NHTSA Complaint #10558624 — 2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ

WHEN I USE MY TURN SIGNAL TO SIGNAL LANE CHANGING, BUT DO NOT SNAP IT INTO POSITION, MY HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER ON AND OFF AND WILL ALSO TURN OFF FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. ADDITIONALLY, I NOTICED DURING THE DAY TIME THAT MY DASH BOARD LIGHTS WERE BRIGHTENING. I'VE REPORTED THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS BRIGHTENING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE MY CAR WAS IN FOR SERVICE FROM 2009 TO THE PRESENT, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM. MOST RECENTLY, LIKELY BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT, I NOTICED MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING ON AND OFF. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPORT IT AS IT WAS HAPPENING AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND TOLD HIM THAT MY HEADLIGHTS JUST WENT OFF AND THEN THEY CAME BACK ON. I BROUGHT IT IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK. I FOUND THE SAME ISSUE REPORTED BY MANY OTHER PEOPLE ON A HYUNDAI FORUM. SEVERAL PEOPLE REPORTED THAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE TURN SIGNAL STALK AND REPLACING IT FIXED THE ISSUE. I SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A VERY CONCERNING PROBLEM, AS I GO FOR SECONDS AT A TIME WITH NO HEADLIGHTS AT RANDOM TIMES, BUT ALWAYS AFTER USING MY TURN SIGNAL. *TR