Recall · 20V746000
Hyundai Motor America recalled 3 models over engine
128,948
Vehicles covered
3
Models
7
Model years
December 1, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Veloster, 2012 Santa Fe, 2011-2013 Sonata Hybrid, and 2016 Sonata Hybrid vehicles. The connecting rod bearings inside the engine may wear prematurely, which over time can result in engine damage.
- What it can cause
- A damaged engine can increase the risk of a fire or it can cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine. If bearing damage is found, the engine will be replaced. Dealers will also install a software update containing a new Knock Sensor Detection System (KSDS). Repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began March 31, 2021. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 198.
- 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 128,948 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 93% 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 2016, 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 engine 2 times before this, most recently in December 2018 as 18V934000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 7 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,198 complaints with NHTSA, 656 of them before this campaign was filed. 655 of those name the engine, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2011, 9 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 23V651000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 21V749000 (exterior lighting), 21V619000 (latches/locks/linkages), 20V393000 (equipment).
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 December 1, 2020 as campaign 20V746000. 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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