NHTSA Complaint #11142422 — 2012 HYUNDAI GENESIS

FOLLOWING A HARD TURN WHICH ACTIVATED MY ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), I LOST ALL PRESSURE IN MY BRAKE PEDAL AND IT SUNK TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS FOLLOWING A NEAR-ACCIDENT IN WHICH I HAD TO ENGAGE MY ABS SYSTEM BY SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. EVER SINCE THAT ABS ACTIVATION, MY BRAKE PEDAL HAS NOT FELT THE SAME. IT TAKES MORE EFFORT TO STOP NOW AND YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE PEDAL FARTHER THAN USUAL TO GET BRAKE ACTIVATION. I CAN RECREATE THE PROBLEM BY GETTING THE ESC TO ACTIVATE AGAIN IF I SPIN THE TIRES ON A HARD TURN. IMMEDIATELY AFTER DOING SO, I WILL NO LONGER HAVE ANY BRAKING POWER OR PEDAL PRESSURE. HYUNDAI REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE IS WITHIN THE AFFECTED PRODUCTION YEARS, THEY CLAIM MY VIN DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. THE RECALL WAS CAMPAIGN 114 WHICH EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO A MANDATORY RECALL. THE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED YEARS RANGE FROM 2009-MARCH 28TH 2012. MY VEHICLE WAS MADE JANUARY 10TH, 2012. THEREFORE IT SHOULD QUALIFY BUT THEY CLAIM IT WILL NOT. I AM AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY AND HYUNDAI NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKES AND FIX MY PROBLEM BEFORE I DIE FROM IT. THE 3 INSTANCES I'VE HAD THE ISSUE HAVE ALL OCCURRED WHILE MAKING A HARD RIGHT TURN WITH LOW TRACTION AND THE ESC LIGHT FLASHES MEANING THE ABS WAS INDIRECTLY ACTIVATED. AFTER THIS TURN AND ESC ACTIVATION, THERE WILL BE NO PRESSURE IN THE BRAKES UNTIL IT GETS PUMPED SEVERAL TIMES. SOMETIMES I WILL HAVE NO BRAKE PRESSURE IN THE PEDAL UNTIL I'VE STOPPED 3 OR 4 TIMES AND PUMPED THE BRAKES.