Recall · 26V588000
Hyundai Motor America recalled the HYUNDAI Ioniq 9 over seats
5,360
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
September 11, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
- The defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2026 Ioniq 9 vehicles equipped with a Limited, Calligraphy, or Calligraphy Design trim package. The second-row power seats may fail to detect a person. As a result, the seats may continue to move after contacting a person during powered seat functions, such as automatic power fold-and-stow.
- What it can cause
- A person, especially a child, may become trapped by a rear powered seat, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised to exercise caution when operating the second-row power seat functions until the repair is performed. Children are advised not to be in the rear seats or near the rear seating area during power-folding operation. The seat software will be inspected and updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed November 9, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 307. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on September 12, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HyundaiIoniq 9 | 2026 | 2026 |
How this campaign compares
At 5,360 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 75% 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, 2026, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2026, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Hyundai vehicles have been recalled over the seats 4 times before this, most recently in March 2026 as 26V160000. 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 32 complaints with NHTSA, 24 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the seats, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in June 2025, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 26V314000 (suspension), 26V068000 (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 11, 2026 as campaign 26V588000. 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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