NHTSA recall 17V617000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 17V617000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 169 |
| Manufacturer | Hyundai Motor America |
| Reported | 2017-10-04 |
| Owners notified | 2017-11-06 |
| Component | SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE |
| Units potentially affected | 443545 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2019 quarter 1 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2019-04-24 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 443545 |
| Reported remedied | 363033 (81%) |
| Reported unreachable | 14257 |
| Reported removed | 19544 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 1, 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.
What is wrong
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2011-2014 Sonata and 2011-2015 Sonata Hybrid vehicles previously repaired under recall campaign 17V-152. The seat belt linkages for both front seat belts may detach from the seat belt anchor pretensioners.
What can happen
If the seat belt linkage detaches from the seat belt anchorage, it can not properly restrain the occupant in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will again verify the connection between the seat belt linkage and the pretensioner and additionally install a warning label to prevent future seat belt linkage detachment, free of charge. The recall began November 6, 2017. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 169.
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.
| 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA | Built 2009-12-11 to 2014-05-29. |
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| 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA | Built 2009-12-11 to 2014-05-29. |
| 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA | Built 2009-12-11 to 2014-05-29. |
| 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA | Built 2009-12-11 to 2014-05-29. |
| 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID | Built 2010-12-02 to 2015-01-09. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID | Built 2010-12-02 to 2015-01-09. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID | Built 2010-12-02 to 2015-01-09. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID | Built 2010-12-02 to 2015-01-09. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID | Built 2010-12-02 to 2015-01-09. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as PE16018
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.
| PE16018 | Preliminary evaluation, opened 2016-12-27, closed 2017-10-23. Front Passenger Seat Belt Anchor Failure. SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE; SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| TSB-12-01-009 | 2012-05-17. Service bulletin. HYUNDAI: INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED FOR REPLACEMENT OF REAR CENTER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY IN VEHICLE. *PE |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.