NHTSA Campaign 09V122000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
NHTSA campaign 09V122000 covers 14 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the exterior lighting: brake lights: switch. The repair is free.
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 09V122000 with NHTSA on April 15, 2009; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 09V122000, NHTSA lists up to 532,633 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 16, 2006 and January 31, 2007.
The 09V122000 report reached NHTSA 2 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V122000 were scheduled from June 29, 2009, 75 days after the report.
09V122000 covers 8 models from Hyundai, model years 2005–2008.
Owners of the model years 09V122000 covers have filed at least 14 complaints naming the exterior lighting, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 09V122000 vehicles, the 2007 Hyundai Accent has the most (11).
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V122000 ranks 1 of 43 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 09V122000, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY has 2 other recalls on the exterior lighting on this site; the one before 09V122000 was 06V180000, reported on May 22, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- HYUNDAI IS RECALLING 532,633 MY 2006-2007 ACCENT, ENTOURAGE, SONATA, MY 2007 AZERA, ELANTRA AND SANTA FE, MY 2005-2007 TUCSON AND MY 2007-2008 VERACRUZ VEHICLES. THE STOP LAMP SWITCH IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY MALFUNCTION. A MALFUNCTIONING STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. A STOP LAMP SWITCH MALFUNCTION MAY ALSO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE-TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK FEATURE SO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. IT MAY ALSO CAUSE THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) MALFUNCTION LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, AND IT MAY NOT DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.
- The risk
- ANY OF THESE MALFUNCTIONS, ALONE OR IN COMBINATION, MAY LEAD TO A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STOP LAMP SWITCH FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 29, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE HYUNDAI CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AT 1-800-633-5151.
- Notes
- HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 092.
Reported April 15, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V122000 (14)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V122000, 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 15, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted