Hyundai Recalls Elantra and Tucson Again as Airbags May Not Deploy Properly

Hyundai has recalled two popular models in the United States for a potential airbag issue. Due to misassembled airbag sensors, the airbags in certain Elantra sedan and Tucson crossover models may not deploy correctly, increasing the risk of injury in a crash. This isn’t the first airbag-related recall to hit Hyundai, as over 500,000 Palisades were recalled for a separate airbag fault earlier this year. The new Elantra/Tucson recall involves far fewer models but is still a significant safety risk, so here’s everything you need to know.Hyundai Airbag Recall

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This Hyundai recall affects the following models:2026 Hyundai Tucson, Tucson Hybrid, and Tucson Plug-in Hybrid2026 Hyundai Elantra2025 Hyundai Elantra NIn total, 2,931 of these Hyundais are implicated in this recall. Most of those are Tucson Hybrids, with 2,299 …