NHTSA campaign 05V177000 · Hyundai campaign 068
Hyundai Recall 05V-177: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL/YAW RATE SENSOR
NHTSA recall 05V177000 (Hyundai campaign 068) was reported by HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO on April 27, 2005, with 349 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Hyundai Tucson for the 2005 model year.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V177000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Hyundai VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V177000 (also written 05V-177 or 05V177)
- Filed by
- HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO
- Hyundai campaign number
- 068
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 349 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Electronic Stability Control — Automatic (ASC)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V177000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Hyundai
Hyundai Tucson
- 2005 · Vehicles built July 30, 2004 – February 27, 2005 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V177000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM (ESP), THE YAW RATE SENSOR MAY BECOME TOO SENSITIVE AND MAY RECALIBRATE INACCURATELY. WHILE DRIVING THE ESP PROGRAM MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REDUCE POWER AND MAY CAUSE A BRAKE AT ONE OF THE WHEELS TO BE INAPPROPRIATELY.
Safety consequence
BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED BY INADVERTENT ESP ACTIVATION MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ESP HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI DE PUERTO RICO AT 1-800-981-0188.
Notes
HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 068.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V177000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.