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NHTSA recall 09V122000

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Campaign
Published byNHTSA (United States)
Campaign number09V122000
Manufacturer's number092
ManufacturerHYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Reported2009-04-15
Owners notified2009-06-29
ComponentEXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
Units potentially affected532633

What is wrong

HYUNDAI IS RECALLING 532,633 MY 2006-2007 ACCENT, ENTOURAGE, SONATA, MY 2007 AZERA, ELANTRA AND SANTA FE, MY 2005-2007 TUCSON AND MY 2007-2008 VERACRUZ VEHICLES. THE STOP LAMP SWITCH IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY MALFUNCTION. A MALFUNCTIONING STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. A STOP LAMP SWITCH MALFUNCTION MAY ALSO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE-TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK FEATURE SO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFTED 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.

What can happen

ANY OF THESE MALFUNCTIONS, ALONE OR IN COMBINATION, MAY LEAD TO A CRASH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STOP LAMP SWITCH FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 29, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE HYUNDAI CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AT 1-800-633-5151.

Notes

HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 092.OWNERS MAY 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Vehicles this campaign lists
2006 HYUNDAI ACCENTBuilt 2005-10-13 to 2006-11-30.
2007 HYUNDAI ACCENTBuilt 2005-10-13 to 2006-11-30.
2007 HYUNDAI AZERABuilt 2006-09-20 to 2006-11-30.
2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRABuilt 2006-10-25 to 2007-04-30.
2006 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGEBuilt 2006-02-16 to 2007-01-31.
2007 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGEBuilt 2006-02-16 to 2007-01-31.
2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FEBuilt 2006-10-20 to 2007-03-31.
2006 HYUNDAI SONATABuilt 2005-03-01 to 2007-02-28.
2007 HYUNDAI SONATABuilt 2005-03-01 to 2007-02-28.
2005 HYUNDAI TUCSONBuilt 2005-04-01 to 2007-04-30.
2006 HYUNDAI TUCSONBuilt 2005-04-01 to 2007-04-30.
2007 HYUNDAI TUCSONBuilt 2005-04-01 to 2007-04-30.
2007 HYUNDAI VERACRUZBuilt 2006-12-26 to 2007-11-30.
2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZBuilt 2006-12-26 to 2007-11-30.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as PE09003

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
PE09003Preliminary evaluation, opened 2009-01-14, closed 2009-04-24. STOP LAMP SWITCH FAILURE. ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB-09-01-0182009-12-30. Service bulletin. HYUNDAI SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. STOP LAMP SWITCH REPLACEMENT (CAMPAIGN 092). THIS BULLETIN DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURE TO REMOVE, REPLACE, AND ADJUST THE STOP LAMP SWITCH. *PE
1632006-07-25. Service bulletin. STOP LAMP SWITCH ADJUSTMENT. *TT
06500062006-05-17. Service bulletin. STOP LAMP SWITCH ADJUSTMENT. *TT

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

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