NHTSA Campaign 03V496000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 03V496000 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 CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO filed the report for 03V496000 with NHTSA on December 3, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V496000, NHTSA lists up to 1,993 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 30, 2000 and December 15, 2002.
The 03V496000 report reached NHTSA 12 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V496000 were scheduled from January 22, 2004, 50 days after the report.
03V496000 covers 2 models from Hyundai, model years 2001–2003.
Owners of the model years 03V496000 covers have filed at least 74 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 03V496000 vehicles, the 2002 Hyundai Elantra has the most (32).
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V496000 ranks 4 of 15 HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE BRAKE TUBES FOR THE REAR BRAKES CAN CONTACT THE STEERING GEARBOX MOUNTING BRACKETS.
- The risk
- CONTACT BETWEEN THE REAR BRAKE TUBES AND THE STEERING GEARBOX MOUNTING BRACKETS MAY RESULT IN REAR BRAKE TUBE WEAR AND CORROSION, INCREASING THE RISK OF BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE. BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE COULD RESULT IN REDUCED BRAKING CAPABILITY, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPOSITION THE REAR BRAKE TUBES, INSTALL BRAKE TUBE CLIPS, AND APPLY ANTI-CORROSION MATERIAL TO THE REAR BRAKE TUBES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JANUARY 22, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT HYUNDAI OF PUERTO RICO AT 1-800-633-5151.
- Notes
- HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 061.
Reported December 3, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V496000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V496000, 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: December 3, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted