NHTSA Complaint #10230232 — 2007 HYOSUNG GV650

THIS VEHICLE HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM (STALLING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS). I HAD THE RECALL WORK DONE AND THIS VEHICLE SUBSEQUENTLY STALLED OR THREATENED TO STALL AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. ON THE DATE LISTED BELOW, I WAS RIDING ON THE FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. I WAS FORTUNATE AND ABLE TO GET TO THE MEDIAN AND UNABLE TO START THE BIKE. IF OTHER DRIVERS WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, MY SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH, SINCE I DID NOT USE MY BRAKES AND PROVIDE A WARNING OF THE SLOWDOWN. THIS BIKE HAD PREVIOUSLY THREATENED TO STALL ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF BEFORE IT DID IN FACT STALL. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THIS 6/6/08 INCIDENT OCCURRED SUBSEQUENT TO THAT. EVIDENTLY, THE PREVIOUS RECALL SOLUTION WAS INEFFECTIVE IN RESOLVING THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST ONE BLOG ENTRY THAT DOCUMENTS THE SAME PROBLEM BY ANOTHER OWNER, WHO ALSO HAD THE RECALL WORK DONE AND CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH GAS LEAKS. SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY INCAPACITATED BY THE STALL AND WOULD NOT START, HIGHWAY PATROL HAD TO GET INVOLVED AND BREAK TRAFFIC SO THAT I COULD GO FROM THE MEDIAN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY WHERE I WAS TO BE TOWED FROM THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF A REPORT WAS MADE. *TR