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2009 Hyundai SONATA Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	991258
Internal NHTSA #	10522244
Manufacurer	Hyundai Motor Company
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SONATA
Model Year	2009
File date	03/08/12
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	During vehicle operation, several people passed me and made various hand signals and gestures (profane, specifically), as i apparently had lost functionality of my brake lights during my journey home from work. With no indication on the operator console to alert the operator that this had occurred, i did not realize that the brake lights were not functioning until i had arrived to my home (barely averting 2-3 rear end collisions along the way). When i pulled into my drive way and attempted to shift the car from drive (d) to park (p), i was unable to advance the shifter passed reverse (r). I had to place the vehicle in neutral (n) and engage the handbrake. I retrieved a flathead screwdriver to engage the shift lock on the shift console and placed the vehicle into park (p). After learning of this issue, i took the vehicle to the nearest dealership, who advised me that the brake switch was faulty and needed to be replaced. I paid to have it replaced. A short time later, i saw the press release from hyundai that several vehicles were being recalled because of this exact issue, though, after contacting the dealership and hyundai direct, i learned that my vehicle was not part of their campaign. As a degreed mechanical engineer, i maintain that this issue should be part of the recall and consider this to be a design fault of the vehicle. If i had been rear ended, i could have been met by a lawsuit (not to mentioned sustained an injury) because of not functioning brake lights. I've made several contacts with hyundai and they will not budge on their stance that this is a design issue. There must either be a fail safe to ensure that the brake lights are functional or, at the very least, an alarm on the operator console alerting the driver that the brake switch has stopped functioning. I am very appalled with hyundai's behavior and response to this issue.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	137218
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	COLUMBIANA, OH
VIN pattern	5NPET46C29HXXXXXX
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	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	25
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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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2009 Hyundai SONATA Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Hyundai SONATA Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

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