The defect
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Tucson, 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, and 2026 Genesis GV70 vehicles. The side curtain air bags may not have been installed properly, which can cause the air bags not to deploy as intended.
The risk
Side curtain air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will reinstall the side curtain air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning December 29, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 289 and 029G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 22, 2025.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Genesis GV70 | 2026 |
| Hyundai Santa Cruz | 2025, 2026 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe | 2025, 2026 |
| Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid | 2025, 2026 |
| Hyundai Tucson | 2025 |
Components: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis GV70 | 2026 | 29 | 3 |
| Hyundai Santa Cruz | 2025 | 21 | 3 |
| Hyundai Santa Cruz | 2026 | 5 | 3 |
| Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid | 2025 | 103 | 3 |
| Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid | 2026 | 20 | 3 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe | 2025 | 135 | 5 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe | 2026 | 37 | 4 |
| Hyundai Tucson | 2025 | 291 | 6 |
Other air bags recalls in 2025
37 of the 891 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2025 concerned the air bags; Hyundai Motor America filed 205 campaigns in all.
| 25V882000 18 Dec 2025 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| 25V871000 17 Dec 2025 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 25V856000 11 Dec 2025 | General Motors, LLC |
| 25V855000 10 Dec 2025 | Lucid USA, Inc. |
| 25V854000 10 Dec 2025 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 25V837000 4 Dec 2025 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 25V824000 1 Dec 2025 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| 25V769000 6 Nov 2025 | General Motors, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2025