The defect
HYUNDAI IS RECALLING 3,011 MODEL YEAR 2005-2007 ELANTRA, TUCSON, SONATA, AZERA AND ACCENT VEHICLES. A MALFUNCTIONING STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. A DEFECTIVE STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY ALSO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE-TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK FEATURE SO THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFT 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 COULD LEAD TO A CRASH.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STOP LAMP SWITCH FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI OF PUERTO RICO CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-787-999-4310.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Hyundai Accent | 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| Hyundai Azera | 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| Hyundai Tucson | 2005, 2006, 2007 |
Components: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyundai Accent | 2005 | 49 | 1 |
| Hyundai Accent | 2006 | 43 | 3 |
| Hyundai Accent | 2007 | 88 | 3 |
| Hyundai Azera | 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| Hyundai Azera | 2006 | 188 | 5 |
| Hyundai Azera | 2007 | 132 | 8 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 2005 | 137 | 4 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 2006 | 155 | 1 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 2007 | 267 | 6 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 2005 | 165 | 1 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 2006 | 1,047 | 9 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 2007 | 696 | 5 |
| Hyundai Tucson | 2005 | 185 | 8 |
| Hyundai Tucson | 2006 | 135 | 5 |
| Hyundai Tucson | 2007 | 65 | 5 |
Other exterior lighting recalls in 2009
16 of the 491 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2009 concerned the exterior lighting; HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO filed 19 campaigns in all.
| 09V476000 15 Dec 2009 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 09V417000 23 Oct 2009 | SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC. |
| 09V409000 19 Oct 2009 | STARTRANS BUS CORPORATION |
| 09V340000 28 Aug 2009 | VT SPECIALIZED VEHICLES CORPORATION |
| 09V310000 29 Jul 2009 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 09V314000 28 Jul 2009 | LEISURE TRAVEL VANS, LTD |
| 09V232000 24 Jun 2009 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 09V159000 15 May 2009 | AIRSTREAM, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2009