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Hyundai halts U.S. sales of Sonata sedans over door glitch: report
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, has suspended sales of some of its revamped Sonata sedans in the United States because of defective front-door locks, a U.S. industry magazine reported Wednesday.
Shares of Hyundai dived more than 4 percent in early morning trade on Wednesday as investors feared that the report could lead to a recall on Hyundai's flagship sedan.
Hyundai's U.S. unit ordered the halt of sales of the 2011 Sonata after notifying dealers that front door-lock modules on some of the cars could stick under certain circumstances, the U.S. magazine AutoWeek said on its Web site, citing company spokesman Miles Johnson.
Officials at Hyundai's public relations team in Seoul said they were working on "figuring out" the report.
Shares of Hyundai Motor dropped 3.85 percent to 112,500 won (US$97.2) as of 9:32 a.m. on the Seoul bourse.
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