NHTSA campaign 11V261000 · Hyundai campaign 102

Hyundai Recall 11V-261: INTERMEDIATE DRIVESHAFT

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 11V261000 (Hyundai campaign 102) was reported by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY on April 28, 2011, with 5,876 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Hyundai Santa FE for the 2010 model year. Owners were notified on June 30, 2011, per NHTSA.

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 11V261000 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.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
11V261000 (also written 11V-261 or 11V261)
Filed by
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Hyundai campaign number
102
Report received
Potentially affected
5,876 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Power Train — Driveline — Driveshaft
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE11-010 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V261000. 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 Santa FE

    • 2010 · Vehicles built October 15, 2009 – March 5, 2010 (per NHTSA)
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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V261000.

Defect description

HYUNDAI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 SANTA FE 2WD VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AND 2.4L ENGINES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 15, 2009 THROUGH MARCH 5, 2010. THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT MAY SUFFER FROM NOISE AND EXCESSIVE WEAR DUE TO A MISALIGNMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WITH THE RIGHT SIDE OUTPUT GEAR. CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION LEADS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WHIRRING/WHINING NOISE AND CAN EVENTUALLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.

Safety consequence

DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION MAY CAUSE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE RIGHT SIDE OUTPUT GEAR AND INTERMEDIATE SHAFT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JUNE 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI'S CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AT 1-800-633-5151.

Notes

HYUNDAI'S SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 102.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 11V261000

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.