NHTSA Campaign 05V450000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 05V450000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 05V450000 with NHTSA on October 4, 2005; NHTSA's Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance influenced the recall.
For 05V450000, NHTSA lists up to 12,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 10, 2004 and November 5, 2004.
The 05V450000 report reached NHTSA 11 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V450000 were scheduled from December 21, 2005, 78 days after the report.
05V450000 covers 1 model from Hyundai, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 05V450000 covers have filed at least 74 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V450000 ranks 27 of 43 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 05V450000, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY has 13 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 05V450000 was 05V395000, reported on September 12, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT OF THE VEHICLE MAY MISCLASSIFY CERTAIN SMALL CHILDREN SEATED ON THE FRONT EDGE OF THE SEAT AS AN ADULT.
- The risk
- THE POSSIBILITY OF MISCLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN SMALL CHILDREN AS AN ADULT MAY ALLOW THE RIGHT FRONT AIRBAG TO DEPLOY IN A FRONTAL COLLISION CRASH OR THE SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG TO DEPLOY IN A SIDE COLLISION CRASH; SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE'S OCS WILL PROPERLY CLASSIFY CERTAIN SMALL CHILDREN WHEN SEATED ON THE FRONT EDGE OF THE SEAT AND WILL DISABLE THE RIGHT FRONT AIRBAGS. DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE VEHICLE'S OCS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT TO PROVIDE AN INCREASED MARGIN FOR RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN SMALL CHILDREN. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 21, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-633-5151.
- Notes
- HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 074.
Reported October 4, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V450000 (1)
Hyundai (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V450000, 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: October 4, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted