Recall · 21V749000
Hyundai Motor America recalled 3 models over exterior lighting
469,377
Vehicles covered
3
Models
7
Model years
September 24, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Sonata, 2016-2017 Sonata Hybrid, and Sonata Plug-In Hybrid vehicles. The Smart Junction Box (SJB) software logic may not properly interpret the signals received from the multifunction switch, which could cause the turn signal to activate in the opposite direction of what the driver intended.
- What it can cause
- A turn signal that activates in the opposite direction of what was intended by the driver increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the SJB software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 19, 2021. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 210.
- 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 469,377 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 97% of the 15,325 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 485. It covers model years 2015 to 2017, 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 exterior lighting 11 times before this, most recently in August 2016 as 16V574000. 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 2,927 complaints with NHTSA, 1,076 of them before this campaign was filed. 106 of those name the exterior lighting, 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 3 other recalls published here: 21V727000 (engine), 21V619000 (latches/locks/linkages), 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 September 24, 2021 as campaign 21V749000. 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 2021-09-24.
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