NHTSA recall 15V678000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 15V678000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 134 |
| Manufacturer | Hyundai Motor America |
| Reported | 2015-10-20 |
| Owners notified | 2015-11-30 |
| Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL |
| Units potentially affected | 64744 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2017 quarter 1 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2017-04-27 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 64744 |
| Reported remedied | 58957 (91%) |
| Reported unreachable | 551 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 1, 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.
What is wrong
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Sonata vehicles manufactured May 28, 2014, to August 21, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with an Antilock Braking System (ABS) warning light intended to warn the driver if there is an ABS malfunction. In the event of an ABS malfunction, the Brake System warning light will illuminate, but the ABS warning light will not illuminate. Since the vehicles have ABS malfunction lights that do not illuminate, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 135, "Light Vehicle Brake Systems."
What can happen
If the driver is alerted there is a brake system malfunction, but not specifically with the ABS system, the driver may operate the vehicle unaware that the vehicle's brakes may lock up during hard braking, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will update the ABS control unit software, free of charge. The recall is expected began on November 30, 2015. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-671-3059. Hyundai's number for this recall is 134.
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.
| 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA | Built 2014-05-28 to 2015-08-21. |
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| 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA | Built 2014-05-28 to 2015-08-21. |
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Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| 5NP-D2K8B-02 | 2018-02-12. Service bulletin. When towing a trailer with some LF/LF-HEV/LF-PHEV Sonatas or some AN/NC Santa Fe vehicles equipped with the Blind Spot Detection (BSD) feature, the trailer may interfere with the BSD system operation resulting in cancellation of the BSD operation. When this occurs, a ?BSD canceled? message is displayed in the vehicle?s instrument cluster. The ?BSD canceled? message remains on even if the customer manually disables the BSD system, and may result in customer complaints. This bulletin provides the service procedure to update the system software to turn off the ?BSD canceled? message when the BSD system is manually disabled. |
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| 14-01-037 | 2015-03-27. Service bulletin. HYUNDAI SONATA: LDWS SOFTWARE PROVIDES UPDATE ON SOME SONATA VEHICLES, WHICH WOULD CORRECT THE WARNING LIGHT" FRONT COLLISION". *LJ |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.