The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on the 24th that a voluntary corrective measure (recall) will be implemented for 24 models totaling 208,942 vehicles, including Hyundai Motor Palisade. The move follows the death of a 2-year-old child who was trapped in a Palisade's power seat in Ohio earlier this month.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), Hyundai Motor determined there is a possibility that the rear power seat controller in the Palisade and Palisade hybrid may fail to detect the presence of an occupant or an object, due to insufficient power seat controller software design. Since the 20th, it has been conducting an over-the-air (OTA) recall to improve the software's performance. The recall covers 57,987 vehicles.
Previously, to fold or unfold the power seat, the driver had to turn off the ignition, restart the engine, and then operate the switch. With this recall, the power seat can be operated by switch manipulation without restarting the engine. In addition, the automatically folding seat function, which was always active, will operate only when the trunk is open. The range in which the seat responds to objects has also been expanded.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) said, "We are also reviewing improvements to the power seat operation method to further enhance safety," adding, "Once the improvements are finalized, we will carry out an additional recall next month."
In addition, recalls will be carried out for 24 models from four manufacturers where manufacturing defects were found. ▲ Fuel leak Kia Carnival (201,841 vehicles) ▲ Inadequate seat belt buckle wiring design Hyundai Motor Palisade and one other model (41,143 vehicles) ▲ Cooling fan resistor coil thermal load KG Mobility Torres and two other models (78,293 vehicles) ▲ Inadequate air conditioner wiring design BMW 520i and 17 other BMW models (29,678 vehicles).