23:02 20-11-2025

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 recall: loose seat belt retractor bolts

Hyundai has issued a recall for 1,535 2025 Ioniq 5 electric crossovers after identifying a problem with the front seat belt mounting. According to Hyundai Motor America, bolts securing the retractors may have been insufficiently tightened during B-pillar rework at the HMGMA plant in Georgia. In a crash, that could increase the risk of injury because the belt tensioner might not operate as intended.

The first signal came on July 11, 2025, when a dealer reported a faulty pretensioner. A check of 19 vehicles that went through the same disassembly and reassembly step found four with loosened fasteners. The manufacturer traced the issue to mistakes made during component reinstallation.

The recall covers vehicles built from December 12, 2024, to June 12, 2025. Owner notification letters are slated for January 16, 2026, after which customers can visit a dealer to have the fasteners inspected and tightened to the specified torque.

Ioniq 5 remains one of Hyundai’s key models in the United States, with nearly 22,000 sold in the first nine months of 2025. It competes with the Volkswagen ID.4, Kia EV6, and Tesla Model Y, offering both mainstream versions and the 641-hp N variant. A campaign like this may look minor on paper, yet it underlines how a small assembly lapse can compromise a safety system—worth addressing swiftly on a model this important.