NHTSA Campaign 05V479000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 05V479000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO filed the report for 05V479000 with NHTSA on October 17, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V479000, NHTSA lists up to 2,105 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 12, 2003 and September 9, 2005.
The 05V479000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V479000 were scheduled from November 15, 2005, 29 days after the report.
05V479000 covers 1 model from Hyundai, model years 2004–2005.
Owners of the model years 05V479000 covers have filed at least 185 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 05V479000 vehicles, the 2004 Hyundai Elantra has the most (114).
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V479000 ranks 3 of 15 HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO recalls on this site.
Besides 05V479000, HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO has 3 other recalls on the air bags on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ADVANCED AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT OF THE VEHICLE MAY MISCLASSIFY A CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT (CRS) AS AN ADULT. THIS MAY OCCUR IF THE CRS IS INSTALLED AFTER AN ADULT HAS BEEN SEATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT. IF THERE HAS NOT BEEN A 'KEY ON' ' KEY OFF' CYCLE WITH THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT EMPTY PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF THE CRS.
- The risk
- THE POSSIBILITY OF MISCLASSIFICATION OF A CRS AS AN ADULT MAY ALLOW THE RIGHT FRONT AIRBAG OR SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG TO DEPLOY IN A CRASH AND COULD RESULT IN INJURY TO THE RIGHT FRONT OCCUPANT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE VEHICLE'S OCS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) TO REMOVE THE FEATURE THAT MAY CAUSE THE CRS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN ADULT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 15, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI OF PUERTO RICO AT 1-800-981-0188.
- Notes
- HYUNDAI PR RECALL NO. 073.
Reported October 17, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V479000 (2)
Hyundai (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V479000, 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 17, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted