Hyundai recall: Air bags
What is wrong
Hyundai is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 elantra vehicles manufactured from july 14, 2006, through august 29, 2007. The driver's seat track position sensor determines the seat's fore and aft position and allows the driver's frontal air bag to deploy at the pressure appropriate for that seating position, with a lower pressure deployment in the most forward seating positions. The air bag control module may receive an unstable electrical signal from the seat track position sensor such that, in a crash that requires driver frontal airbag deployment, the driver's airbag may deploy at the higher pressure than intended if the seat was position in one of the forward positions in which a lower pressure deployment is intended.
What could happen
A higher pressure deployment than intended increases the risk of injury resulting from airbag deployment.
The fix
Dealers will reprogram the air bag control module free of charge. The safety recall is expecting to begin during april 2011. Owners may contact hyundai's customer assistance center at 1-800-633-5151.
Vehicles covered
- Hyundai Elantra 2007–2008
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 11V179000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Hyundai Motor Company
- Reported to NHTSA
- Mar 15, 2011
- Owners notified
- Apr 8, 2011
- Vehicles or items affected
- 95,783
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Jul 14, 2006 to Aug 29, 2007
- Part
- Air bags › Frontal › Sensor/control module-inactive
- Maker's own recall number
- 100
Notes
Hyundai's safety recall campaign number is 100.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Hyundai recall: Wheels Oct 20, 2026
- Hyundai recall: Suspension Oct 20, 2026
- Hyundai recall: Air bags May 14, 2026
- Hyundai recall: Air bags Apr 20, 2026
- Hyundai recall: Back over prevention Nov 21, 2024
- Hyundai recall: Engine and engine cooling May 1, 2024
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.