, the AC has been on just about every time we're driving the car. I haven't seen any white dust. If I do ever see any - I'll give an update.

 

[seo1075]

I want to give you guys some links that Korean Palisade owners have this issue now.
However, I can't attach the links here as this is my first writing in this forum.
Copy below words in Korean and attach in Google.You guys see there are a lot of articles, images, and even Youtube. Sorry, it's all Korean as Palisades are made in Korea and sold in Korea first.
팰리세이드 에바가루

 

[radiowc]

Here is the link or explanation

현대 팰리세이드 에바가루 정리 - 현대차 vs 정부 vs 소비자

요즘 논란이 많은 현대 팰리세이드 에바가루입니다. 여기저기서 말이 많아 이번엔 현대차, 정부(국토교통부(국토부)), 소비자 입장을 정리해 봤습니다. 관련 기사는 CAR GUY, 전자 신문을 참고했습니다.먼저 에바가루란 무엇인지 알아보고 입장을 읽어보세요. 마지막으로 현대차가 주최했던 간담회 이야기도 소개합니다. 에바가루란?에바가루는 공조기 작동 시 '에바포레이터' 알루미늄 코팅이 산화하고, 이것이 벗겨져 유입된 것을 말한다. 과거 일부 얼음정수기에서 문제가 됐던 은색 금속가루와 같은 것이다. 에바가루는 유해 물질로 분류되는...

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It most likely affect only with certain build date/year

 

[Danjimi]

We need to curiously watch-out for any trace of that.
Thanks for putting those links out.

 

[Sterling]

I have driven the Palisade for 2600 miles, used the air conditioning the entire time and other than cold air have had no experience with white powder or any other elements.

 

[ckon]

I also have 2500 miles on mine and with a black interior I would expect to see any such dust. None at all, though.

 

[jhnlee]

Hi guys. Just let you know the issue is apparently starting in Korea, with people complaining about the dust. It's been two summers since they started selling Palisades.
I must say there are only few vehicles effected so far but it is a concern;

 

[Gene]

Had mine since last year and no dust. Sounds like a certain batch of palisades sold in Kores only.
While the dash shows a lot of the dust all over the dash area, video shows almost no dust looking in to the AC outlets.

 

[jhnlee]

Had mine since last year and no dust. Sounds like a certain batch of palisades sold in Kores only.
While the dash shows a lot of the dust all over the dash area, video shows almost no dust looking in to the AC outlets.

I must say there are only handful of owners complaining this in Korea. However, the problem is, the supplier (Doowon) of evaporators to Hyundai Palisade is known to make defective AC evaporators, prone to rust. They were the suppliers of AC evaporators for the previous model Kia Sorento sold in Korea, which was confirmed to have carcinogenic Aluminium dust problems. Kia was mandated by the government to fix the issue free of charge. (The US version of Sorento uses different supplier, apparently, so no issue). Some owners still have the problem after the fix. Apparently, replacement evaporator core is still defective and thus does not solve the issue, and the problem reoccurs after a year or so.

Just telling you guys what is happening in Korea. Palisades sold in Korea is made from the same factory which makes the US sold ones. I really hope this is not widespread anywhere as I was looking into buying Palisades. It is a good SUV.