Recall notice- car can catch fire?

[Philip2]

Recall 018G

24V107000

HYUNDAI/GENESIS HAS FILED SAFETY RECALLS 254 AND 018G TO ADDRESS A CONDITION INVOLVING THE STARTER ASEEMBLIES IN CERTAIN HYUNDAI/GENESIS VEHICLES PRODUCED FOR SALE IN THE U.S. AND CANADA. HYUNDAI/GENESIS IS CONDUCTING THISACTION TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ITS VEHICLES FOR HYUNDAI/GENESIS CUSTOMERS.

THE STARTER SOLENOID IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES COULD BE CONTAMINATED WITH WATER IF OPERATED IN ABNORMALLY WET CONDITIONS SUCH AS A FLOODED ROAD. MOISTURE CONTAMINATION WITHIN THE STARTER SOLENOID COULD CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OVER TIME. AN ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT OVERCURRENT, INCREASING THE RISK OF AN ENGINE COMPAARTMENT FIRE WHILE PARKING OR DRIVING.

REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE; OWNERS CAN CONTINUE DRIVING THESE VEHICLES,HOWEVER, HYUNDAI RECOMMENDS PARKING THEIR VEHICLES OUTSIDE AND AWAY FROM STRUCTURES UNTIL THE RECALL REMEDY IS COMPLETED.

 

[XamnosiddA]

Yes, we will receive a letter in April that lays out what we need to do to fix it.

 

[Philip2]

Are we really supposed to park outside if it is humid?

 

[EdP]

Are we really supposed to park outside if it is humid?

The lawyers will tell you to. The real chances of a problem are very small. Only certain conditions will cause a problem.
There is always a chance of fire when parking any car in the garage, always has been.

 

[stemarcoh]

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V107-7565.PDF

For the G70, looks like just the 2019 model.

 

[Philip2]

1% possibility and apparently only if car gets flooded or very humid
Sounds like actual risk here in California desert area = one in a million

 

[Husky]

Nice that we'll be getting a letter in April. What month is this? Sheesh. It'll be interesting to see what the letter says regarding the schedule for getting it taken care of.

 

[joegr]

1% possibility and apparently only if car gets flooded or very humid
Sounds like actual risk here in California desert area = one in a million

I think that the odds are way less than 1%. That would have one car in every 100 on fire. The media would be all over that. One of the documents I read said that there had been a total of 12 "thermal" events. I think that means that the starter solenoid got hot enough that it could ignite a fire, but probably did not actually do so. I guess if you are unlucky enough to have this happen, and you also have some oil leak(s) going on, then you could end up with a serious fire?

 

[tarhoosier]

When I park in my garage I have a tank with 10 or so gallons of highly flammable and explosive fuel, a gallon or more of oil, a very hot engine, an exhaust that contains dangerous particles and gases and I think nothing of it. Until this moment of typing.
I live in a condominium and the units here are sprinklered. There was a fire safety required test of building sprinklers about two years ago. The sprinklers in the attached garage area are different than inside the unit. Garage sprinklers are set to activate at a higher temperature. On a 100º day with door open and full sun on the concrete floor and car running the temperature at the garage ceiling could be well above that expected inside the living area.
Fire and sprinkler regulations are different in locations, building types, municipalities and year of installation. True for me may be different for you. Still, I am very happy to be in a a sprinklered building.

 

[3.3Red]

Hello everyone.

I haven't been on much since I joined the forum, because of - a car fire. I think this is actually a real problem.

My car caught fire in December, and the only fire related recall I could find at that time was the one about the ABS pump. But my fire came from the back of the engine, down low. I thought it was some crazy fluke until I heard about this recall. The location and short by moisture is something that seems to make sense in my case. We first put the fire out with a fire extinguisher, but it reignited --a sign of a short. We called the fire department and they put 500 gallons of water on it and it finally stopped smoking. That is until I had to turn the ignition on to put the car in neutral to get it on the tow truck. it then started smoking again! Fire department came again and put it out on the flatbed of the tow truck. It started smoldering a third time when taking it off the tow truck, at this point we disconnected the battery and it stopped smoldering. Car totaled.

So what caused the fire to begin with? I was feeling crazy because the dealer and the insurance company had no answer for me. It was confirmed that there was no debris on the exhaust or evidence of animal nests in the engine and the exhaust area near the firewall.

Then I see this recall a couple of weeks ago and it all started to make sense. I would think maybe even driving through a carwash or a puddle at the wrong angle might cause the necessary short. It had been dry weather when this happened. Not sure exactly where the solenoid is but I'm pretty sure it would be in the back of the engine near or on the starter, which is by the firewall where the flames were coming from.

No one was hurt and I moved the cart away from others in the parking lot where this happened, but it was kind of traumatic to say the least. Insurance totaled the car and took possession of it. Kind of wish I still had it, just to see if this was indeed the cause. And so ends my short ownership of one of the nicest vehicles I've ever owned. I only owned the car for a couple of months and lost some money on it.

I'm only writing this because it happened to me and as a note of caution. If this is indeed what happened to my car, I would advise people to park their cars outside and away from structures.

I'm curious if anyone else has had an issue like this on this forum.

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[joegr]

The solenoid is 36120

 

[Husky]

I've been thinking of calling the dealer to discuss this recall, but they probably don't even know about. I suppose there's no point until late April (?), or whenever that have a fix.