2014 Hyundai EQUUS Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

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2014 Hyundai EQUUS Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

 Issue ID1044743
 Internal NHTSA #10568446
 ManufacurerHyundai Motor Company
 BrandHYUNDAI
 ModelEQUUS
 Model Year2014
 File date23/11/13
 ComponentELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type codeVEHICLE
 Description of the problemThis is the e-mail that i sent to hyundai to notify them of a serious safety issue w. Their new equus: i wanted to alert you about a potentially severe safety issue that happened to occur while my 13 yr old son & i were examining the equus at the charlotte autoshow. I was sitting in the driver seat, my son was sitting in the passenger seat & another couple, who we did not know, were in the back seat checking out the electronic controls. Suddenly, the passenger seat started to move forward & at the same time the seat back began to fold forward. My son shouted out that the seat was moving, but neither he nor i were touching any of the controls. The couple in back noticed this, but continued to examine/try the controls on the rear seat center arm rest. My son sitting in the passenger seat, which had now moved completely forward, with the seat back still continuing to move, could not reach the door handle to escape. Within a few seconds he became pinned against the dash board & was crushed between the seat back & the dash. I yelled out for everyone to stop touching buttons immediately, while i also tried to move the seat toward the rear using the buttons on the top/side of the passenger seat. The seat stopped moving forward & i was then able to move it rearward, freeing my son. He was gasping for air at the point & another auto show attendee opened the door from the outside, allowing my son to escape. I called one of the hyundai show reps over to the car to point out this safety issue & he took note. The root cause was the rear seat couple was trying to adjust their seats, but they were unknowingly using the control that moves the passenger seat forward for more rear leg room. There appears to be no safety sensor that prevents this. There should be a safety switch, using the front passenger weight to deactivate the rear seat controls for the front passenger seat.
 Vehicle Mileage at Failure0
Number of Occurences1
Source of the issuePORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF)
 City and StateCHARLOTTE, NC
VIN pattern XXXXXX
 Was vehicle invloved in a crash?N
 Was vehicle involved in a fire?N
 Was incedent reported to police?N
 Was medical attention required?
 Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons
No. of fatalities0
 Date of purchase07/08/26
Was original owner?N
Anti-lock brakesN
Cruise controlN
Number of cylinders
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Transmission type
 Vehicle speed0
 DoT tire identifier
 Tire size
 Location of tire code
 Type of tire failure code
 Was defective tire repaired?
 Date of manufacture
Type of child seat code
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 Dealer's name
 Dealer's telephone number
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 Dealer's ZIP code
  • What is Recall?

    A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
  • What is Failure?

    Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
  • What is Defect?

    Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

 

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