NHTSA Campaign 05V316000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)
NHTSA campaign 05V316000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electronic stability control: automatic (asc). The repair is free.
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 05V316000 with NHTSA on July 7, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V316000, NHTSA lists up to 1,970 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 05V316000 were scheduled from July 29, 2005, 22 days after the report.
05V316000 covers 1 model from Hyundai, model years 2006.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V316000 ranks 34 of 43 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 05V316000, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY has 1 other recall on the electronic stability control on this site; the one before 05V316000 was 05V119000, reported on March 25, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.3 LITER ENGINES AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), THE ESC MAY HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO BE OVERSENSITIVE TO THE ONSET OF OVERSTEERING WHILE DRIVING ON BANKED CURVES, CAUSING INADVERTENT APPLICATION OF THE FRONT OUTSIDE BRAKE WHEN ESC ACTIVATION MAY NOT BE NEEDED.
- The risk
- THIS MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SLOW AND MAY AFFECT THE PATH THAT THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED BY INADVERTENT ESC ACTIVATION MAY RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ESC HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 29, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-633-5151.
- Notes
- HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 070.
Reported July 7, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V316000 (1)
Hyundai (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V316000, 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 7, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted