Hyundai Sonata. Published by Transport Canada as 1990031 on 20 February 1990. System: Structure.
What the notice says 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 …
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Hyundai SONATA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Hyundai SONATA is named on 41 American notices, 6 British, 2 European and 10 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
The Israeli register
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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.
CORRECTION: (1) - HOOD STRIKER ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED. (2) - COOLANT HOSE CLIP WILL BE REPOSITIONED.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
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.
Hyundai elsewhere in this register
Hyundai is named on 270 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1990072 · 18 May 1990 · Excel · Suspension
- 1990073 · 18 May 1990 · Pony · Heater And Defroster
- 1991124 · 6 September 1991 · Stellar · Structure
- 1991176 · 30 December 1991 · Excel · Engine
- 1988158 · 16 November 1988 · Stellar · Heater And Defroster
- 1988089 · 24 June 1988 · Excel · Steering
- 1987127 · 27 November 1987 · Excel · Brakes
- 1987041 · 23 April 1987 · Pony · Structure
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1990035 · 21 February 1990 · Corsica, Tempest · Structure
- 1990019 · 30 January 1990 · Tank Trailer · Structure
- 1990007 · 9 January 1990 · R, Rd · Structure
- 1990106 · 6 July 1990 · School Bus · Structure
- 1990107 · 9 July 1990 · Cylinder Saddle · Structure
- 1990124 · 14 August 1990 · School Bus · Structure
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Hyundai Sonata, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Hyundai: 270 in the register, and 196 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1990.
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