Vehicle recall 87V180000 · November 25, 1987

Hyundai Excel and Mitsubishi Precis

Vehicle may fail to conform to the brake fade and recovery portion of FMVSS 105.

Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.

Summary: Vehicle may fail to conform to the brake fade and recovery portion of FMVSS 105.
Consequence: There may be a loss of braking efficiency duringrepeated hard application of brakes which could result in a crash without priorwarning.
Remedy: Replace front brake pads with newly designed semi metallic brake pads.
Notes: System: brakes/FMVSS 105VEHICLE description: vehicles with four or five speed manual transmissions andautomatic transmissions.

Recall details

NHTSA campaign: 87V180000
Reported to NHTSA: November 25, 1987
Filed by: HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
Owner notification: November 25, 1987
Vehicles potentially affected: 321,000
Initiated by: NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation
Components: Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components › Disc › Pads

Recall 87V180000 on nhtsa.gov, with the manufacturer’s documents

Vehicles covered

As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.

Hyundai Excel (1986-1987): 1987, 1986
Mitsubishi Precis (1987): 1987

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