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SevereNHTSA·24V561000·Announced 2026-02-07

2024 Hyundai Santa Fe air bag wiring defect recall

Hyundai is recalling 49,719 2024 Santa Fe and Santa Fe HEV vehicles due to a defective main floor wiring harness that can chafe and damage the air bag system, potentially causing unintended deployment or failure to deploy in a crash.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: This meets the rubric criterion for Score 4 as a structural vehicle defect affecting the air bag system. While no injuries have been reported, the potential failure modes—unintended air bag deployment or failure to deploy during a crash—pose significant injury risk.

Plain-English summary

Hyundai Motor America is recalling certain 2024 Santa Fe and Santa Fe HEV vehicles. The main floor wiring harness may chafe against the passenger-side second-row bench seat assembly and become damaged.

Damage to this wiring harness can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally, which increases the risk of injury. Alternatively, the damaged wiring can prevent the air bags from deploying as intended during a crash, increasing injury risk if an accident occurs.

Approximately 49,719 vehicles are affected by this recall. Owners were notified by mail on August 22, 2024. Hyundai dealers will repair or replace the wiring harness at no cost. Owners can contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460 or the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 for additional information.

The recalled product

Product
2024 HYUNDAI SANTA FE
Brand
HYUNDAI
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Category
Vehicle — Air bag system
Hazard
  • air-bag-failure
  • unintended-deployment
  • wiring-defect
Affected units
49,719

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 (2)

  • SANTA FE
  • SANTA FE HYBRID

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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