2001 Hyundai Elantra recall: airbag
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The supplemental restraint system side air bag satellite sensors installed were improperly manufactured, causing the air bag warning light to illuminate and the side air bags to not deploy as intended in the event of a crash.
💥 The risk
Non-deployment of the side air bags could increase the risk of injury during a crash where side air bag deployment is intended.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the two satellite sensors.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V332000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 043
- Manufacturer
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 972
- Component
- AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- Owner phone
- 1-800-633-5151
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 31, 2000
- Built
- Aug 21, 2000 – Sep 18, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notificationbegan october 31, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact hyundai at 1-800-633-5151.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).