DETROIT – By the time of this month, Hyundai is telling some SUV owners to park outdoors because an electric short circuit on a computer can cause cars to catch fire.
The Korean automaker is withdrawing about 180,000 Tucson SUVs in the United States from 2019 to 2021 to solve the problem. Corporate claims that corrosion can cause a short circuit in faulty anti-lock circuit forums that can cause a chimney even if the engines are close down.
Hyundai says he knows about a dozen engine fires through the problem, but there are no injuries.
In addition, Hyundai says that if the anti-lock brake turns off smoothly, the cars will not be driven and the owners will have to disconnect the positive cable from the battery. They will contact a broker who will provide a borrowed vehicle if necessary.
Hyundai will notify you of the withdrawal by mail from about October 30. In the meantime, you can enter your 17-digit vehicle identification number www. hyundaiusa. com/recalls to see if your Tucson is affected.
On September 3, US protection regulators were able to find a problem. But it’s not the first time They announced that Hyundai and affiliate car manufacturer Kia would withdraw more than 600,000 cars from the U. S. But it’s not the first time And Canada to repair a brake fluid leak that could cause engine fires.
These recalls are similar to Tuscon’s recall: they have more than 440,000 Kia Optima median sedans from 2013 to 2015 and SUV Kia Sorento from 2014 and 2015,203,000 Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs from 2013 to 2015.
A day later, Hyundai said it would park cars outdoors until the problem was fixed. Kia did not answer questions about her withdrawal from the market.
They are the newest in a series of engine chimney disorders that have affected automakers and triggered research through the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. But it’s not the first time
In February, Hyundai withdrew about 430,000 small cars from the market due to a similar problem. The company stated that water could enter the anti-lock brake calculator, cause an electric short circuit and, in all likelihood, a fire in the engine. 2006 to 2011 and Elantra Touring from 2007 to 2011.
The company said the electric short circuit can cause a chimney even when the cars are off.
In April 2019, NHTSA opened two new fire investigations involving Hyundai and Kia cars after receiving court cases over more than 3,100 fires and 103 injuries.
The firm has granted a petition asking for investigations through the Center for Automotive Safety, a nonprofit advocacy group.
Investigations, one for Hyundai and the other for Kia, involve non-accidental fires in approximately 3 million cars from affiliated automakers.
NHTSA had said in the past that it would incorporate collision-free fires into a 2017 investigation that tested Hyundai and Kia vehicle recalls for engine failures. He opened the new probes “based on the agency’s investigation of data obtained from various manufacturers, client court cases and other sources. “
Engine and chimney disruptions with Hyundais and Kias have affected more than 6 million cars since 2015, according to NHTSA documents.
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