# NHTSA recall 22V196000

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: 22V196000
- Manufacturer's number: 221/010G
- Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
- Reported: 2022\-03\-28
- Owners notified: 2022\-05\-26
- Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH
- Units potentially affected: 63461
- Part numbers: 81230G9001, 81230L0000

## What is wrong

Hyundai Motor America \(Hyundai\) is recalling certain 2020 Sonata and Sonata Hybrid, and 2019 Genesis G70 vehicles.  The trunk latch may become damaged, preventing the opening of the trunk from the inside.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 401, "Internal Trunk Release."


## What can happen

A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the trunk latch and replace the trunk latch base, as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 26, 2022.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1\-855\-371\-9460.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 221/010G.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 2, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 63461
- Reported remedied: 54100 \(85%\)
- Reported unreachable: 337
- Reported removed: 2841

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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

- [2019 GENESIS G70](/makes/genesis/g70/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 HYUNDAI SONATA](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2020/recalls.md)
- [2020 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID](/makes/hyundai/sonata/2020/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [20\-BD\-005H](/bulletins/10173544.md), 2020-04-07, 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)

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