NHTSA Campaign 03V257000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 03V257000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 03V257000 with NHTSA on July 22, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V257000, NHTSA lists up to 312,292 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 1, 2001 and February 15, 2003.
The 03V257000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V257000 were scheduled from October 13, 2003, 83 days after the report.
03V257000 covers 2 models from Hyundai, model years 2001–2003.
Owners of the model years 03V257000 covers have filed at least 74 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 03V257000 vehicles, the 2002 Hyundai Elantra has the most (32).
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V257000 ranks 2 of 43 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 03V257000, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY has 1 other recall on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE REAR BRAKE TUBES PASS BEHIND THE FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER. TWO STEERING GEARBOX MOUNTING BRACKETS ARE WELDED TO THE CROSSMEMBER. ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS), THE REAR BRAKE TUBES COULD CONTACT BOTH STEERING GEARBOX MOUNTING BRACKETS. ON VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH ABS, THE REAR BRAKE TUBES MAY CONTACT ONLY THE LEFT MOUNTING BRACKET. CONTACT BETWEEN THE REAR BRAKE TUBES AND THE STEERING BRACKETS COULD CAUSE WEAR AND CORROSION THAT COULD RESULT IN BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE.
- The risk
- FLUID LEAKAGE COULD RESULT IN REDUCED BRAKING CAPABILITY INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPOSITION THE REAR BRAKE TUBES SO THEY DO NOT CONTACT THE MOUNTING BRACKETS, INSTALL BRAKE TUBE CLIPS TO CONTROL THE LOCATION OF THE REAR BRAKE TUBES, AND APPLY ANTI-CORROSION MATERIAL TO THE TUBES IN THE AREAS WHERE CONTACT WITH THE MOUNTING BRACKETS MAY HAVE OCCURRED. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON OCTOBER 13, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-633-5151.
- Notes
- HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 061.
Reported July 22, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V257000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V257000, 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 22, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted