Owners of this vehicle were written to on 2 September 2026. The summary was reworded on 3 September 2026, 1 day later, so the letter described the earlier version. Both versions are shown on this page. Back to the campaign.
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Between 3 September 2026, 01:16 UTC and 3 September 2026, 07:32 UTC, the text of the defect summary (what is wrong) on campaign 26V452, filed by Hyundai, was replaced. The authority publishes one version at a time. This is both.
What changed
2 words were removed and 2 were added.
Removed from the earlier version
Added in the version now published
Both versions in full
As we read it on 3 September 2026
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Kona Electric and 2026 Kona vehicles. The seat belt buckle in the rear center seat may fail to properly restrain an occupant during a crash.
As we read it on 3 September 2026
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.
Sealed
The version now published is fingerprinted, and that fingerprint is folded into a single number we publish once a day and cannot quietly recompute. It was fixed before you read this page. Follow the path below and you arrive at the seal we had already published: how the seal works.
The wording we publish for 26V452 is one of 1,485 notices sealed on 17 September 2026.
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Cite this version
CarsMultiverse (A.I.T. Multiverse Consulting Ltd). "Hyundai rewrote the defect summary on recall 26V452, 3 September 2026." https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/26v452-summary-2026-09-03/ Sealed 17 September 2026. Notice fingerprint e6c2a4e15eeffe18af2a33dafc854fe73a72e85a43e647e201910811eba4274d. Seal e7c86f595a518db997256229171466dd7bf6a65da9fae34f5cb501b24189fd88.
If this is your car
The description of the fault was reworded. What the manufacturer has undertaken to do about it sits in the remedy on the same notice and is not affected by this edit.
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