Recall · 20V520000
Hyundai Motor America recalled the HYUNDAI Santa FE Sport over service brakes, hydraulic
Park outside and away from buildings until repaired. NHTSA issues this where it considers the risk immediate, and it stands until the repair is done.
151,205
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
August 27, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2013-2015 Santa Fe Sport vehicles. Brake fluid may leak inside the Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) module, possibly resulting in an electrical short.
- What it can cause
- If the ABS module short circuits, there is an increased risk of an engine compartment fire.
- What the dealer does
- Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ABS module and replace it if necessary, free of charge. Owners are advised to park outside as a precaution until the recall repair is complete. The recall began December 22, 2020. Note: This recall has been superseded by NHTSA Recall 21V-303 and all affected vehicles will now be repaired under 21V-303. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 194.
- 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 151,205 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 94% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2013 to 2015, so the oldest vehicles on it were 7 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 11 times before this, most recently in February 2020 as 20V061000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 439 complaints with NHTSA, 172 of them before this campaign was filed. 65 of those name the service brakes, hydraulic, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in June 2017, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 23V651000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 21V303000 (service brakes, hydraulic).
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 August 27, 2020 as campaign 20V520000. 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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