Recall · 21V302000
Hyundai Motor America recalled the HYUNDAI Elantra over seats
1,464
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
April 28, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2021 Elantra vehicles. The driver and front passenger seat back recliners may have been improperly welded.
- What it can cause
- An improperly welded seat back recliner could separate from the seat back frame during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and if necessary, replace the seat back frame assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 21, 2021. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-888-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 204.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| HyundaiElantra | 2021 | 2021 |
How this campaign compares
At 1,464 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 62% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the seats 2 times before this, most recently in August 2016 as 16V630000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 129 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the seats, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 24V879000 (back over prevention), 22V354000 (seat belts), 22V218000 (seat belts), 21V796000 (seat belts).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Hyundai Motor America with NHTSA on April 28, 2021 as campaign 21V302000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2021-04-28.
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