NHTSA Campaign 05V177000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)
NHTSA campaign 05V177000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electronic stability control: automatic (asc). The repair is free.
HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO filed the report for 05V177000 with NHTSA on April 27, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V177000, NHTSA lists up to 349 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 30, 2004 and February 27, 2005.
The 05V177000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
05V177000 covers 1 model from Hyundai, model years 2005.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V177000 ranks 8 of 15 HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM (ESP), THE YAW RATE SENSOR MAY BECOME TOO SENSITIVE AND MAY RECALIBRATE INACCURATELY. WHILE DRIVING THE ESP PROGRAM MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REDUCE POWER AND MAY CAUSE A BRAKE AT ONE OF THE WHEELS TO BE INAPPROPRIATELY.
- The risk
- BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED BY INADVERTENT ESP ACTIVATION MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ESP HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI DE PUERTO RICO AT 1-800-981-0188.
- Notes
- HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 068.
Reported April 27, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V177000 (1)
Hyundai (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V177000, 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: April 27, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted