Hyundai Elantra, Elantra Hybrid: Seat belts — pretensioner

Affects Hyundai Elantra, Elantra Hybrid · 2022 — about 140 vehicles.

The hazard

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

What to do

Dealers will replace the seat belt pretensioners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 19, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 220. This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-796 and 22V-069. This recall is replaced by NHTSA recall number 22V-354. Vehicles already repaired under this recall will need to have the new remedy completed.

Critical — crash/injury risk now High — injury risk; see remedy Moderate — fix at next service Low — minor / informational