Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, model years 2015 to 2017. Filed by Hyundai Motor America and reported to NHTSA on 21 April 2016. 33 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Sonata vehicles manufactured May 29, 2014 to February 11, 2016, 2017 Elantra vehicles manufactured January 12, 2016 to February 22, 2016, and one 2016 Sonata Hybrid vehicle manufactured October 15, 2015. In these vehicles, the driver's frontal …
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Hyundai's own number for this recall: 144. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V232 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V232 cover?
- Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, model years 2015-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Sonata vehicles manufactured May 29, 2014 to February 11, 2016, 2017 Elantra vehicles manufactured January 12, 2016 to February 22, 2016, and one 2016 Sonata Hybrid vehicle manufactured October 15, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An air bag that does not inflate increases the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began on May 5,2016. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 144.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Hyundai calls this recall 144, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An air bag that does not inflate increases the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V232 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Hyundai Motor America |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Frontal |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 April 2016 |
| Model years | 2015-2017 |
| Vehicles named | HYUNDAI ELANTRA, HYUNDAI SONATA, HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An air bag that does not inflate increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began on May 5,2016. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 144.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Hyundai Elantra recalls: 29 US campaigns
- Hyundai Sonata recalls: 40 US campaigns
- Hyundai Sonata Hybrid recalls: 13 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V232, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v232/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 16V232 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8bf88137 - Consequence
b8ea9139 - Remedy
465a2af7
We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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