Recall · 21V727000
Hyundai Motor America recalled 2 models over engine
95,515
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
September 17, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2017 Tucson and Sonata Hybrid vehicles. The connecting rod bearings inside the engine may wear prematurely, which 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
- 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. Owners were notified of the defect on November 16, 2021. Owner notification letters were mailed January 15, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 209.
- 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.nhtsa.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 95,515 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 one model year, 2017, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the engine 4 times before this, most recently in April 2021 as 21V301000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,162 complaints with NHTSA, 400 of them before this campaign was filed. 638 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 September 2016, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 21V749000 (exterior lighting), 21V619000 (latches/locks/linkages), 20V543000 (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 September 17, 2021 as campaign 21V727000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2021-09-17.
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