2014 HYUNDAI SONATA — Complaint #1688813
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:BULBS filed August 31, 2020
NHTSA complaint #1688813 (ODI reference 11352343) concerns a 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA and was filed on August 31, 2020. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 31, 2018. The vehicle had 43,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:brake lights:bulbs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: yes, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI SONATA cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:brake lights:bulbs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE BULB BURNED OUT AND THE SOCKET APPEARED BROWN AND MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LIBERTY HYUNDAI DEALER, LOCATED AT: 305 NJ-17, MAHWAH, NJ 07430 AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LAMP BULBS WITH ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED BRAKE LAMP BULBS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE BULB WAS NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1688813 |
| ODI Number | 11352343 |
| Date Filed | August 31, 2020 |
| Failure Date | August 31, 2018 |
| VIN | 5NPEC4ACXEH |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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