# NHTSA recall 21V185000

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: 21V185000
- Manufacturer's number: 202
- Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
- Reported: 2021\-03\-17
- Owners notified: 2021\-05\-12
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER; AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 10

## What is wrong

Hyundai Motor America \(Hyundai\) is recalling certain 2021 Santa Fe vehicles.  The Occupant Detection System \(ODS\) module may not deactivate the air bag upon detection of a child restraint system in the front passenger seat.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

In the event of a crash, deployment of the front passenger air bag, with a child in that seat, can increase the risk of injury to the child.


## The remedy

Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ODS module, free of charge.  All affected vehicles have been remedied as of May 12, 2021.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1\-855\-371\-9460.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 202.


## 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 8, for 2023 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2023\-04\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 10
- Reported remedied: 10 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2023 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 HYUNDAI SANTA FE](/makes/hyundai/santa-fe/2021/recalls.md)

## 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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