10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,618 miles

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problem #73

Jun 082025

Palisade

  • miles
Seat belt randomly disengages while in use. Has happened to multiple people, multiple times. Once every 500 miles or so since new, over 80,000 miles ago. Confirmed nothing has been in the way of normal seat belt operation. Has happened to both drivers seat, and second row seat on drivers side.

- Seattle, WA, USA

problem #72

Jun 062025

Palisade

  • miles
Second row seat belt continuously releases while driving when used with child booster seat. We have made multiple attempts for problem-solving and resolution, including always having an adult buckle the seat, and attempting to clean all areas to ensure there is no dirt or debris with no resolution.

- Pinehurst, NC, USA

problem #71

May 012024

Palisade

  • miles
On several occasions, between 15-25, one seatbelt (2nd row behind driver) unlatches randomly. We know it-??s not because of the user. It will latch (and we know it-??s latched because it clicks and there-??s no seatbelt warning), but while driving it will unlatch for no apparent reason. A child sits in this position.

- Lexington, KY, USA

problem #70

Feb 052025

Palisade

  • 35,000 miles
The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Palisade. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the contact became aware that the seat belt had independently unbuckled from the seat belt buckle. The contact stated that the failure had occurred twelve times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed; however, a dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.

- Anthony, NM, USA

problem #69

Feb 112025

Palisade

  • miles
Our seatbelts all throughout the vehicle keep randomly coming undone which is causing anxiety and stress to hurry and fix the problem while on the freeway, especially with the young children still in boosters that need assistance. Yes, it has put us at risk. No but I did google it and multiple complaints. No, their isn't.

- Fruit Heights, UT, USA

problem #68

Apr 212025

Palisade

  • miles
Picked the car of the shop from having the hood and roof repainted. The seatbelt tensioner was broke. Therefore it doesn-??t retract. It may have been twisted at one point. But now it just lays on seat. No one can ride in front seat bc of a broken seatbelt.

- Hernando, MS, USA

problem #67

Jan 182025

Palisade

  • miles
On at least three confirmed occasions, the driver side 2nd row seatbelt has unlatched by itself. No other symptoms. Not yet inspected by anyone, but intending to ask Hyundai to fix it ASAP.

- Camas, WA, USA

problem #66

Apr 012024

Palisade

  • miles
The second row seatbelt will come unlatched on its own. This happens after ensuring that the initial buckling was done properly. My child is in a booster seat in this rear passenger seat, and I am anxious every time I drive with her in the car as her safety is very much at risk. The dealer has not been seen for this problem as I feel it would be a waste of my time and money. If they replace the seatbelt with the same defective parts, nothing will be solved. The seatbelt warning goes off when this happens and turns off when the seatbelt is buckled again.

- Waldwick, NJ, USA

problem #65

Nov 012024

Palisade

  • miles
The seatbelt buckle unlatches itself while driving. This is specifically in the captain chairs in the second row

- Ivins, UT, USA

problem #64

Oct 012024

Palisade

  • 38,000 miles
The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Palisade. The contact stated that while driving 15 MPH, the seat belt disengaged unintentionally. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

problem #63

Sep 012024

Palisade

  • miles
While driving the vehicle the second row seat belts, after being buckled for the duration of travel, would randomly come unlatched/unbuckled. This left the passengers restrained by those seatbelts unprotected and leave the owner with no confidence that the seatnelts would hold in an accident situation. It has happened on both sides of the vehicle in the second row seats. This has happened 4 times over the last two years. The problem has not been reproduced or examined by the manufacturer or any other the owner.

- Chesapeake, VA, USA

problem #62

Oct 012021

Palisade

  • miles
The seat belts in the first and second row unlatch unexpectedly. I have asked the dealership to look at it and they could not reproduce it. However, it happens regularly with my children in the back seat. This has been an ongoing issue since I have owned the car and seems to occur more during colder days.

- Anna, TX, USA

problem #61

Mar 162025

Palisade

  • 82,500 miles
The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Palisade. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the contact attempted to fasten the rear passenger-??s seat belt, and the seat belt failed to retract. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the seat belt buckle had an internal failure and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure, and the contact was informed that there were no recalls on the VIN for the seat belt. The approximate failure mileage was 82,500.

- Harlingen, TX, USA

problem #60

Mar 182025

Palisade

  • miles
The drivers seatbelt and right passenger seatbelt come unlatched. I took it to Stevinson Hyundai where we purchased the vehicle and they said they were unable to reproduce the problem. It-??s true that it doesn-??t happen every time/can be unpredictable. However, it continues to happen and is a major safety concern. I looked online to see if others were experiencing the same problem and found that many others are.

- Longmont, CO, USA

problem #59

Feb 262025

Palisade

  • miles
Middle row right seat belt keeps coming unlatched during normal operation. I ensure that it is latched correctly when I start driving. The passengers are not touching the seatbelt when it unlatches. We are notified that it-??s unlatched by the seatbelt alarm. This started happening about three years after purchasing the vehicle. After happening several times, we took it to the dealer, who said they couldn-??t replicate the event. It happened again about a week later.

- Chesterfield , VA, USA

problem #58

Feb 272025

Palisade

  • miles
Second row seatbelts unlatch unexpectedly while car in motion. Seatbelt sensor alarms go off even when seatbelt latched. This has happened in all 3 rows in separate instances. Seatbelt alarm will sound and panel indicates seats with nobody in them have seatbelts that should be latched. This has occurred when an object (like a purse on the passenger seat) or no object on the seat.

- Kingston, NY, USA

problem #57

Dec 012024

Palisade

  • miles
Rear passenger seatbelt behind driver side started randomly unlatching itself in the last two months (first noticed in December 2024). Most recently, the driver-??s side seatbelt (front seat) has begun unlatching itself. Rear passenger is most often a child (age [XXX] ) in a booster seat but problem occurs with an adult passenger without a booster as well. We have moved the child seat to the far back row of seats for safety concerns. Driver-??s side unlatches roughly one out of every three to four uses. Rear passenger seat no longer latches. We did a quick Google search and found that this problem is under investigation and reported it here INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

- Marion , IA, USA

problem #56

Feb 012022

Palisade

  • miles
Second row captain seats are unbuckling while the vehicle is in motion. This is occurring even after confirming they are secured. It also occurs again after they are refastened. The issue has been persistent since we bought the vehicle at the end of 2021.

- Howard, WI, USA

problem #55

Feb 072025

Palisade

  • miles
The seat belt for the seat in the second row on the driver's side comes unlatched without warning while we're driving. This is already an open investigation: PE24021

- Saint Paul, MN, USA

problem #54

Feb 132025

Palisade

  • miles
The passenger seat belt will spontaneously unbuckle without warning or cause. This puts the passenger safety at risk in case there were a crash. The problem hasn't been repaired by a dealer but it's happened about 4 or 5 times. I've not had it inspected. No warning lamps went off before the failure. Luckily, the passenger unlock alert went off when it unbuckled so we were alerted to the seat belt buckle malfunction.

- Southgate, MI, USA

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