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Hyundai Inster Recall R/2025/379: The Vehicle Fixings Underneath The Passenger Front Seat May Not Been Fitted With…, Who Is Affected And What To Do

DVSA reference R/2025/379, campaign code 51D129. Data updated daily from DVSA.

Low
How serious
13 Oct 2025
Launched
1,289
vehicles in the UK
51D129
Manufacturer’s campaign code

Hyundai recalled Inster vehicles built between 8 August 2024 and 16 April 2025. The vehicle fixings underneath the passenger front seat may have not been fitted with protection caps. The dealer will install to rectify this concern protective caps to the fixings. You won't usually pay for it.1

What’s Wrong

The vehicle fixings underneath the passenger front seat may have not been fitted with protection caps.

DVSA's Original Wording

Concern: The vehicle fixings underneath the passenger front seat may not been fitted with protection caps Defect: The vehicle fixings underneath the passenger front seat may have not been fitted with protection caps. Remedy: To rectify this concern protective caps will be installed to the fixings

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The Risk

The recall notice describes the concern as: the vehicle fixings underneath the passenger front seat may not been fitted with protection caps.

The Fix

The dealer will install to rectify this concern protective caps to the fixings.

Are You Affected?

Inster built between 8 August 2024 and 16 April 2025 may be included. Hyundai estimates 1,289 vehicles in the UK. Enter your registration to check, then confirm by VIN with Hyundai, because not every car in the date range may be included.

What To Do Now

  1. Check your car by registration above, then by VIN with Hyundai.
  2. Book with any franchised Hyundai dealer, quoting the campaign code 51D129 or the DVSA reference R/2025/379. See how to get a Hyundai recall fixed.
  3. Follow the letter's instructions until the repair is done. See can you drive a car with a recall?.

No other recalls for this model in DVSA’s data.

This is one of 102 Hyundai recalls in DVSA’s data. The Hyundai recall launched before it was R/2025/273 on 29 Sep 2025, for the fuel tank may have been produced with a manufacturing defect which may result in fuel…. The one launched after it was R/2025/456 on 17 Nov 2025, for driver-side Airbag (DAB) Inflator may not deploy as intended. You can also see every Hyundai recall and all recalls launched in 2025.

Source: DVSA recall R/2025/379, launched 13 October 2025. Data updated 15 October 2026. How we grade urgency.

Sources

  1. The Code does not itself say repairs are free. GOV.UK guidance says "You will not usually have to pay for any repairs or parts under a safety recall." gov.uk Checked 15 Oct 2026.