2025–2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz & 2025–2026 Hyundai Santa FE + 3 more recall: airbag
⚠️ What's wrong
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Tucson, 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, and 2026 Genesis GV70 vehicles. The side curtain air bags may not have been installed properly, which can cause the air bags not to deploy as intended.
💥 The risk
Side curtain air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will reinstall the side curtain air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning December 29, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 289 and 029G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 22, 2025.
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
- 25V809000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 289 (H); 029G (G)
- Manufacturer
- Hyundai Motor America
- Vehicles affected
- 258
- Component
- AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
- Owner phone
- 1-855-371-9460
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 29, 2025
- Recall started by
- MFR