Hyundai issues recall for more than half a million vehicles over faulty seat belts

Hyundai just issued two separate recalls on its Palisade and Ioniq 6 vehicles, totaling more than 600,000 cars that might not be road safe.

The first recall, which constitutes the bulk of the total affected vehicles, is related to potentially faulty seat belts. The second is due to a defect on some electric models that could result in their charging port panels detaching on the road. Here’s what to know about the two recalls:

What’s happened?

Both recall notices were published on September 12 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The first recall notice concerns an estimated 568,580 Hyundai Palisade vehicles. Per the description, Hyundai found that “The seat belt buckles in the driver, passenger, and second-row window seats may fail to latch,” which could incre