NHTSA Campaign 00V332000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 00V332000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 00V332000 with NHTSA on October 17, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V332000, NHTSA lists up to 972 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 21, 2000 and September 18, 2000.
The 00V332000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V332000 were scheduled from October 31, 2000, 14 days after the report.
00V332000 covers 1 model from Hyundai, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V332000 covers have filed at least 118 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V332000 ranks 37 of 43 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 00V332000, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY has 13 other recalls on the air bags on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM SIDE AIR BAG SATELLITE SENSORS INSTALLED WERE IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED, CAUSING THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND THE SIDE AIR BAGS TO NOT DEPLOY AS INTENDED IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.
- The risk
- NON-DEPLOYMENT OF THE SIDE AIR BAGS COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY DURING A CRASH WHERE SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IS INTENDED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TWO SATELLITE SENSORS.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 31, 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 1-800-633-5151.
Reported October 17, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V332000 (1)
Hyundai (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V332000, 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: October 17, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted