WASHINGTON—Hyundai is recalling 239,000 cars in the United States because the seat belt pretensioners can explode and injure vehicle occupants. Three injuries have been reported, two in the United States and one in Singapore.
In a letter to the Korean automaker, government regulators said that the driver’s and front passenger’s seat belt pretensioners can explode upon deployment and send shrapnel throughout the vehicle. Pretensioners tighten the belts in preparation for a crash.
