Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, model years 2011 to 2013. Filed by Hyundai Motor America and reported to NHTSA on 27 February 2018. 580,058 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2011-2013 Sonata and 2011-2012 Sonata Hybrid vehicles. On February 27, 2018, Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) notified NHTSA that they were recalling 154,753 model year 2011 Sonata vehicles. On April 18, 2018, Hyundai expanded the recall to include an additional …
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Hyundai's own number for this recall: 174. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V137 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 18V137 cover?
- Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, model years 2011-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2011-2013 Sonata and 2011-2012 Sonata Hybrid vehicles. On February 27, 2018, Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) notified NHTSA that they were recalling 154,753 model year 2011 Sonata vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will install an external wire filter kit, free of charge. The recall began October 15, 2018. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 174.
- 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 174, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V137 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Hyundai Motor America |
| System at fault | Seat Belts:Pretensioner |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 February 2018 |
| Model years | 2011-2013 |
| Vehicles named | HYUNDAI SONATA, HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.
The remedy
Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will install an external wire filter kit, free of charge. The recall began October 15, 2018. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 174.
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 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V137, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v137/
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 18V137 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
e571ade3 - Consequence
04151a64 - Remedy
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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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