South Korea's top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it is recalling some 263,000 units of its Elantra compact in the United States and in Canada for a programming error in the model's electronic power steering function.
"The current setting for the cars may have turned off the power steering in some of the vehicles, resulting in increased heaviness in the steering wheel," a Hyundai official said, adding that the flaw has not led to any accidents or injuries so far.