| Subject: | Seat belt buckle electrical malfunction |
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| Investigations Summary: | The office of defects investigation (odi) has received 83 owner reports and additional ewr data from the manufacturer alleging that the seat belt buckle assembly failed and needed to be repaired and/or replaced on model year 2006-2008 Hyundai sonata vehicles. In the majority of the reports the airbag warning light illuminated, which acted to notify the driver that a fault was present. The reports also indicate that either the front driver and/or passenger safety buckle assemblies may be affected. Depending on the nature of the failure and the airbag deployment algorithm, the seat belt pretensioner and/or the airbag function may be affected. Odi has opened this investigation to further analyze the scope, frequency and consequence of the alleged incidents. Odi reports cited above can be reviewed at www-odi. NHTSA. Dot. Gov/owners/searchNHTSAid under the following identification (odi) numbers: 10256002, 10258877, 10283190, 10283762, 10286294, 10290196, 10297700, 10304481, 10306317, 10310464, 10315909, 10330087, 10355606, 10356598, 10360380, 10369825, 10370350, 10370657, 10377062, 10378503, 10399875, 10402904, 10404406, 10405598, 10408660, 10410215, 10411792, 10415672, 10426896, 10428859, 10428991, 10436650, 10441258, 10444646, 10445962, 10447518, 10455086, 10458612, 10461322, 10471657, 10475442, 10489290, 10490497, 10490635, 10493520, 10496701, 10499327, 10500137, 10508117, 10510286, 10510932, 10510952, 10511401, 10511737, 10536182, 10541982, 10542434, 10548434, 10550081, 10550767, 10552361, 10552865, 10553099, 10554292, 10555471, 10556494, 10556625, 10556923, 10558372, 10558445, 10560756, 10561273, 10566729, 10569331, 10573166, 10573304, 10575493, 10576524, 10578400, 10593489, 10595062, 10598225, 10607865 |
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