Recall · 23V650000
Hyundai Motor America recalled the HYUNDAI Kona over seat belts
2,354
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
September 22, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024 Kona vehicles. The seat belt assemblies in the right and left rear seats may not function properly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 208, "Occupation Crash Protection" and 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
- What it can cause
- A seat belt that does not function properly may not adequately restrain an occupant in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the seat belt retractor as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 21, 2023. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 250.
- 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 .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| HyundaiKona | 2024 | 2024 |
How this campaign compares
At 2,354 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 67% 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, 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 16 times before this, most recently in October 2022 as 22V816000. 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 49 complaints with NHTSA. 1 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 24V308000 (engine and engine cooling), 23V901000 (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 September 22, 2023 as campaign 23V650000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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