Hyundai Sonata. Published by Transport Canada as 2010321 on 23 September 2010. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the steering column intermediate shaft universal joint connection may have been improperly assembled or insufficiently tightened. A loose or improperly tightened connection may produce noise or a steering feel which is loose or unresponsive. If these signals were to go undetected or no action …
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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 Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010321
- Recall date
- 23 September 2010
- Make
- Hyundai
- Models
- Sonata
- Model years
- 2011
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 11,534
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the steering column intermediate shaft universal joint connection may have been improperly assembled or insufficiently tightened. A loose or improperly tightened connection may produce noise or a steering feel which is loose or unresponsive. If these signals were to go undetected or no action was taken by the driver, a separation of the joint could result, leading to a loss of ability to steer the front wheels and increasing the risk of a crash. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, tighten steering column u-joint bolts to specs.
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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.
- 2010430 · 1 December 2010 · Santa Fe · Brakes
- 2010074 · 11 March 2010 · Sonata · Other
- 2011176 · 27 April 2011 · Tucson · Lights And Instruments
- 2011178 · 28 April 2011 · Santa Fe · Powertrain
- 2009365 · 24 December 2009 · Azera · Seats And Restraints
- 2011333 · 9 September 2011 · Santa Fe, Veracruz · Airbag
- 2011350 · 26 September 2011 · Veloster · Lights And Instruments
- 2009148 · 25 May 2009 · Sonata · Other
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010319 · 21 September 2010 · Dash, Lance, Enforcer · Steering
- 2010325 · 30 September 2010 · SRX · Steering
- 2010311 · 15 September 2010 · LFS · Steering
- 2010313 · 15 September 2010 · Spyder · Steering
- 2010331 · 5 October 2010 · C Class, E Class · Steering
- 2010402 · 12 November 2010 · Xterra, Frontier · Steering
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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 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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