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Latest Recalls Include Hyundai Tucson and Sonata

Robert Hess   14 Jul 2005 13:59 GMTPage rating:


The latest recall issued by the Office of Defects Investigation at NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) includes Hyundai Tucson and Sonata.

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Make / models:                   model/build years:    
    Hyundai / Tucson            2005

Manufacturer : Hyundai motor company    
Recall date : jul 06, 2005
Component: parking brake
Potential number of units affected : 8400

Summary:
On certain sport utility vehicles, the parking brake lever ratchet pawl was not properly manufactured and my damage the teeth of the parking brake lever ratchet. Damaged parking brake lever ratchet teeth may prevent the parking brake from engaging or may allow the parking brake to release after it has been engaged.

Consequence:
The inability to engage, or the inadvertent release of, the parking brake lever may allow your vehicle to roll while it is parked and may result in a crash.

Remedy:
Dealers will replace the vehicle's parking brake lever assembly. The recall is expected to begin during july 2005. Owners should contact hyundai at 1-800-633-5151.

Notes:
Hyundai recall no. 071. Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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Make / models :                model/build years:    
    Hyundai / sonata            2006

Manufacturer : Hyundai motor company    
Recall date : jul 06, 2005
Component: suspension: automatic stability control (asc)
Potential number of units affected : 2017

Summary:
On certain passenger vehicles equipped with 3.3 liter engines and electronic stability control (esc), the esc may have been programmed to be oversensitive to the onset of oversteering while driving on banked curves, causing inadvertent application of the front outside brake when esc activation may not be needed.

Consequence:
This may cause the vehicle to slow and may affect the path that the vehicle is traveling. Brake application caused by inadvertent esc activation may result in a crash.

Remedy:
Dealers will reprogram the esc hydraulic electronic control unit. The recall is expected to begin during july 2005. Owners should contact hyundai at 1-800-633-5151.

Notes:
Hyundai recall no. 070. Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.


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