Hyundai Motor America: Air Bags:Side/Window:Curtain (2025 HYUNDAI SANTA CRUZ, 2025 HYUNDAI SANTA FE, 2025 HYUNDAI SANTA FE HYBRID…)
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- Company / brand
- Hyundai Motor America
- Product
- 2025 HYUNDAI SANTA CRUZ; 2025 HYUNDAI SANTA FE; 2025 HYUNDAI SANTA FE HYBRID; 2025 HYUNDAI TUCSON; 2026 GENESIS GV70; 2026 HYUNDAI SANTA CRUZ; 2026 HYUNDAI SANTA FE; 2026 HYUNDAI SANTA FE HYBRID
- Reason / hazard
- Side curtain air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- What to do (remedy)
- Dealers will reinstall the side curtain air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning December 29, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 289 and 029G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 22, 2025.
- Distribution / sold at
- Potentially affected: 258
- Defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Tucson, 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, and 2026 Genesis GV70 vehicles. The side curtain air bags may not have been installed properly, which can cause the air bags not to deploy as intended.
- Component
- AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
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