Hyundai ix35: Urgent recall for popular family car amid fears it could catch FIRE

Manufacturers have issued an urgent recall notice for a popular Hyundai model after it was found to have a manufacturing defect that could cause a car fire.

All variants of the 2014 and 2015 Hyundai ix35 models have been affected by the flaw, the automaker said.

The Department for Transport estimates that 19,541 vehicles will need to be returned across Australia.

In the recent recall notice, the department warned that the circuit board in the vehicles’ anti-lock braking system (ABS) module could short out if the components were exposed to moisture.

Hyundai has issued a recall for its 2014 and 2015 Hyundai ix35 models (above) over fears that a manufacturing defect could cause the car to catch fire.

Earlier this year, the 2014 Hyundai ix35 of a mother of two caught fire in the garage of her home in Port Macquarie (pictured is the wreckage of Ms Johnston’s car)

The short circuit could cause a vehicle fire even if the car was turned off.

The department noted that the failure would not affect the operation of the braking system.

“A vehicle fire may increase the risk of serious injury or death to vehicle occupants, other road users and bystanders, and/or property damage,” the Department of Transportation warned in the recall notice.

“Affected vehicles should be parked in an open space and away from flammable materials and structures, that is, not in a garage.”

‘If your vehicle displays a check engine light, stop driving and contact your local Hyundai dealer.’

Hyundai will contact owners of affected vehicles to schedule an appointment to repair the ABS, according to the notice.

The Department of Transportation estimates that 19,541 vehicles will be affected by the Hyundai recall (a Hyundai storefront pictured)

It is unknown if any incident was responsible for the discovery of the defect and the recall notice.

Hyundai Motor Company Australia has been contacted for comment.

It comes just months after a mother of two was ‘traumatised’ by a car fire.

Anne-Maree Johnston was having lunch with her daughter when her 2014 Hyundai ix35 caught fire in her garage.

Ms. Johnston was forced to fight the flames with a garden hose while waiting for the firefighter to arrive. She thought that she had lost her home in Port Macquarie forever.

The distraught mother said she never received an apology from the manufacturer.

“It’s not just about losing a vehicle and this is what Hyundai has to understand, losing a vehicle was the easy part. It was the trauma that comes with it,’ he said. News.com.au.

‘Where he burned the frame was under my bed. My children would also have been trapped upstairs.