2001 HYUNDAI XG300

POWER TRAIN

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULES (PCM) WERE INSTALLED IN SOME VEHICLES. THE IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED PCMS CONTAINED A CONDENSER THAT WAS NOT CORRECTLY INSTALLED ONTO THE PCM PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD. THE INCORRECT INSTALLATION OF THE CONDENS

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 110. THESE VEHICLES DO NOT HAVE THE CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE PLACARD ATTACHED.

SUSPENSION

HYUNDAI IS RECALLING 188,282 MY 2001-2004 SONATA AND MY 2001-2004 XG300 AND XG350 VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD IN OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, O

AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, AN INTERMITTENT CONDITION THAT LEADS TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION COULD RESULT FROM MOTION OF THE SIDE IMPACT AIR BAG WIRING HARNESS AND SIDE IMPACT AIR BAG WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR WHICH MOUNT TO THE ADJUSTABLE SEAT CUS

DRIVING 65 MPH ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN VEHICLE #1 DROVE ACROSS INTERSTATE, VEHICLE #2 T-BONED VEHICLE #1, AND I STRUCK VEHICLE #2 FROM BEHIND AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. TOTALED VEHICLE AND AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. NECK, BACK, SHOULDER, AND LEFT ELBOW INJURIES.

Mileage: 300,000

THE SUSPENSION AND BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AND WHEN IT IS WET I HAVE SLID INTO BANKS OF DIRT AND HIT MY OTHER VEHICLE AND IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW FAST I GO. I HAVE HAD MY BRAKES CHECKED AND HAVE HAD TO GET A WHEEL ALIGNMENT EVERY MONTH FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS DUE TO SUSPENSION. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

THE SUSPENSION AND BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AND WHEN IT IS WET I HAVE SLID INTO BANKS OF DIRT AND HIT MY OTHER VEHICLE AND IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW FAST I GO. I HAVE HAD MY BRAKES CHECKED AND HAVE HAD TO GET A WHEEL ALIGNMENT EVERY MONTH FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS DUE TO SUSPENSION. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI XG300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A PASSENGER OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FROM THE INTERIOR AND CUT THEIR HAND ON THE DOOR HANDLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE METAL ON ALL FOUR OF THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES WERE PEELING ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

Mileage: 127,000

DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. THIS VEHICLE WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED OVER. HE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS DAMAGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HE CONTACT SUSTAINED CUTS TO HIS BACK. *AK

NOTE - REPORTED AIRBAG FAILURE EARLIER, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM. ON OCT 11TH, DURING A RAIN STORM TWO DOGS WALKED INTO THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I HIT THE BRAKES, AND HAD PLENTY OF PEDAL YET THE CAR CONTINUED ONWARD. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP BUT QUICKLY IT BECAME APPARENT THAT I COULD NOT. I ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT HOPEING THAT I WOULD SLOW THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND THE DOGS. THE CAR BARELY SLOWED AND I CONTINUED OFF THE ROADWAY STRIKIN

NOTE - REPORTED AIRBAG FAILURE EARLIER, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM. ON OCT 11TH, DURING A RAIN STORM TWO DOGS WALKED INTO THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I HIT THE BRAKES, AND HAD PLENTY OF PEDAL YET THE CAR CONTINUED ONWARD. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP BUT QUICKLY IT BECAME APPARENT THAT I COULD NOT. I ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT HOPEING THAT I WOULD SLOW THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND THE DOGS. THE CAR BARELY SLOWED AND I CONTINUED OFF THE ROADWAY STRIKIN

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO THE APPLY THE BRAKES, WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE HIT A TELEPHONE POLE, DRIVER SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES, AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN SHOULDER AND RIBS.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO THE APPLY THE BRAKES, WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE HIT A TELEPHONE POLE, DRIVER SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES, AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN SHOULDER AND RIBS.*AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 TO 40 MPH CONSUMER HIT A DOG AND A TELEPHONE POLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. A MONTH PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY DID SOMETHING THAT MADE AIR BAG LIGHT GO OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *YH