Hyundai Motor America: Air Bags › Side/Window › Curtain
Hyundai Motor America reported this defect to federal regulators on Nov 20, 2025 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 258. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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 remedy
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.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Genesis GV70 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 Hyundai Santa FE | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 Hyundai Santa FE | 137 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid | 105 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 Hyundai Tucson | 295 | 6 | 1 | 33 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 25V809000.
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