Affected Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

Date Published
DEC 05, 2019
NHTSA TSB #
10170508
TSB Document
Summary
A nationwide settlement (?Settlement?) has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Hyundai Motor America (?HMA?). The lawsuit concerns model year 2015 to 2017 U.S. specification Hyundai Sonata vehicles equipped with the Smart Trunk feature purchased or leased in the fifty United States or the District of Columbia (?Class Vehicles?). The lawsuit alleges that torsion bars on the Smart Trunk in the Class Vehicles are defective because they do not open a sufficient amount. . Defendant has denied these allegations.