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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007093839 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 2007 |
| Consumer's City: WEST MELBOURNE | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America |
| Model Name: EXCEL | Model Year: 1992 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 2 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KMHVD12J2NU | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 31 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Apr, 11 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: There is a huge safety defect in the older hyundai automobile computers or ecu boxes. the internal capacitors (rubycon and nicycon) fail causing acid to leak out on the computer board, leading to complete computer failure. the car stalls out while driving unexpectedly with no warning, leading to a serious road hazard for all occupants of this vehicle . the car will also idle erratically, yielding numerous computer , and no start and stalling situations that are unpredictability have replaced 4 computers (ecu's) in my 1992 hyundai excel . there are several internet articles and auto computer rebuild sites documenting these defective components in the hyundai computer. i also sent close-up photos of the ecu component defects, as well as a letter from the hyundai service manager to hyundai motors, but they are uncooperative. i have tried many times to contact hyundai motors and they would not offer any replacement or rebuild on this defective part. i feel this is a definite , serious and dangerous, road hazard that should be a recall in all these 1992 hyundai excel automobiles. people's lives are at stake driving with these defective computers in their cars. i hope you can help~many thanks. *nm |
