Hyundai Tiburon

On certain vehicles, the stop lamp switch may fail and cause intermittent operation of the brake lights. Failure of the brake lights to illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed could result in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury.  Correction: Dealers will replace the switch.

On certain vehicles operated in areas of heavy road salt usage (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador), road salt can collect in the outboard portion of the front lower control arm and may result in internal corrosion leading to thinning of the steel in the lower control arms.  In severe cases, the corrosion may progress to the point where the lower control arm's upper and lower panels become perforated.  A perforated front lower control arm may fracture between its ball joint attachment and the forward and rearward pivot attachments to the chassis.  This could result in a loss of vehicle control and a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death.  Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the front lower control arms.  Should the control arms not require replacement, drainage holes will be added, as well as treatment with rust-proofing material to arrest the corrosion process.

On certain vehicles, the inner tie rod assemblies may crack and eventually break.  Such a failure would result in separation of a tie rod from the steering rack, causing a loss of steering control which could result in a crash.  Correction: Dealers will replace the steering rack assembly.

On certain vehicles, the fuel tank assembly valve may not close properly.  If a vehicle with a fuel tank assembly valve that is not properly closed were to roll over, fuel spillage could occur.  Fuel spillage in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.  Correction:  Dealer will install an additional fuel tank assembly valve.

On certain vehicles, the thickness of the instrument panel pad at the tear lines is 0.74mm, which is thicker than the specified 0.4 =/- 0.05mm.  The thicker material at the tear line inhibits the ability of the instrument panel surface to fold upward if the passenger airbag deploys.  This may adversely affect the deployment of the passenger airbag.  Correction:  Dealer will replace the instrument panel.