# NHTSA recall 17V226000

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: 17V226000
- Manufacturer's number: 162
- Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
- Reported: 2017\-03\-31
- Owners notified: 2017\-07\-10
- Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- Units potentially affected: 572000

## What is wrong

Hyundai Motor America \(Hyundai\) is recalling certain 2013\-2014 Sonata and Santa Fe Sport vehicles.  Machining errors during the engine manufacturing process may cause premature bearing wear within the engine.


## What can happen

Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine, replacing the engine short block, as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began June 2017.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1\-800\-633\-5151.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 162.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-02\-04
- Vehicles in the campaign: 572000
- Reported remedied: 416331 \(72%\)
- Reported unreachable: 3821
- Reported removed: 45

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 4, 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

- [2013 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT](/makes/hyundai/santa-fe-sport/2013/recalls.md)
- [2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT](/makes/hyundai/santa-fe-sport/2014/recalls.md)
- [2013 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-21 to 2014\-05\-29.
- [2014 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-21 to 2014\-05\-29.

## Investigated as RQ17004

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- RQ17004: Recall query, opened 2017\-05\-18, closed 2021\-12\-22. Scope and Timeliness. ENGINE.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V226000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V226000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [26\-EM\-016H TSB](/bulletins/11038458.md), 2026-10-14, Service bulletin
- [26\-EM\-015H TSB](/bulletins/11038456.md), 2026-10-13, Service bulletin
- [26\-01\-033H TSB](/bulletins/11030331.md), 2026-03-31, Warranty extension
- [26\-01\-033H DN](/bulletins/11030330.md), 2026-03-30, Warranty extension
- [24\-01\-068H](/bulletins/11006829.md), 2024-09-03, Service campaign
- [23\-EM\-005H](/bulletins/10247189.md), 2023-12-15, Service bulletin
- [22\-01\-023H\-2](/bulletins/10240082.md), 2023-08-02, Service bulletin
- [22\-01\-023H\-2](/bulletins/10227320.md), 2022-12-07, Service bulletin
- [22\-01\-023H\-2](/bulletins/10227317.md), 2022-12-07, Service bulletin
- [22\-EM\-006H\-2](/bulletins/10227316.md), 2022-12-07, Service bulletin

## 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V226000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V226000)

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