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Service bulletin 9740002

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id51905
Published by NHTSA1997-07-17
Manufacturer's number9740002
Manufacturer's date1997-01-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

NHTSA's summary

SHIFT CONDITION CAUSED BY SHORT CIRCUIT IN INHIBITOR SWITCH. *TW

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Driveshaft

Vehicles listed
HYUNDAI ACCENT1991 to 1994
HYUNDAI ACCENT1995, 1996, 1997
HYUNDAI ELANTRA
HYUNDAI ELANTRA1990 to 1991
HYUNDAI ELANTRA1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
HYUNDAI EXCEL
HYUNDAI EXCEL1978
HYUNDAI EXCEL1980
HYUNDAI EXCEL1985
HYUNDAI EXCEL1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
HYUNDAI EXCEL1995 to 1997
HYUNDAI HYUNDAI
HYUNDAI HYUNDAI1986 to 1991
HYUNDAI HYUNDAI1994 to 1997
HYUNDAI SCOUPE
HYUNDAI SCOUPE1986
HYUNDAI SCOUPE1990
HYUNDAI SCOUPE1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
HYUNDAI SCOUPE1996 to 1997
HYUNDAI SONATA
HYUNDAI SONATA1986 to 1988
HYUNDAI SONATA1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
HYUNDAI TIBURON1997

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
97400111997-07-17. Service bulletin. IMPROVED SHIFT ENGAGEMENT LOGIC IN TRANSAXLE CONTROL MODULE. *TW
970400121997-07-17. Service bulletin. MANUAL TRANSAXLE POPPET VALVE DESIGN CHANGE. *TW
97400131997-07-17. Service bulletin. MODIFIED TRANSAXLE CONTROL MODULES. *TW
950100711996-04-25. Service bulletin. SOME 1991, 1992 SCOUPES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE MAY EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT HARSH SHIFTING DURING FIRST-TO-SECOND UPSHIFT AND/OR SECOND-TO-FIRST DOWNSHIFT AT LOW VEHICLE SPEEDS. GENERALLY, THIS CONNECTOR 'TO1'. EXCESSIVE SIDE LOAD EXPERIENCED BY THE PULSE GENERATOR WIRES FROM ENGINE MOVEMENT AND THE RESTRICTION OF A NEARBY TIE WARP MAY CAUSE THE MALE/FEMALE PINS TO DISTORT AND LOSE CONTINUITY IN CONNECTOR 'TO1'.