Recall · 26V452000
Hyundai Motor America recalled 2 models over seat belts
47,749
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
July 14, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Kona Electric and 2026 Kona vehicles. The seat belt buckle in the rear center seat may fail to properly restrain an occupant during a crash.
- What it can cause
- A seat belt buckle that fails to properly restrain an occupant in a crash increases the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Passengers are advised not to use the rear center seat until the recall remedy is performed. Dealers will replace the seat belt buckle assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 11, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 306. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on July 15, 2026.
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 | 2026 | 2026 |
| HyundaiKona Electric | 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 47,749 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 89% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2025 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 21 times before this, most recently in April 2026 as 26V218000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed. 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: 26V069000 (steering), 26V047000 (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 July 14, 2026 as campaign 26V452000. 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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