# NHTSA recall 15V568000

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: 15V568000
- Manufacturer's number: 132
- Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
- Reported: 2015\-09\-10
- Owners notified: 2016\-01\-06
- Component: ENGINE
- Units potentially affected: 470000

## What is wrong

Hyundai Motor America \(Hyundai\) is recalling certain model year 2011\-2012 Sonata vehicles manufactured December 11, 2009, to April 12, 2012 at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama and equipped with either a 2.0 liter or 2.4 liter Gasoline Direct injection engine. In the affected vehicles, metallic debris may not have been fully removed during manufacturing of the engine crankshaft. If the debris was not completely removed, oil flow may be restricted through the connecting rod bearings, causing connecting rod damage.  A worn connecting rod bearing will produce a metallic, cyclic knocking noise from the engine and possible engine failure.


## What can happen

Engine failure would result in a vehicle stall, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and replace the engine assembly, as necessary, free of charge.  Additionally, Hyundai Motor America will increase the warranty for the engine sub\-assembly \(short block\) to 10 years/120,000 miles for both original and subsequent owners of 2011 and 2012 Sonatas manufactured at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama equipped with 2.0 liter and 2.4 liter Gasoline Direct injection engines.  Interim notifications were mailed to owners starting on October 8, 2015.  A second notification will be mailed when parts are available.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1\-855\-671\-3059 or by visiting www.HyundaiUSA.com/Campaign132.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 132.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2017 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-07\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 470000
- Reported remedied: 360388 \(76%\)
- Reported unreachable: 10203
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2011 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2011/recalls.md). Built 2009\-12\-11 to 2012\-04\-12.
- [2012 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2012/recalls.md). Built 2009\-12\-11 to 2012\-04\-12.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [26\-EM\-016H TSB](/bulletins/11038458.md), 2026-10-14, Service bulletin
- [26\-EM\-015H TSB](/bulletins/11038456.md), 2026-10-13, Service bulletin
- [26\-01\-033H TSB](/bulletins/11030331.md), 2026-03-31, Warranty extension
- [26\-01\-033H DN](/bulletins/11030330.md), 2026-03-30, Warranty extension
- [24\-01\-068H](/bulletins/11006829.md), 2024-09-03, Service campaign
- [23\-EM\-005H](/bulletins/10247189.md), 2023-12-15, Service bulletin
- [22\-01\-023H\-2](/bulletins/10240082.md), 2023-08-02, Service bulletin
- [22\-01\-023H\-2](/bulletins/10227320.md), 2022-12-07, Service bulletin
- [22\-01\-023H\-2](/bulletins/10227317.md), 2022-12-07, Service bulletin
- [22\-EM\-006H\-2](/bulletins/10227316.md), 2022-12-07, 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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