PlainRecordsHYUNDAI PALISADE, PALISADE HYBRID: SEATS: MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
- What can happen
- A person, especially a child, may become trapped by a rear powered seat, increasing the risk of injury or death.
- Remedy
- Owners are advised to exercise caution when operating the second and third row power seat functions until the repair is performed. Children are advised to not be in the rear seats or near the rear seating area during power-folding operation. The seat…
- Potentially affected
- 61307
Completion rate: 97.5% of the 61,307 vehicles potentially affected, the share the maker has reported to NHTSA as remedied, as listed in NHTSA's recalls data (updated Nov. 12, 2026). A recall protects people only when the repair is done.
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- March 17, 2026
- Filed by
- Hyundai Motor America
- Vehicles
- HYUNDAI PALISADE (2026); HYUNDAI PALISADE HYBRID (2026)
- Component
- SEATS › MID/REAR ASSEMBLY › POWER ADJUST
- Description of the defect
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2026 Palisade and 2026 Palisade Hybrid vehicles equipped with a Limited or Calligraphy trim package. The second and third row power seats may fail to detect a person. The seat may continue to move after contacting a person during powered seat functions, such as one-touch tilt-and-slide or automatic power fold-and-stow.
- Potentially affected
- 61307
- What can happen
- A person, especially a child, may become trapped by a rear powered seat, increasing the risk of injury or death.
- Remedy
- Owners are advised to exercise caution when operating the second and third row power seat functions until the repair is performed. Children are advised to not be in the rear seats or near the rear seating area during power-folding operation. The seat controller and the audio, visual, navigation software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 14, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 296. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 19, 2026.
- Owner notification date
- May 8, 2026
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 296
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- UNIT ASSY-2ND POWER SEAT,LH · Rear Left Power Seat Control Unit · 891P8-P9000; UNIT ASSY-2ND POWER SEAT,LH · Rear Left Power Seat Control Unit · 891P8-P9100; UNIT ASSY-3RD SEAT POWER FLDG · Third-row Power Seat Control Unit · 891P9-P9000; UNIT ASSY-RR POWER SEAT,RH · Rear Right Power Seat Control Unit · 892P8-P9000; UNIT ASSY-RR POWER SEAT,RH · Rear Right Power Seat Control Unit · 892P8-P9100
- Recall number
- 26V160000
How this defect works
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What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2026 Palisade and 2026 Palisade Hybrid vehicles equipped with a Limited or Calligraphy trim package. The second and third row power seats may fail to detect a person. The seat may continue to move after contacting a person during powered seat functions, such as one-touch tilt-and-slide or automatic power fold-and-stow.” “A person, especially a child, may become trapped by a rear powered seat, increasing the risk of injury or death.”HYUNDAI SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST recall, NHTSA recall record, 2026-03-17. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- HYUNDAI: 49 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from March 18, 2023).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 26V160000, March 17, 2026. PlainRecords' title: "HYUNDAI PALISADE, PALISADE HYBRID: SEATS: MID/REAR ASSEMBLY." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/26v160000/ (as of the day it was built).At each build a sample of records from each source is compared with the agency's published file and the page; every correction is public. Drawings are chosen by software that reads the record. Built daily. How we check · Corrections