Hyundai Recalls 1M Sonatas Over Seat Belt Concerns

Stephen Elmer
by Stephen Elmer

Hyundai is calling back roughly 978,000 Sonata sedans in the U.S. over an issue with the seat belt.

The issue affecting the cars is a fastener on the seat belt anchor which may not have been fully latched during assembly, leading to the possibility of the belt becoming detached.

Hyundai says that it knows of one minor injury related to this problem, following a belt coming loose during a collision in a 2013 Sonata. The 2011-2014 Sonata models are affected along with the 2011-2015 Sonata hybrid.

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Customers will begin being notified in April of this year.

Discuss this story at our Hyundai Sonata Forum

Stephen Elmer
Stephen Elmer

Stephen covers all of the day-to-day events of the industry as the News Editor at AutoGuide, along with being the AG truck expert. His truck knowledge comes from working long days on the woodlot with pickups and driving straight trucks professionally. When not at his desk, Steve can be found playing his bass or riding his snowmobile or Sea-Doo. Find Stephen on <A title="@Selmer07 on Twitter" href="http://www.twitter.com/selmer07">Twitter</A> and <A title="Stephen on Google+" href="http://plus.google.com/117833131531784822251?rel=author">Google+</A>

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