2024 Hyundai Palisade: Occupant Detection System May Deactivate Passenger Air Bags
The Occupant Detection System (ODS) in certain 2024 Hyundai Palisade vehicles may fail to detect occupants and deactivate the passenger-side front air bags. This increases the risk of injury during a crash in affected vehicles.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: Air bag sensor failure poses a crash-injury risk, but no injuries have been reported. Per the severity rubric, risk-of-harm products without reported injury score at most 3 (High).
Plain-English summary
Hyundai Motor America is recalling certain 2024 Palisade vehicles equipped with dark premium suede seats due to a defect in the Occupant Detection System (ODS). The ODS may fail to detect an occupant and consequently deactivate the passenger-side front air bags, causing these vehicles to not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
When the passenger-side front air bags are deactivated, they will not deploy as intended during a crash. This increases the risk of injury to vehicle occupants, particularly the front passenger, in the event of a collision.
Hyundai has identified approximately 63 vehicles as potentially affected. Owners of affected vehicles were notified by mail on September 26, 2023. The remedy involves a free software update to the ODS, which will be performed by authorized Hyundai dealers.
Owners should contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460 to arrange the software update. For additional information, contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) or visit www.nhtsa.gov.
The recalled product
- Product
- HYUNDAI PALISADE
- Brand
- HYUNDAI
- Manufacturer
- Hyundai Motor America
- Category
- Vehicle — Air bag system
- Affected units
- 63
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (1)
- PALISADE
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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