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2013 Hyundai SONATA Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1549201
Internal NHTSA #	11190958
Manufacurer	Hyundai Motor America
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SONATA
Model Year	2013
File date	21/03/19
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. While driving at night and depressing the brake pedal, the rear brake lights failed to illuminate. The contact also noticed a burning odor inside the vehicle. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road and noticed that the rear driver's side brake bolt fell out off the socket and the wire of the socket was on fire. The contact put out the fire and removed the light bulb to prevent it from bursting into flames. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 113,000.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	113000
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Source of the issue	HOTLINE VOQ
City and State	MISSION VIEJO, CA
VIN pattern	5NPEB4AC0DHXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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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.
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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.
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2013 Hyundai SONATA Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Hyundai SONATA Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

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