# NHTSA recall 16V956000

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: 16V956000
- Manufacturer's number: 156
- Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
- Reported: 2016\-12\-30
- Owners notified: 2017\-02\-13
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 110

## What is wrong

Hyundai Motor Company \(Hyundai\) is recalling certain model year 2017 Hyundai Elantra vehicles manufactured April 15, 2016, to September 13, 2016, and Sonata vehicles manufactured May 27, 2016 to September 16, 2016.  In these vehicles, the end seal for the driver's frontal air bag inflator may not have been properly installed, possibly resulting in reduced inflation of the frontal air bag in the event of a crash.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash, an air bag that does not inflate fully increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge.  The recall began February 13, 2017.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1\-855\-371\-9460.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 156.


## 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 2018 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 110
- Reported remedied: 83 \(75%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 2, 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

- [2017 HYUNDAI ELANTRA](/makes/hyundai/elantra/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-04\-15 to 2016\-09\-07.
- [2017 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-06\-30 to 2016\-09\-16.

## 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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