NHTSA Campaign 11V472000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 11V472000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 11V472000 with NHTSA on September 9, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V472000, NHTSA lists up to 205,233 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 19, 2006 and March 20, 2008.
The 11V472000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V472000 were scheduled from May 28, 2012, 262 days after the report.
11V472000 covers 2 models from Hyundai, model years 2007–2008.
Owners of the model years 11V472000 covers have filed at least 191 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V472000 vehicles, the 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe has the most (102).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V472000 ranks 6 of 43 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 11V472000, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY has 13 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 11V472000 was 11V179000, reported on March 15, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- HYUNDAI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 26, 2006, THROUGH MARCH 21, 2008, AND MODEL YEAR 2007-2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 19, 2006 THROUGH MARCH 20, 2008. THE CLOCK SPRING CONTACT ASSEMBLY FOR THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) MAY BECOME DAMAGED THROUGH USAGE OVER TIME. THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WILL EXPERIENCE A HIGH RESISTANCE CONDITION, POTENTIALLY CAUSING THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG TO NOT DEPLOY.
- The risk
- IF THE CLOCK SPRING DEVELOPS HIGH RESISTANCE, IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE DRIVERS AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT THE DRIVER, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.
- The fix
- HYUNDAI DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE VEHICLE'S DRIVER'S AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING CONTACT ASSEMBLY FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI CUSTOMER CONNECT CENTER AT 1-800-633-5151.
Reported September 9, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V472000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V472000, 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: September 9, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted