Recall · 21V160000
Hyundai Motor America recalled 2 models 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.
94,646
Vehicles covered
2
Models
6
Model years
March 10, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Genesis and 2017-2020 Genesis G80 vehicles. The Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) module could malfunction and short circuit.
- What it can cause
- An electrical short circuit inside the ABS module could cause an engine compartment fire while parked or driving.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the remedy is complete. Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ABS module fuse, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 6, 2021. Owners can contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 201 and 006G.
- 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 94,646 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 92% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2015 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 6 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 14 times before this, most recently in December 2020 as 20V748000. 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 582 complaints with NHTSA, 214 of them before this campaign was filed. 18 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 January 2015, 6 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 24V191000 (engine and engine cooling), 24V107000 (electrical system).
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 March 10, 2021 as campaign 21V160000. 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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