# 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `1391790` · 2017-07-13 · Hyundai Motor America
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** HYUNDAI
- **Model:** SONATA
- **Year:** 2017
- **Manufacturer:** Hyundai Motor America
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Miles at failure:** 500
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
THE SENSORS FOR BRAKING DID NOT WORK. I HAD AN ACCIDENT WHERE I REAR ENDED A TRUCK.  THE BRAKES DIDN'T WORK, ONLY SLID INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. I WAS ON A BUSY STREET WHEN AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TURNED ON SIRENS AT THE LAST  SECOND.  THE TRUCK STOPPED AS IT SHOULD HAVE. I BRAKED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE BUT THE CAR KEPT GOING UNTIL IT COLLIDED INTO THE TRUCK.  I HAVE READ REPORTS ON THE 2017 SONATA WHICH STATES THE CAR WILL STOP WHEN IT SENSES IMMINENT DANGER. THIS ONE DIDN'T. MY CONCERN IS- IS THERE MORE CARS LIKE THIS ONE OUT THERE THAT DON'T WORK AS IT SHOULD.  I PURCHASED THIS CAR 02/2017. HAD ONLY 23 MILES. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SERVICING THE DAY BEFORE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CAR.  I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF RECALL AND STILL HAVEN'T.  SUPOSSEDLY THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. THE INVOICE SHOWS THE RECALL WAS FOR ALTN SCREW. IT SHOWS IT WAS FOR SANTA FE SPT/SONATA.
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