Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. are recalling more than 1.9 million vehicles in the United States in three recall campaigns, one of the largest ever call-backs of vehicles by the Korean automakers.Hyundai said it is recalling 1.06 million vehicles for electronic problems after it had issued a 2009 recall for the same problem for earlier model vehicles, while Kia is recalling 623,000 vehicles to address the same problem. Hyundai said the "condition could potentially result in intermittent operation of the push-button start feature, intermittent ability to remove the vehicle's shifter from the park position, illumination of the "ESC" (Electronic Stability Control) indicator lamp in the instrument cluster, intermittent interference with operation of the cruise control feature, or intermittent operation of the stop lamps."
Since the 2009 recall, Hyundai has made three separate improvements to its stop-lamp assembly.
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