Recall · 20V393000
Hyundai Motor America recalled 4 models over equipment
272,126
Vehicles covered
4
Models
6
Model years
July 2, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2011-2012 Hyundai Elantra and Sonata Hybrid, 2012 Accent and Veloster vehicles. The 12V accessory socket outlet may have been over-tightened during installation, possibly disabling the thermal fuse and allowing the outlet to overheat with prolonged use, such as by using the Tire Mobility Kit air compressor to inflate a tire.
- What it can cause
- An overheated accessory outlet increases the risk of fire.
- What the dealer does
- Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the Tire Mobility Kit accessory outlet plug with a direct-to-battery connection wire harness kit, free of charge. The recall began September 28, 2020. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 193.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 272,126 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 96% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2011 to 2012, so the oldest vehicles on it were 9 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 7 times before this, most recently in February 2020 as 20V122000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 6 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,782 complaints with NHTSA, 1,250 of them before this campaign was filed. 9 of those name the equipment, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2011, 9 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 23V651000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 23V132000 (electrical system), 20V746000 (engine).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Hyundai Motor America with NHTSA on July 2, 2020 as campaign 20V393000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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