Recall · 22V196000
Hyundai Motor America recalled 3 models over latches/locks/linkages
63,461
Vehicles covered
3
Models
3
Model years
March 28, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020 Sonata and Sonata Hybrid, and 2019 Genesis G70 vehicles. The trunk latch may become damaged, preventing the opening of the trunk from the inside. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 401, "Internal Trunk Release."
- What it can cause
- A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the trunk latch and replace the trunk latch base, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 26, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 221/010G.
- 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.nhtsa.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 .
How this campaign compares
At 63,461 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 90% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the latches/locks/linkages 8 times before this, most recently in August 2021 as 21V619000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 251 complaints with NHTSA, 55 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the latches/locks/linkages, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in January 2020, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V796000 (fuel system, gasoline), 24V528000 (fuel system, gasoline), 24V191000 (engine and engine cooling), 24V107000 (electrical system).
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 March 28, 2022 as campaign 22V196000. 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 2022-03-28.
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