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47,500 miles · Dec 1, 2017

Electrical SystemUnknown Or Other

TRUNK CLOSES HARD, ALMOST TOOK MY HAND......RADIO.CD DECK HAS ALWAYS HAD A WIRING PROBLEM, AND THEY SAY THEY FIXED IT

NHTSA ODI #11051817

15 miles · Dec 7, 2016

Electrical SystemExterior Lighting

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I VISITED HYUNDAI DEALER NEAR MY HOME SAGE HYUNDAI LOCATED AT 200 N VERMONT AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90004 FOR STOP LAMP OF MY 2009 GENESIS SEDAN 3.8 STOPPED WORKING ABOUT A WEEK AGO AFTER ONE OF VEHICLE BEHIND ALMOSTED REAR ENDED MY CAR AND THEY INFORMED ME ABOUT STOP LAMP DID NOT ILLUMINATED. I DISCOVERED IT WAS HYUNDAI RECALL CAMPAIGN NHTSA #: 14V713000, HYUNDAI RECALL # 125. THEY SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEALER DID NOT DO ANY REPAIR AND JUST LET ME GO. AND SERVICE REP. STATED THAT THE RECALL IS LIMITED TO ONLY ON STOPLAMP SWITCH NOT ON ANY OTHER RELATED CIRCUIT. THEY NEVER HAD ANY DIAGONOSTICS PERFORMED. I HAD TO DRIVE HOME IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITHOUT STOP LAMP LIGHT WORKING. THERE ARE ALWAYS STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHERE MY HOME IS. I WAS VERY SCARED WHEN I DROVE HOME.

NHTSA ODI #10933790

120,000 miles · Nov 23, 2016

Electrical SystemEngineUnknown Or OtherFire

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WAS DRIVING CAR TO MEET MY HUSBAND AND WHEN I TURNED THE CORNER, HE WAS FRANTICALLY WAVING ME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE IT WAS ON FIRE, IN THE FRONT UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE BUMPER. I GOT OUT AND SAW FLAMES SHOOTING FROM UNDER THE BUMPER. WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE WAY, WE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT W/WATER TO NO AVAIL. A NEARBY STORE OWNER CAME OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. ONCE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, HE INDICATED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. ONCE THEY MOVED THE CAR, MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO START IT AND IT STARTED BILLOWING OUT SMOKE. AT THAT POINT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ORDERED HIM TO TURN IT OFF AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AGAIN

NHTSA ODI #10927614

Mileage unknown · Oct 17, 2016

Electrical SystemService Brakes

BRAKES LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT. HYUNDAI IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALL. HYUNDAI ISSUED TSB 09-BE-023 TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 09-BE-023, STOP LAMP Z01 DIODE INSPECTION PROCEDURE, APPEARS TO DESCRIBE THE LOCATION AND PROCEDURE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE DIODE BUT DESCRIBES THE ISSUE AS " . . . VEHICL…

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NHTSA ODI #10916626

90,784 miles · Sep 10, 2015

Electrical SystemService BrakesSteering

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AT APPROXIMATELY 7:50AM ON MY WAY TO WORK, HEADING WESTBOUND ON RODEO RD AND WAS GOING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT CLOVERDALE MY CAR STALLED. DURING THE STALL THE ENGINE CUTOFF AND THE ELECTRICAL POWER IN THE CAR SEEMED TO RESET ITSELF. AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP, I COULD FEEL THE BRAKES NOT WORKING AND I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY PUSHING ON THE START/STOP BUTTON. WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK, ALL THE POWER IN THE CAR WENT OUT AND NOTHING WORKED, NO EMERGENCY LIGHTS, NO POWER ANYTHING. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND HAD THEM TOW TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST WAS ON SUNDAY NIGHT SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2015 AT AROUND 8PM IN SAN JOSE. I PUT THAT AS A COMPLAINT ON THIS SYSTEM AT THAT TIME.

NHTSA ODI #10762944

89,000 miles · Sep 7, 2015

Electrical SystemEngineSteering

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HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM EARLIER TODAY WHILE TAKING THE CAR OUT TO GET DINNER. AS I WAS APPROACHING THE FREEWAY EXIT MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED TO STIFFEN AND THE NAVI SCREEN WENT OUT THEN BACK ON. I PULLED OVER EMERGENCY LANE AND WAITED TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND MUSIC CONTINUED UP AGAIN FROM THE USB PORT BUT I COULDN'T CHANGE THE SONG. ON THE NAVI SCREEN WHERE USB SETTING IS SAYING " INITIALIZATION FAILED". SO I PULLED THE USB STICK TO RESET IT AND GOT IT TO WORK. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO DINNER THEN DRIVE BACK HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. BUT LATER ON THAT NIGHT I TRIED TO START MY CAR BUT AS SOON AS I HIT THE START BUTTON EVERYTHING DIED. NO POWER TO ANYTHING NO ALARM NO USE OF KEYLESS ENTRY NO POWER AT ALL. THEN I COME BACK TO THE CAR A FEW HOURS LATER THAT NIGHT AND OPEN THE TRUNK MANUALLY WITH THE KEY TO GET SOMETHING AND AS SOON AS I SLAM THE TRUNK DOWN ALL THE POWER CAME BACK HIDS, BRAKE LIGHTS, LEXICON SYSTEM MUSIC PLAYING. EXCEPT WHEN I TRY TO TURN ON THE ENGINE WITH THE START BUTTON IT WON'T START. THEN EVERYTHING SHUTS OFF LIKE BEFORE I'M AT A LOSS. BUT EERIELY I BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE THE PREVIOUS POSTER WITH TOPPING OF GAS ISSUES BECAUSE THE CAR DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP PUMPING GAS SOMETIMES WHEN FULL AND A FEW TIMES THE CAR SPEWED OUT SOME FUEL. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS RELATED TO MY RECENT STALL INCIDENT BUT I'VE PLANS TO DRIVING FROM SAN JOSE BACK HOME TO LOS ANGELES TOMORROW ON LABOR DAY AND I'M SCARED TO. WHAT IF THE CAR STALLS ON MOUNTAIN FREEWAY OVER PASS AND IT STALLS AND LOSE STEERING AND BRAKES. I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEALER IS EVEN OPEN LABOR DAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO? HELP!

NHTSA ODI #10761902

61,253 miles · Jun 5, 2014

Electrical SystemExterior LightingService Brakes

THE BRAKES LIGHT HAVE FAILED MORE THAN ONCE AND NOW DON'T WORK AT ALL... I LOOKED DEEPER INTO THE ISSUE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A DIODE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND HAS HAPPENED TO NUMEROUS OWNERS. *TR

NHTSA ODI #10596426

90,000 miles · Jun 4, 2014

Electrical SystemService Brakes

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WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 HYUNDAI GENESIS I WAS MOTIONED BY DRIVER BEHIND ME OF NO BRAKE LIGHTS I QUICKLY PULLED OVER AND ENGINE RUNNING AND SURE ENOUGH MY COUSIN WHO WAS WITH ME SAID I HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS,I THE WENT TO THE NEAREST AUTO PARTS PLACE TURNED ENGINE OFF, AND ASKED THE MANAGER WHAT TO DO.HIS SUGGESTION WAS CHECK THE FUSES,WHICH I DID, THEY WHERE FINE.AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO DRIVE HOME,CAR WON'T START WON'T COME OUT OF PARK AND WARNED STEERING LOCKED .I THEN CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE BY HYUNDAI.THE DRIVER OF THE TOW TRUCK COULD NOT START THE CAR COULD NOT TURN WHEEL HE THEN WHEN UNDER THE DASH BROKE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM AND WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL,CAR STILL WONT START.AFTER ALL THE REPAIRS WHERE DONE I WAS CHARGED $1461.01 FOR REPLACEMENT OF LOCK ASSEMBLY ,DIODE,BOLT SAFETY LOCK,WIRE JUMPER.I FEEL THIS ALL THING WAS DUE TO BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE AND THE REST OF THE DAMAGE BY THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER.WE ARE IN LITIGATION. *TR

NHTSA ODI #10596110

140,000 miles · May 23, 2014

Electrical SystemExterior LightingService Brakes

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I HAVE ENCOUNTER THIS PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIME WITH THIS VEHICLE THROUGH OUT MY OWNERSHIP. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE ENCOUNTERED LOST OF BRAKE LIGHTS REPEATEDLY. I AM USUALLY INFORMED DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE THAT I HAVE NO BRAKE LIGHTS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACE THE Z01 DIODE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PERMANENT FIX, BECAUSE I'VE HAD THIS PART REPLACED REPEATEDLY DUE TO LOST OF BRAKE LIGHTS. THE LOST OF BRAKE LIGHTS IS A VERY DANGER SITUATION FOR ALL DRIVERS THAT COULD RESULT IN CRASH, INJURY AND FATALITIES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH HYUNDAI GENESIS VEHICLES PER MY INVESTIGATION ONLINE. *TR

NHTSA ODI #10593599

70,000 miles · Mar 18, 2014

Electrical System

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I HAVE FILED TWO OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ( 10548785 & 10558354 ) AND HAD HYUNDAI ADDRESS IT WITHOUT ANY SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION. THE LATEST RESPONSE BY HYUNDAI WAS TO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS DONE ON 1/23/2014 . AT THAT TIME, I WAS TOLD THAT HYUNDAI WOULD CONTACT ME ON THE FOUND RESULTS OF THIS "INSPECTION". WELL HERE IT IS 2 MOS LATER AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE FROM THE PERSON DOING THE INSPECTION OR FROM HYUNDAI. I RECENTLY CONTACT HYUNDAI CONCERNING THIS LACK OF RESPONSE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM AND THAT THE VEHICLE ISSUE IS "NORMAL " FOR THE VEHICLE. I REQUESTED A LETTER FROM HYUNDAI STATING SPECIFICALLY THAT" THIS SOFT PEDAL CONDITION IS A NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION FOR THE GENESIS AND THAT IT IS SAFE". I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM HYUNDAI TO DATE. MY CONCERN IS THAT HYUNDAI IS STONEWALLING THIS ISSUE JUST LIKE GM HAS DONE WITH THE ISSUE OF THE FAULTY IGNITION THAT WAS KNOWN TO BE A PROBLEM YEARS AGO AND IS NOW COMING TO LIGHT. WHERE HAS THE NHTSA BEEN FOR ALL THESE YEARS? WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION BY NHTSA CONCERNING THE SOFT PEDAL PROBLEM WITH THE GENESIS? I WILL KEEP THIS AS AN OPEN ISSUE UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE; LET'S HOPE IT ISN'T BURIED IN THE NHTSA FILES FOR YEARS LIKE IN THE CASE OF THE GM ISSUE WITH THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THESE INVESTIGATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 90 DAYS OR LESS. *TR

NHTSA ODI #10573118

Official recalls

14V713000 · Exterior Lighting:brake Lights:switch

Nov 7, 2014

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2009-2011 Hyundai Genesis vehicles manufactured April 30, 2008, to November 21, 2010, and 2011 Hyundai Equus vehicles manufactured July 31, 2010, to November 21, 2010. Due to a circuit failure, the stop lamps in the affected vehicles may not illuminate.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: A following vehicle may not recognize that the vehicle is slowing or coming to a stop if the stop lamps on the vehicle do not illuminate as expected. There is an increased risk of a rear-end crash as a result.

Remedy: Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will repair the stop lamp switch circuit, free of charge. Hyundai issued an interim notification to owners on January 6, 2015. The recall began on March 23, 2015. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-671-3059. Hyundai's number for this recall is 125.

13V489000 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic:fluid

Oct 29, 2013

Hyundai is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Genesis vehicles manufactured April 30, 2008, through March 28, 2012. The vehicles may contain brake fluid which does not protect against corrosion of the Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU).

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the module corrodes, reduced brake effectiveness may result, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Hyundai will notify owners and instruct them to bring their vehicle to a dealer for service. Hyundai will inspect the HECU module for proper operation, and will replace the modules as necessary. Hyundai will replace the factory brake fluid in those vehicles that have not previously had the factory brake fluid replaced. These repairs will be done free of charge. The recall began on December 24, 2013. Owners may contact Hyundai at 1-800-633-5151 or by email at consumeraffairs@hmausa.com. Hyundai's recall number is 114.

13V113000 · Exterior Lighting:brake Lights:switch

Apr 1, 2013

Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2006-2009 Accent, model year 2007-2011 Azera, Sonata and Sante Fe,2006-2011 Tucson, 2009-2011 Elantra Touring, 2007-2010 Elantra, 2008-2011 Veracruz, 2009-2011 Genesis, 2010-2011 Genesis Coupe, 2007-2008 Entourage, and 2006-2008 Tiburon vehicles. Originally, in April 2013, Hyundai recalled 1,059,824 model year 2007-2009 Accent and Tucson, model year 2007-2010 Elantra, model year 2007-2011 Santa Fe, model year 2008-2009 Veracruz, model year 2010-2011 Genesis Coupe, and model year 2011 Sonata vehicles. In September 2013, Hyundai informed the agency that it was adding more vehicles to this campaign, representing an additional 652,512 units. The total number of vehicles being recalled is now 1,712,336. In the affected vehicles, the stop lamp switch may malfunction. A malfunctioning stop lamp switch may cause the brake lights to not illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed or may cause an inability to deactivate the cruise control by depressing the brake pedal. Additionally, a malfunctioning stop lamp switch may also result in intermittent operation of the push-button start feature, affect the operation of the brake transmission shift interlock feature, preventing the shifter from being moved out of the PARK position and cause the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) malfunction light to illuminate.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved out of Park without first applying the brake. This may lead to unintentional movement of the car which may increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the stop lamp switch, free of charge. The safety recall began on April 22, 2013. Owners may contact Hyundai at 1-800-633-5151. Hyundai's recall campaign number is 110.

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NHTSA investigations

PE13033 · Brake Hydraulic Control Module Failure

Opened Oct 17, 2013 · Closed Apr 4, 2014

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Service Brakes, Hydraulic; Service Brakes, Hydraulic:antilock/traction Control/electronic Limited Slip; Service Brakes, Hydraulic:antilock/traction Control/electronic Limited Slip:control Unit/module

On October 28, 2013, Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) submitted a Defect Information Report (DIR) to NHTSA describing a safety defect in the braking system of approximately 43,500 model year (MY) 2009 through 2012 Hyundai Genesis sedans (NHTSA Recall No. 13V-489).The Hyundai report indicates that the recalled vehicles may contain brake fluid that does not sufficiently inhibit corrosion on the zinc plating of control valve armatures in the Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU) module. The DIR indicated that, over time, the build-up of corrosion products may affect operation of HECU control valves, resulting in a low/soft brake pedal with reduced brake effectiveness, which may increase the risk of a crash.In October 2011, the HECU supplier notified Hyundai that the brake fluid used in production plants was causing corrosion of valve armatures in the control module.The supplier changed the coating of the valve armatures in late March 2012 to correct the problem in production vehicles.Hyundai's recall includes Genesis vehicles produced prior to the implementation of the HECU change.In March 2013, Hyundai initiated a Service Campaign (TL6) to replace brake fluid in the subject vehicles with brake fluid with better corrosion resistance properties.According to Hyundai's DIR letter, after PE13-033 was opened, the company noted that some of the vehicles serviced in the TL6 campaign subsequently required HECU replacement.This was an indication that internal corrosion had progressed enough to affect valve operation and brake performance, prompting Hyundai to conduct a safety recall.Hyundai's repair procedures for 13V-489 require brake system flushing and replacement in all recalled vehicles with a new fluid containing the necessary corrosion inhibitor.In addition, for vehicles produced prior to June 1, 2010, dealers will perform an inspection procedure to verify that the HECU is functioning properly and replace units that do not meet the test requirements.Hyundai indicated that, based on analysis of claim data, only vehicles produced prior to June 1, 2010 have been in service long enough to require the additional inspection/replacement of the HECU. Analysis of failure data reported to NHTSA and provided by Hyundai in response to ODI's information request letter for PE13-033 identified 756 complaints and 1,683 warranty claims for 30,114 subject vehicles produced prior to June 1, 2010, resulting in a complaint rate of 25.1 incidents per thousand vehicles (IPTV) and a claim rate of 5.6 percent.The MY 2009 vehicles, with the longest exposure times, experienced the highest complaint (33.5 IPTV) and warranty (7.0 percent) rates.For the 45,639 subject vehicles produced after June 1, 2010, ODI identified 13 complaints and 34 warranty claims, resulting in a complaint rate of 0.3 IPTV and a warranty claim rate of 0.1 percent, indicating that the brake fluid corrosion concern had not progressed far enough to result in significant rates of brake system performance symptoms in those vehicles.This investigation is closed.ODI will continue to monitor complaints to evaluate the effectiveness of Hyundai's recall.The VOQs noted in the Failure Report are: 10569231, 10560898, 10560495, 10559360, 10558279, 10558264, 10556964, 10556631, 10556577, 10556322, 10554988, 10554802, 10554122, 10552958, 10551817, 10551157, 10551110, 10551092, 10550791, 10550773, 10550431, 10549750, 10549634, 10549629, 10549567, 10549402, 10549376, 10549270, 10549228, 10549186, 10549021, 10548903, 10548823, 10548791, 10548737, 10548722, 10548716, 10548705, 10546565, 10544803, 10543663, 10542962, 10541959, 10541741, 10538208, 10537934, 10536652, 105354

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Service Brakes, Hydraulic:antilock/traction Control/electronic Limited Slip:control Unit/module

Service Brakes, Hydraulic:antilock/traction Control/electronic Limited Slip

Service Brakes, Hydraulic