# NHTSA recall 15V218000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V218000
- Manufacturer's number: 129
- Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
- Reported: 2015\-04\-13
- Owners notified: 2015\-06\-04
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- Units potentially affected: 2580

## What is wrong

Hyundai Motor America \(Hyundai\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Accent vehicles manufactured September 15, 2014, to February 10, 2015.  In very cold temperatures, the occupant detection system \(ODS\) may not be able to determine if a child restraint seat is in the front passenger seat.


## What can happen

If the ODS fails to detect that the seat is occupied by a child restraint seat, the front air bag will not be deactivated and, in the event of a crash necessitating front air bag deployment, the air bag deployment could cause increased risk of injury to the occupant in the child restraint seat.


## The remedy

Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will correct ODS software, free of charge.  The recall began on June 4, 2015.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1\-855\-671\-3059.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 129.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-17
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2580
- Reported remedied: 2225 \(86%\)
- Reported unreachable: 31
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 HYUNDAI ACCENT](/makes/hyundai/accent/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-09\-15 to 2015\-02\-10.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [Z01 Letter](/bulletins/11033679.md), 2026-06-06, Warranty extension
- [26\-BE\-011H DN](/bulletins/11032526.md), 2026-05-08, Warranty extension
- [26\-BE\-011H TSB](/bulletins/11032525.md), 2026-05-08, Warranty extension
- [DTN DL](/bulletins/11032523.md), 2026-05-08, Other
- [DTN DCS](/bulletins/11032522.md), 2026-05-08, Other

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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