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Hyundai Sonata Electrical System Safety Report | Oct 10, 2011
Reported on Oct 10, 2011
| 6,500 MILES INTO VEHICLE USE, VEHICLE FAILED TO START UP WHILE PARKED. UPON ENTERING VEHICLE, PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, AND PUSHING START ON PUSH-BUTTON START, SCREEN WOULD DISPLAY PUSH BRAKE PEDAL TO START VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING PRESSED. AFTER 5 MINUTES OF CONTINUOUSLY PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL DOWN AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESSING START BUTTON, VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STARTED. APPROXIMATELY 5 ADDITIONAL FAILURES TO START OCCURRED BEFORE I BROUGHT VEHICLE IN TO SELLING DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, WHICH MY RECEIPT LISTS AS A FAULTY BRAKE LAMP SWITCH. TECHNICIAN REMOVED AND REPLACED BRAKE LAMP SWITCH. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AFTER VEHICLE WAS FIXED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START IN THE SAME FASHION AS HAD PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP AGAIN DIAGNOSED SAME PROBLEM AND REPLACED SAME PART (BRAKE LAMP SWITCH) AS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. I HAVE HAD VEHICLE FOR THREE DAYS SINCE LAST (SECOND) REPAIR. I WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND REPORT IF ISSUE APPEARS AGAIN. *TR | |
| Make: | Hyundai |
| Model: | Sonata |
| Manufactured by: | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | YORKTOWN HEIGHTS NY |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 5NPEC4AC7BH |
| Mileage: | 6500 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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