2024–2026 Hyundai Kona & 2024–2025 Hyundai Kona Electric recall: seat belt
⚠️ What's wrong
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Kona Electric and 2024-2026 Kona vehicles. The seat belt buckle in the rear center seat may fail to properly restrain an occupant during a crash.
💥 The risk
A seat belt buckle that fails to properly restrain an occupant in a crash increases the risk of injury.
🔧 The fix
Passengers are advised not to use the rear center seat until the recall remedy is performed. Dealers will replace the seat belt buckle assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 306. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on July 15, 2026.
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
- 26V452000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 306
- Manufacturer
- Hyundai Motor America
- Vehicles affected
- 47,787
- Component
- SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
- Owner phone
- 1-855-371-9460
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 2, 2026
- Recall started by
- MFR