Hyundai vehicles urgently recalled over fears of ‘sudden loss of power’ while driving

Hyundai has issued a recall of thousands of vehicles over a programming issue with the “fail-safe” driving mode, which may result in a crash.

Hyundai Australia warned the issue applied to a range of models with their i30N Santa Fe (TM), Kona N (OS), i30N Sedan (CN7) and Sonata N-Line vehicles sold between 2020 – 2022 all being recalled.

The Hyundai i30N (PD) sold between 2021 and 2022 is also being recalled.

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In total, the recall affects 8466 Hyundai vehicles.

“Due to a programming issue, the ‘fail-safe’ driving mode may not respond as intended when certain transmission faults are detected,” the Department of Transport said in the recall notice.

“Under certain driving conditions the vehicle fail-safe mode may activate resulting in reduced acceleration followed by a loss of motive power.”

The following models are affected:

Santa Fe (TM)

• Model Year 2020-2021
• VIN: KMHS*81HW*U280462 – KMHS*81HW*U435610
• Built Date: 18 May 2020-19 May 2022
• Affected units: 5699

Kona N (OS)

• Model Year 2021-2022
• VIN: KMHKH81CV*U000036 – KMHKH81CV*U003979
• Built Date: 17 Nov 2020-28 Mar 2022
• Affected units: 274

i30 Sedan N (CN7)

• Model Year 2021-2022
• VIN: KMHLW41KV*U000055 – KMHLW41KV*U005134
• Built Date: 17 Nov 2020-28 Mar 2022
• Affected units: 353

Sonata N Line (DN8)

• Model Year 2020-2022,
• VIN: KMHL441CV*A083294 – KMHL541CV*A222021
• Built Date: 15 Jun 2020-21 Apr 2022
• Affected units: 911

i30 Hatch N (PD)

• Model Year 2022
• VIN: TMAH**1AVNJ009811 – TMAH**1AVNJ030000
• Built Date: 27 Oct 2021-21 Apr 2022
• Affected units: 1229

Hyundai Australia will be contacting affected owners and instruct them to bring their vehicles to their preferred dealer, who will install a DCT software update to fix the issue.

For more information on the defect, consumers should contact the Hyundai customer experience team on 1800 186 306 or visit their website.