NHTSA Campaign 00V096001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
NHTSA campaign 00V096001 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages. The repair is free.
HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO filed the report for 00V096001 with NHTSA on July 7, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V096001, NHTSA lists up to 400 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 11, 1999 and January 15, 2000.
The 00V096001 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V096001 were scheduled from September 1, 2000, 56 days after the report.
00V096001 covers 1 model from Hyundai, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V096001 covers have filed at least 11 complaints naming the visibility, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V096001 ranks 7 of 15 HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE PROTECTIVE RUBBER BOOT WHICH COVERS THE BALL JOINT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR DRIVE ARM AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPER DRAG LINK CAN STICK TO THE SURFACE OF THE DRIVE ARM. IF THE RUBBER BOOT STICKS AND THE WIPER MOTOR IS TURNED ON, BINDING OF THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE DRIVE ARM AND DRAG LINK RESULTS, CAUSING THE BALL JOINT CONNECTION TO DISENGAGE.
- The risk
- IF THE CONNECTION DISENGAGES, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERATIVE. INOPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PROTECTIVE RUBBER BOOT AND WILL LUBRICATE THE NEW PROTECTIVE RUBBER BOOT WHERE IT CONTACTS THE DRIVE ARM.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 1, 2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-981-0452.
Reported July 7, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V096001 (1)
Hyundai (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V096001, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: July 7, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted