| NHTSA Record Id: 32882 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: HYUNDAI |
| Recalled Component Id: 000023399000215177000000259 |
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| Model Name: TUCSON |
Model Year: 2006 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 07V197000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 079 |
| Component Name: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: HYUNDAI CARIBBEAN-PUERTO RICO |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 30 2004 |
End date of Manufacturing: Nov, 01 2006 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 2967 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 06 2007 |
Recall Initiator: OVSC |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Hyundai Motor America |
Report Received Date: May, 08 2007 |
| Record Creation date : May, 08 2007 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 208 |
| Defect Summary : On certain vehicles, static air bag deployment testing conducted by nhtsa using fifth percentile female dummies indicated that a small stature adult driver not wearing a seat belt and involved in a frontal or near frontal crash, the deployment of the driver air bag may not occur. |
Consequence Summary: This can cause increased risk of injury to the driver under certain crash conditions. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the driver air bag module with one that is designed to provide an increased margin of compliance for low risk deployment for small stature adults who are not properly wearing the seat belts. the recall began on september 6, 2007, and will be performed in two mailings. owners may contact hyundai de puerto rico at 1-800-981-0188. |
Recall Notes: Hyundai recall no. 079.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. |
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