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Hyundai in the event of a crash, the front driver-side and/or passenger-side seat belt pretensioners may explode upon deployment.

NHTSA campaign 22V-354 · Reported May 19, 2022 · 230,233 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Hyundai Accent and Elantra
VEHICLES AFFECTED
230,233
REMEDY
Dealers will secure the seat belt pretensioner(s) with a cap, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Hyundai Motor America reported a problem with the seat belts front. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

In the event of a crash, the front driver-side and/or passenger-side seat belt pretensioners may explode upon deployment.

WHY IT MATTERS

An exploding seat belt pretensioner can project metal fragments into the vehicle, strike vehicle occupants, and result in injury.

WHAT TO DO

This recall expands and replaces NHTSA recall numbers 21V-796, 22V-069, 22V-218, and 22V-123 for Accent, Elantra, and Elantra HEV vehicles, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 22V-354.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2020–2022Hyundai Accent
2021–2022Hyundai Elantra

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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