NHTSA campaign 11E041000 · Equipment recall

CURT MFG. INC. Recall 11E-041: WIRE HARNESS AND CONVERTER MODULE

NHTSA recall 11E041000 is an equipment recall reported by CURT MFG. INC. on October 6, 2011, with 2,398 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Hyundai Veracruz and Kia Sorento for model years 2009–2011. Owners were notified on October 17, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by CURT MFG. INC.: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 11E041000 (also written 11E-041 or 11E041)
Filed by: CURT MFG. INC.
Report received: October 6, 2011
Potentially affected: 2,398 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: October 17, 2011
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11E041000. 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 Veracruz
- 2009, 2010, 2011

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Kia

Kia Sorento
- 2009, 2010, 2011

All Kia recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11E041000.

Defect description

CURT MANUFACTURING IS RECALLING CERTAIN TOW PACKAGE WIRING HARNESSES, PART NUMBER 56024, THAT CONNECT TOW VEHICLE LIGHTING CIRCUITS TO TRAILER LIGHTING CIRCUITS SOLD FOR USE ON CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 THROUGH 2011 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ AND KIA SORENTO VEHICLES. THE UNITS ARE NOT WATER-TIGHT AND MOISTURE CAN SEEP INTO THE CONVERTER MODULE AND DEFEAT THE MODULE'S INTERNAL CIRCUIT PROTECTION.

Safety consequence

WITHOUT THE CIRCUIT PROTECTION, THE MODULE CAN OVERHEAT POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

CURT MANUFACTURING WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE TOW PACKAGE WIRING HARNESS. THE REMEDY WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 17, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CURT MANUFACTURING AT 1-715 831-8713.

Notes

THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO OWNERS WHO PURCHASED A CURT MFG TOWING PACKAGE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT.OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT CURTMFG AND NOT THEIR VEHICLE DEALER TO OBTAIN THE REPLACEMENT WIRING HARNESS.OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 11E041000

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.