The 2011 Hyundai Sonata will be the subject of a voluntary recall beginning next week, regarding a potentially faulty front-door latch mechanism. The 2011 Sonata has only been on sale in the U.S. for two weeks, and thus the recall will only affect between 1,300 vehicles in America.
Once Hyundai identified the problem, they put a stop-order in place in U.S. dealers, and also contacted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in order to reach the customers as quickly as possible. In addition to the roughly 1,300 2011 Sonata sedans produced through February 16, 2010, Hyundai also produced another 46,000 YF Sonata sedans in South Korea.
Hyundai announced that it has not received any reports of accidents or injuries as a result of the defect, but it has received complaints from its customers.
The replacement parts have already begun shipping to dealers and the official recall will begin next week.
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