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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

285,000 Hyundai Elantras Recalled for Air-Bag Inflation Issues

According to a recent New York Times article by Christopher Jensen and recent filings with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) Hyundai is recalling 285,000 Hyundai Elantras for Air-Bag Inflation Issues. The first series of recalls is for about 95,000 model year 2007-08 Elantras; if you own one of these Elantras the NHTSA recall campaign number is 100. The second series of recalls is for 188,000 model year 2007-09 Elantras; the recall number for these Elantras is 099.  Elantra owners can call the NHTSA vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov. for more information.


Jensen also reports, and the NHTSA filings confirm, that Continental Tires is recalling truck tires, most of which were original equipment on 2008-9 Ford F-250 and F-350 pickups.