Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid, Santa Fe Plug-In Hybrid: Seat belts — front

Affects Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid, Santa Fe Plug-In Hybrid · 2021–2023 — about 15K vehicles.

The hazard

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

What to do

Dealers will secure the seat belt pretensioners with a cap, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 14, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 238/011G. This recall is an expansion of recall numbers 22V-354 and 22V-458.

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