Recall 05V316000: ESC ECU Reprogramming

MAKE/MODELS: MODEL/BUILD YEARS:

Hyundai/Sonata 2006

MANUFACTURER: Hyundai Motor Company

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V316000 MFG'S REPORT DATE: July 06, 2005

COMPONENT: Suspension: Automatic Stability Control (ASC)

POTENTIAL NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTED: 1970

SUMMARY:
On certain passenger vehicles equipped with 3.3 liter engines and Electronic Stability Control (ESC), The ESC may have been programmed to be oversensitive to the onset of oversteering while driving on banked curves, causing inadvertent application of the front outside brake when ESC activation may not be needed.

CONSEQUENCE:
This may cause the vehicle to slow and may affect the path that the vehicle is traveling. Brake application caused by inadvertent ESC activation may result in a crash.

REMEDY:
Dealers will reprogram the ESC hydraulic electronic control unit. The recall began on July 29, 2005. Owners should contact Hyundai at 1-800-633-5151.

NOTES:
Hyundai recall No. 070. Customers can 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 http://www.safercar.gov.