What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1990031
- Recall date
- 20 February 1990
- Make
- Hyundai
- Models
- Sonata
- Model years
- 1989 to 1990
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 12,301
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THIS RECALL COVERS TWO(2) DEFECTS. (1) - INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE OF THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH MECHANISM COULD CAUSE THE SECONDARY LATCH TO BIND WHICH COULD RESULT IN A PREMATURE SUDDEN OPENING OF THE HOOD WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF DRIVER CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH. (2) - A CLIP ON A COOLANT HOSE COULD TOUCH A FUEL HOSE RESULTING IN ABRASION OF THE FUEL HOSE AND FUEL LEAKAGE. IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE A VEHICLE FIRE COULD RESULT. rnCORRECTION: (1) - HOOD STRIKER ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED. (2) - COOLANT HOSE CLIP WILL BE REPOSITIONED.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1990031.