NHTSA Campaign 13V556000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
NHTSA campaign 13V556000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the suspension: front: control arm: lower arm. The repair is free.
Hyundai Motor Company filed the report for 13V556000 with NHTSA on November 6, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V556000, NHTSA lists up to 21,207 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 16, 2006 and June 30, 2008.
The 13V556000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V556000 were scheduled from January 3, 2014, 58 days after the report.
13V556000 covers 1 model from Hyundai, model years 2007–2008.
Owners of the model years 13V556000 covers have filed at least 48 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V556000 vehicles, the 2007 Hyundai Entourage has the most (37).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V556000 ranks 21 of 35 Hyundai Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 13V556000, Hyundai Motor Company has 5 other recalls on the suspension on this site; the one before 13V556000 was 13V354000, reported on August 12, 2013.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 Hyundai Entourage vehicles manufactured from February 16, 2006, through June 30, 2008 and sold in, or currently registered in, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. In the affected vehicles, the front lower control arms may fracture due to corrosion resulting from exposure to road salt and water.
- The risk
- A fractured control arm can result in the loss of control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the degree of corrosion of the front lower control arms, and will either rustproof or replace them, free of charge. The recall began on January 3, 2014. Owners may contact Hyundai at 1-800-633-5151 or by email at [email protected]. Hyundai's recall number is 115.
Reported November 6, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V556000 (2)
Hyundai (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V556000, 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: November 6, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted