NHTSA recall 11V179000
Air Bags · Hyundai Motor America
Details
What's wrong: The driver's seat track position sensor determines the seat's fore and aft position and allows the driver's frontal air bag to deploy at the pressure appropriate for that seating position, with a lower pressure deployment in the most forward seating positions. The air bag control module may receive an unstable electrical signal from the seat track position sensor such that, in a crash that requires driver frontal…
Why it matters: A higher pressure deployment than intended increases the risk of injury resulting from airbag deployment.
The fix: Dealers will reprogram the air bag control module free of charge. The safety recall is expecting to begin during April 2011.
Affected vehicles on MotorDeets
All model years NHTSA lists
2007 Hyundai Elantra, 2008 Hyundai Elantra.
Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 11V179000.
Source: NHTSA recall records. Summary shortened; the official notice has the full text.