NHTSA Complaint #10596110 — 2009 HYUNDAI GENESIS

WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 HYUNDAI GENESIS I WAS MOTIONED BY DRIVER BEHIND ME OF NO BRAKE LIGHTS I QUICKLY PULLED OVER AND ENGINE RUNNING AND SURE ENOUGH MY COUSIN WHO WAS WITH ME SAID I HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS,I THE WENT TO THE NEAREST AUTO PARTS PLACE TURNED ENGINE OFF, AND ASKED THE MANAGER WHAT TO DO.HIS SUGGESTION WAS CHECK THE FUSES,WHICH I DID, THEY WHERE FINE.AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO DRIVE HOME,CAR WON'T START WON'T COME OUT OF PARK AND WARNED STEERING LOCKED .I THEN CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE BY HYUNDAI.THE DRIVER OF THE TOW TRUCK COULD NOT START THE CAR COULD NOT TURN WHEEL HE THEN WHEN UNDER THE DASH BROKE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM AND WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL,CAR STILL WONT START.AFTER ALL THE REPAIRS WHERE DONE I WAS CHARGED $1461.01 FOR REPLACEMENT OF LOCK ASSEMBLY ,DIODE,BOLT SAFETY LOCK,WIRE JUMPER.I FEEL THIS ALL THING WAS DUE TO BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE AND THE REST OF THE DAMAGE BY THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER.WE ARE IN LITIGATION. *TR