Hyundai preliminary evaluation PE19003
Non-crash Vehicle Fires. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the cables on 14 model years (2011–2014). Opened Mar 29, 2019, closed Dec 22, 2021 after 2.7 years. It led to safety recall 20V061000, 20V121000, 20V393000, 20V520000, 20V543000, 20V746000, 21V303000, 21V727000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedDuring this Preliminary Evaluation (PE), the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) assessed the scope, frequency and potential safety-related consequences of non-crash vehicle fires caused by both engine failures and failures of other vehicle systems/components in model year (MY) 2011-2014 Hyundai Sonata and Santa Fe vehicles equipped with Theta II and Lambda II engines (approximately 1.3 million vehicles). ODI also reviewed field data of other Hyundai vehicles equipped with Theta II, Gamma, Nu and Lambda engines (approximately 4.8 million). As a result of this PE, Hyundai has issued NHTSA Recalls 20V-746 and 21V-727 to address potential engine failures and fires in certain Hyundai vehicles equipped with various engine types. Additional information on these and other related recall actions is available in the downloadable version of this resume available at NHTSA.gov. In addition, ODI has upgraded this PE to an Engineering Analysis (EA) 21-003 which will focus on potential recall scope concerns and recall remedy concerns related to the engine failure rewlated recalls mentioned above and conducted previously. See the EA21-003 Opening Resume available at NHTSA.gov for more information. Also available in the downloadable version of this resume is a list of the reference numbers for the 302 ODI reports, or Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs), cited above which ODI received through mid-November 2021. Note that the Manufacturer reports cited above are customer complaints received through March 2019.
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2011 Hyundai Santa FE; 2012 Hyundai Santa FE; 2013 Hyundai Santa FE; 2014 Hyundai Santa FE; 2013 Hyundai Santa FE Sport; 2014 Hyundai Santa FE Sport; 2011 Hyundai Sonata; 2012 Hyundai Sonata; 2013 Hyundai Sonata; 2014 Hyundai Sonata; 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid; 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid; 2013 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid; 2014 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs PE19003 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 20V061000, 20V121000, 20V393000, 20V520000, 20V543000, 20V746000, 21V303000, 21V727000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE19003 still open?
No. It closed on Dec 22, 2021 and led to recall 20V061000, 20V121000, 20V393000, 20V520000, 20V543000, 20V746000, 21V303000, 21V727000.
Which vehicles does PE19003 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 14 model years: 2011 Hyundai Santa FE, 2012 Hyundai Santa FE, 2013 Hyundai Santa FE, 2014 Hyundai Santa FE, 2013 Hyundai Santa FE Sport, 2014 Hyundai Santa FE Sport and more. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.