NHTSA recall 05V450000
Air bags
Hyundai Santa Fe
The defect
On certain vehicles equipped with an occupant classification system (ocs) the right front seat of the vehicle may misclassify certain small children seated on the front edge of the seat as an adult.
The risk
The possibility of misclassification of certain small children as an adult may allow the right front airbag to deploy in a frontal collision crash or the side impact airbag to deploy in a side collision crash; severe injury or death could occur.
The remedy
Dealers will ensure that the vehicle's ocs will properly classify certain small children when seated on the front edge of the seat and will disable the right front airbags. dealers will reprogram the vehicle's ocs electronic control unit to provide an increased margin for recognition of certain small children. the recall began on december 21, 2005. owners may contact hyundai at 1-800-633-5151.