Hyundai is remembering 239,000 cars over taking off safety belt. The Korean car manufacturer is urging owners to bring affected vehicles back to dealerships for repair work to safety belt pretensioners, which can fly apart upon activation, spraying metal fragments into the cabin in the event of a crash. The recall affects 2021-2023 Elantra and 2021-2022 Elantra Hybrid models, along with select 2019-2022 Accent models. This issue has actually formerly been the subject of many much smaller sized remembers, whose affected population overalls 7,712 lorries. The earliest of those 4 recalls dates from October last year.Pretensioners are the part of the safety belt assemblies that are created to right away pull back safety belt webbing in the event of an accident, in order to better restrain residents and lower injuries. The small pyrotechnic charge utilized to trigger the safety belt retraction is the part precipitating this recall campaign. The breakdowns “specific root cause has actually not yet been figured out,” according to files ( PDF) associated to the filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Any examination and related repair work will be carried out complimentary of charge for affected owners, consisting of vehicles covered by the previous related remembers pointed out above. Future models are being developed with various, upgraded pretensioner assemblies.Of the 239,000 cars under recall, around 166,000 of those units are gas-only Elantra sedans, 12,000 are Elantra hybrids and 61,000 are Accent economy cars.Hyundai will inform owners of afflicted recalls by mail on July 15.
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The earliest of those four recalls dates from October last year.Pretensioners are the part of the seat belt assemblies that are developed to instantly withdraw seat belt webbing in the occasion of a mishap, in order to better restrain occupants and lower injuries. The little pyrotechnic charge utilized to trigger the seat belt retraction is the part precipitating this recall project. Future designs are being built with different, upgraded pretensioner assemblies.Of the 239,000 cars under recall, around 166,000 of those systems are gas-only Elantra sedans, 12,000 are Elantra hybrids and 61,000 are Accent economy cars.Hyundai will notify owners of affected recalls by mail on July 15.