October 13, 2021 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 21V796000
Seat Belt Pretensioner May Explode
An exploding seat belt pretensioner could project metal fragments into the vehicle, striking vehicle occupants and resulting in injury.
NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V796
Manufacturer Hyundai
Motor America
Components SEAT BELTS
Potential Number of Units Affected 978
Summary
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2021 Elantra, Elantra HEV, Venue, Genesis GV80 and 2022 Genesis GV70 vehicles. In the event of a crash, the front driver-side and passenger-side seat belt pretensioners may explode upon deployment.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the seat belt pretensioners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 10, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai’s numbers for this recall are 211 and 009G. This recall is replaced by NHTSA recall numbers 22V-354 for Elantra and Elantra HEV vehicles and 22V-458 for Venue vehicles. Elantra, Elantra HEV, and Venue vehicles already repaired under this recall will need to have the new remedies completed.
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.
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RECALL 211 ATTACHMENT A
(AMENDED) CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO DEFECT DECISION
September 2021
On September 15, 2021, NHTSA’s ODI informed HMA’s NASO of a crash incident involving a model year 2021 Hyundai Elantra vehicle where the driver-side seat belt pretensioner allegedly deployed abnormally causing metal fragments to enter the rear cabin and resulting in injury to an occupant’s leg. NHTSA was notified of the incident by a law firm representing the operator of the incident vehicle. The law firm also notified HMA’s external counsel on the same day, who then alerted HMA’s Legal department of the incident.
In subsequent discussions with the agency following the initial notice, ODI requested Hyundai’s assessment of the incident under cover of SGO 2015-01, a standing general order involving abnormal deployments of frontal airbag inflators manufactured by ARC. On September 22, 2021, in accordance with requirements set forth in SGO 2015-01, HMA submitted its first report notifying ODI of its receipt of the 2021 Elantra incident.
On September 30, 2021, NASO provided an update on its investigation of the 2021 Elantra incident.
NASO informed ODI of plans to inspect the incident vehicle on October 8, 2021. NASO also informed ODI that it would be targeting seat belt pretensioners produced in the same production lot as the incident pretensioner for further study into root cause and manufacturing/design defect identification.
On October 6, NASO convened its North American Safety Decision Authority. Although the cause of the abnormal deployment is unknown, NASO decided to conduct a safety recall of vehicles equipped with pretensioners produced within the same production lot to conduct a detailed part return analysis.
December 2021
Hyundai actively continued its investigation to determine if a specific root cause and defect trend exists. On December 3, 2021, HMC notified NASO of a second incident occurring on a 2020 Hyundai Accent vehicle in Puerto Rico. According to supplier information, the incident pretensioner was produced thirteen months prior to the suspect production lot initially identified in Recall 211. In accordance with requirements set forth in SGO 2015-01, HMA submitted a report notifying ODI of the new incident on December 10, 2021.
Based on this information, on December 10, 2021, NASO re-convened its North America Safety Decision Authority and decided to expand Recall 211 to include model year 2020-2021 Hyundai Accent vehicles equipped with pretensioners from the earlier suspect production lot. Hyundai will continue to actively investigate this condition and conduct detailed part return analysis on both suspect production lots to determine if a specific root cause and defect trend exists.
As of the date of this filing, Hyundai is aware of two (2) related injuries from two (2) crash event(s) in the U.S. received on September 15 (Elantra) and December 3, 2021 (Accent).
5 Affected Products
Vehicles
13 Associated Documents
Recall 573 Report – Amendment 2
RCLRPT-21V796-8583.PDF 216.696KB
Recall 573 Report – Amendment 1
RCLRPT-21V796-3487.PDF 216.688KB
RECALL 211 ATTACHMENT A: (AMENDED) CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO DEFECT DECISION
RMISC-21V796-1105.pdf 83.243KB
ISSUED Interim Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)
RIONL-21V796-9859.pdf 121.209KB
ISSUED Interim Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)
RIONL-21V796-4365.pdf 164.184KB
Defect Notice 573 Report
RCLRPT-21V796-1942.PDF 216.634KB
Recall Acknowledgement
RCAK-21V796-4002.pdf 646.294KB
ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)
RCONL-21V796-6873.pdf 140.634KB
ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)
RCONL-21V796-0128.pdf 179.65KB
Remedy Instructions and TSB
RCRIT-21V796-6159.pdf 841.715KB
Recall 573 Report – March 7, 2022
RCLRPT-21V796-2202.PDF 215.831KB
Recall Quarterly Report #2, 2022-2
RCLQRT-21V796-8389.PDF 211.235KB
Recall Quarterly Report #3, 2022-3
RCLQRT-21V796-6627.PDF 211.32KB
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