NHTSA campaign 05V316000 · Hyundai campaign 070

Hyundai Recall 05V-316: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL/OVERSENSITIVE PROGRAM

NHTSA recall 05V316000 (Hyundai campaign 070) was reported by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY on July 7, 2005, with 1,970 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Hyundai Sonata for the 2006 model year. Owners were notified on July 29, 2005, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 05V316000 (also written 05V-316 or 05V316)
Filed by: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Hyundai campaign number: 070
Report received: July 7, 2005
Potentially affected: 1,970 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Electronic Stability Control — Automatic (ASC)
Owners notified: July 29, 2005

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V316000. 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 Sonata
- 2006

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V316000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.3 LITER ENGINES AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), THE ESC MAY HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO BE OVERSENSITIVE TO THE ONSET OF OVERSTEERING WHILE DRIVING ON BANKED CURVES, CAUSING INADVERTENT APPLICATION OF THE FRONT OUTSIDE BRAKE WHEN ESC ACTIVATION MAY NOT BE NEEDED.

Safety consequence

THIS MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SLOW AND MAY AFFECT THE PATH THAT THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED BY INADVERTENT ESC ACTIVATION MAY RESULT IN A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ESC HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 29, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-633-5151.

Notes

HYUNDAI RECALL NO. 070.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 05V316000

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.