2021 Hyundai Palisade seat belt problems
109 of the 439 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the 2021 Hyundai Palisade name the seat belts (NHTSA’s “Seat Belts” heading — as ODI groups the complaints it receives). Filed under the same heading: 1 recall, 1 NHTSA investigation. Every figure below is a document in a federal file, linked; none is a failure rate, and none is a verdict on any one car.
What owners filed about the seat belts
Source: NHTSA complaint database0 of the 109 reports a crash · 0 a fire · 1 injury. Self-reported, unverified.
Filed per year: 2021: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2024: 23 · 2025: 53 · 2026: 18
Half of the 12 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the seat belt problem between 35,000 and 82,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.
439 complaints in all about the 2021 Hyundai Palisade, 18 filed in 2026. The whole picture, every system →
Counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many of these were sold; nothing here is a rate. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so “Seat Belts” means the same area of the vehicle, not one fault.
Across model years: Hyundai Palisade seat belt problems, every year on file →
In owners’ own words
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseFiled with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the seat belts. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.
When locking in the seat belt it will click and lock and a few seconds later will unlock. 4 of the seats are doing this, including the front seats and once the seatbelt pops out, unlocking we are usually driving down the road and its dangerous to try and pull over and get it locked in place again just for it to unlock a few minutes…
In the middle row captain's chairs, the seat belts constantly come unbuckled even while moving... I've had 11 adults and nine children sitting in those middle rows- All having the same issue including myself when I allowed someone else to drive my vehicle. Nobody even has to push the red button. It just will suddenly unbuckle by itself.
2nd row captains chair seatbelts are very hard to click together. The receiving end of the seat belt is recessed very far into the chair, that it's hard to get the belt portion to click into place
The seat belt latch the right front passenger won’t receive the metal fitting. Took to dealer they could not repair. Glad to order a part after 1 week the said the part was back ordered and they did not know when it would arrive. Talked to Hyundai and filed a complaint. After 1 week they called back with no answer.
The seatbelts in the captains chairs unbuckle by themselves. Sometimes it is hard for the seatbelt to buckle in the first place and takes multiple attempts to latch. Then as I'm driving the seatbelts will unbuckle without anyone touching them.
What is on file about the seat belts
Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsRecall filed under this heading
- 25V607000 HighSep 11, 2025 · 568,580 vehicles
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020-2025 Palisade vehicles. The seat belt buckles in the driver, passenger, and second-row window seats may fail to latch.
NHTSA investigation
- PE24021 Inadvertent Seat Belt Unlatchopened Aug 7, 2024 · closed Dec 12, 2025
- On August 7, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE24021 to investigate complaints alleging inadvertent unlatching of seat belts in model year (MY) 2020-2023 Hyundai Palisade vehicles manufactured by Hyundai Motor America. The complaints alleged that, without warning, the seat belts sometimes inadvertently unlatch, increasing the risk of injury due to full loss of seat belt protec…
Other systems with a record on the 2021 Hyundai Palisade
Source: the same files- visibility and wiper problems 63 complaints
- engine problems 59 complaints
- electrical problems 55 complaints
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communicationsAre seat belt problems common on the 2021 Hyundai Palisade?
They are documented: NHTSA holds 109 owner complaints naming the seat belts on this model year (25% of everything owners filed about it), and 1 recall, 1 NHTSA investigation are filed under the same heading. Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count, and a count says nothing about how many were sold.
Is there a recall for the seat belts on the 2021 Hyundai Palisade?
Yes — one campaign is filed under this heading: 25V607000. A recall is matched by VIN; check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
When do seat belt problems show up on the 2021 Hyundai Palisade?
Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 50,000 miles; half of them between 35,000 and 82,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.
What does NHTSA's "Seat Belts" heading cover?
The area of the vehicle ODI files the complaint under. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.