NHTSA Complaint #11115219 — 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND THE FRONT END CRASHED INTO THE ROAD DIVIDER. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND THEN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE ROAD DIVIDER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V137000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS) PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER (BOB KING HYUNDAI, 1601 SILAS CREEK PKWY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27127, (336) 724-2861) STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000.