{"id":"2021_hyundai_venue","make":"Hyundai","make_slug":"hyundai","model":"Venue","model_slug":"venue","year":2021,"url":"/hyundai/venue/2021/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":42662,"model":"Venue","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (AV-S1)","cyl":4,"displ":1.6,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":30,"hwy":33,"comb":31,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":287,"fe_score":7,"ghg_score":7,"fuel_cost":2000,"save_spend":1250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HYX","modified":"Mon Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021"}],"vclass":"Midsize Cars","segment":"Midsize car","recalls":[{"campaign":"22V458000","component":"SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2022-06-27","owner_notified":"2022-10-25","units":72142,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Venue vehicles.  In the event of a crash, the front driver-side and/or passenger-side seat belt pretensioners may explode upon deployment.","consequence":"An exploding seat belt pretensioner can project metal fragments into the vehicle, strike vehicle occupants, and result in injury.","remedy":"Dealers will secure the seat belt pretensioners with a cap, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed October 25, 2022.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 231.  This recall expands and replaces NHTSA recall number 21V-796 for Venue vehicles.  Venue vehicles previously repaired under 21V-796 will need to have the new remedy completed.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"231","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"21V796000","component":"SEAT BELTS:FRONT","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2021-10-13","owner_notified":"2022-02-10","units":978,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2021 Elantra, Elantra HEV, Venue, Genesis GV80 and 2022 Genesis GV70 vehicles.  In the event of a crash, the front driver-side and/or passenger-side seat belt pretensioner(s) may explode upon deployment.","consequence":"An exploding seat belt pretensioner could project metal fragments into the vehicle, striking vehicle occupants and resulting in injury.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the seat belt pretensioners, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed February 10, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460.  Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 211 and 009G.  This recall is replaced by NHTSA recall numbers 22V-354 for Elantra and Elantra HEV vehicles, 22V-458 for Venue vehicles, and 23V-094 for Genesis vehicles.  Elantra, Elantra HEV, Venue, and Genesis vehicles already repaired under this recall will need to have the new remedies completed.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"211/009G","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":2,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":84,"grade":"B","complaints":{"count":28,"crash":1,"fire":0,"injured":0,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Unspecified",13],["Electrical System",11],["Seat Belts",5],["Engine",3],["Service Brakes",2],["Steering",2]],"by_year":{"2020":1,"2021":6,"2022":6,"2023":7,"2024":6,"2025":2},"excerpts":[["2024-09-23","Vehicle Speed Control","Loss of drive power and rough idle. Intermittent no start due to voltage drop. Suspected shorted egr valve causing multiple parts on the same circut to go bad. Brought the car to dealer for the 6th time due to loss of power while driving and rough idle. Asked for a diagnostic of the egr valve due to matching symptoms t\u2026"],["2024-08-11","Engine","My 2021 Hyundai venue at or around 43,000 miles, certified pre owned, and bought January 2024 while at a gas station parking lot. Started my vehicle and put it in reverse to leave gas station began smoking, as I put it back in drive to get out of traffic was a loud noise and I immediately stopped turned off the car. Fo\u2026"],["2024-07-03","Power Train","Lost all acceleration and car started bucking while making a a left through oncoming traffic narrowly avoiding getting t boned on passenger side of vehicle with my child on that side of vehicle. No check engine light or codes during or after incident. Even though the car was now not idling correctly. had car towed to d\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"RQ22003","component":"SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER","opened":"2022-08-08","closed":"2023-05-26","campaign":"23V210000","subject":"Seat Belt Pretensioners May Rupture","summary":"On August 8, 2022, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this Recall Query (RQ) based on 3 incidents alleging front seat belt pretensioners that may rupture during deployment, on model year (MY) 2020-2022 of various Hyundai and Kia Models, resulting in 3 injuries (note: one incident occurred outside the U.S. and its territories).Between October 2021 and March 2023, Hyundai and Kia have filed the following 11 safety recalls for pretensioner rupture: NHTSA Recall No. 21V-796, 22V-069, 22V-123, 22V-127, 22V-218, 22V-354, 22V-447, 22V-458, 22V-816, 23V-094, and 23V-210.Hyundai/Kia have stated that the abnormal deployment of the pretensioners is due to over-pressurization of the preten"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV FWD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.143,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Optional","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":31,"ncap":4,"complaints":28},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}