# NHTSA recall 09V280000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 09V280000
- Manufacturer's number: 91B026
- Manufacturer: HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN\-PUERTO RICO
- Reported: 2009\-07\-21
- Owners notified: 2009\-09\-02
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- Units potentially affected: 3011

## What is wrong

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.


## What can happen

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.


## Notes

HYUNDAI OF PUERTO RICO RECALL NO.91B026.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

- [2005 HYUNDAI ACCENT](/makes/hyundai/accent/2005/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-13 to 2006\-11\-30.
- [2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT](/makes/hyundai/accent/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-13 to 2006\-11\-30.
- [2007 HYUNDAI ACCENT](/makes/hyundai/accent/2007/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-13 to 2006\-11\-30.
- 2005 HYUNDAI AZERA. Built 2006\-09\-20 to 2006\-11\-30.
- [2006 HYUNDAI AZERA](/makes/hyundai/azera/2006/recalls.md). Built 2006\-09\-20 to 2006\-11\-30.
- [2007 HYUNDAI AZERA](/makes/hyundai/azera/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-09\-20 to 2006\-11\-30.
- [2005 HYUNDAI ELANTRA](/makes/hyundai/elantra/2005/recalls.md). Built 2006\-10\-25 to 2007\-04\-30.
- [2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA](/makes/hyundai/elantra/2006/recalls.md). Built 2006\-10\-25 to 2007\-04\-30.
- [2007 HYUNDAI ELANTRA](/makes/hyundai/elantra/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-10\-25 to 2007\-04\-30.
- [2005 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2005/recalls.md). Built 2005\-04\-01 to 2005\-12\-31.
- [2006 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-04\-01 to 2005\-12\-31.
- [2007 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2007/recalls.md). Built 2005\-04\-01 to 2005\-12\-31.
- [2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON](/makes/hyundai/tucson/2005/recalls.md). Built 2005\-04\-04 to 2006\-10\-20.
- [2006 HYUNDAI TUCSON](/makes/hyundai/tucson/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-04\-04 to 2006\-10\-20.
- [2007 HYUNDAI TUCSON](/makes/hyundai/tucson/2007/recalls.md). Built 2005\-04\-04 to 2006\-10\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [25\-BD\-012H TSB](/bulletins/11025476.md), 2025-11-12, Service bulletin
- [20\-BD\-014H](/bulletins/10178175.md), 2020-08-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-09\-01\-018](/bulletins/10031008.md), 2009-12-30, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-09\-01\-005](/bulletins/10028904.md), 2009-06-08, Service bulletin
- [163](/bulletins/10020130.md), 2006-07-25, Service bulletin
- [0650006](/bulletins/10019944.md), 2006-05-17, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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