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2026 HYUNDAI SANTA FE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

1 injured · 2203624 · 2026-05-05

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
SANTA FE
Year
2026
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

The right side power captain seat in the second row began to fold down without the button being pressed. It happened with and without the seatbelt plugged in. It came down while my toddler was in her rear facing car seat and began to crush the car seat and push on her feet. The chair would not stop the power seat motors even with both my wife and myself pushing back on the seat trying to free our daughter from the car seat. It continued to push down the moment there was more space to collapse. No errors or messages or engine lights of any sort were displayed anywhere. Even after removing our daughter it happened several times again.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11735879
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown