Hyundai Recalls Palisade SUVs After Child Death

0:00It's March 23, I'm Cory with the story, this is Durham News Today, driven by AI. Hyundai is facing a tough spot after a two-year-old girl in Ohio died two weeks ago when a third row power folding seat in her family's Palisade SUV, Crestor. The Korean automaker, fresh off five straight years of record U.S. sales topping 1.84 million vehicles, recalled nearly 70, thousand Palisade and calligraphy models, and issued a stop sale order. The incident happened on March 7, with bystanders rushing to free the child before she was rushed to a hospital. Palisade's foot is showed one side of the seat moving freely, while the other stayed locked. Hyundai warned owners to avoid the seatback buttons when entering or exiting. Drivers and online communities raised alarms months earlier, including a Korean YouTuber who demonstrated the powerful folding mechanism nearly a year. Ago, noting it lacks proper sensors and could trap even adults. Comments from viewers echoed similar worries about kids in the back.

1:01Now Hyundai has revealed four more minor injuries from the seats than first reported, across 17 affected vehicles. They're rolling out an over-the-air software fix to better detect passengers and add safety features. Even with strong growth, including big electric vehicle sales and U.S. plants turning out hundreds of thousands of cars yearly, this defect. For as the risks in these popular SUVs, built mainly in Korea.