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title: "HYUNDAI SANTA CRUZ (2026) - Recall 25V809000 — NHTSA record 298415 | Is It on Recall"
description: "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 curt"
url: https://isitonrecall.com/recall/nhtsa-298415-hyundai-santa-cruz-2026-recall-25v809000/
updated: 2026-10-01
site: "Is It on Recall"
language: en
---

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# HYUNDAI SANTA CRUZ (2026) - Recall 25V809000 — NHTSA record 298415

Published notice; closure not supplied

A campaign record does not say whether this individual vehicle has received the remedy. Check the VIN with NHTSA or the manufacturer.

Source date Nov 20, 2025. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.

Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; [check FSIS directly](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls). [Source coverage and dates](https://isitonrecall.com/sources/).

## What the record says

- **Product**: HYUNDAI SANTA CRUZ (2026) - Recall 25V809000
- **Reason**: 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. Side curtain air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: Hyundai Motor America
- **Quantity**: 258
- **Agency-reported status**: Published safety recall
- **Source record identifier**: 298415

[Open the official record](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V809000)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Product applicability: HYUNDAI SANTA CRUZ; model year 2026. Check the model identifiers and, for a vehicle, the VIN on the official recall site. |

Match all identifying details in the current notice. A brand name alone is not enough.

## Distribution

Not supplied

No US distribution state could be established from this record. Check the official notice.

## Dates in the source

- **Report received**: Nov 20, 2025
- **Manufacturer end**: Jul 28, 2025
- **Owner notification**: Dec 29, 2025
- **Record created**: Nov 21, 2025

FDA company pages use the listing date; enforcement records use initiation dates; CPSC uses recall date; NHTSA uses report-received date. These dates are not interchangeable.

## What to do next

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.

[Read the current instructions](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V809000)

Use [NHTSA's VIN check](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) to check an individual vehicle and its remedy status.

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