NHTSA Campaign 04V131000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NHTSA campaign 04V131000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module. The repair is free.
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 04V131000 with NHTSA on March 16, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V131000, NHTSA lists up to 17,401 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 3, 2002 and February 27, 2004.
The 04V131000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V131000 were scheduled from March 24, 2004, 8 days after the report.
04V131000 covers 1 model from Hyundai, model years 2003–2004.
Owners of the model years 04V131000 covers have filed at least 55 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V131000 vehicles, the 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe has the most (31).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V131000 ranks 25 of 43 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 04V131000, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY has 1 other recall on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 04V131000 was 03V257000, reported on July 22, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.5 LITER V-6 ENGINES, 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEMS (ABS), IF THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 3 AND 12 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PAD FRICTION SURFACES ARE WET, A VIBRATION MAY OCCUR BETWEEN THE BRAKE DISCS AND PADS CAUSING ABS SENSOR ELECTRONIC SIGNAL NOISE TO DEVELOP. AT SPEEDS BELOW 5 MPH, THE ABS SENSOR SIGNAL NOISE MAY CAUSE THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) TO ACTIVATE THE ABS, EXTENDING THE STOPPING DISTANCE.
- The risk
- IF AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS, IT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ABS ECU. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON MARCH 24, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-633-5151.
- Notes
- HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 065.
Reported March 16, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V131000 (2)
Hyundai (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V131000, 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: March 16, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted