2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON — Complaint #1772350
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER filed October 7, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1772350 (ODI reference 11435960) concerns a 2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON and was filed on October 7, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 7, 2021. The report was geocoded to Wyoming based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:pretensioner, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI TUCSON cohort independently describe similar seat belts:pretensioner failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Since purchasing this car brand new I have had 3 different seat belt pretensioner failures all covered under warranty. Both front seat belt pretensioners and driver side belt anchor pretensioner. This is on a car with approximately 52000 miles and in excellent condition. In each case the airbag light came on. I am seriously wondering if there is a serious safety issue with these components.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1772350 |
| ODI Number | 11435960 |
| Date Filed | October 7, 2021 |
| Failure Date | October 7, 2021 |
| VIN | KM8J3CA29GU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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