Drivers to get $350 payout & huge reimbursements from $62m Hyundai and Kia settlement – you just have to fill out a form ...Middle East

DRIVERS can get their hands on $350 as part of a huge, $62.1million reimbursement from Hyundai and Kia.

A host of vehicles built by the two Korean brands have long been found to feature a serious fault – and while the companies deny any wrongdoing, they have agreed to settle the claims.

According to TopClassActions, some Hyundai and Kia vehicles were equipped with defective ZF-TRW airbag control units – which allegedly caused airbags to fail during collisions.

The eligible vehicles including:

Eligibility applies to current or former owners or even lessees who had the vehicle as of April 14, 2025.

The reimbursement, meant for costs related to the airbag control unit recalls, includes rental cars, towing, childcare, repairs and lost wages.

It also counts towards residual payments of up to $350 for recalled vehicles and up to $150 for unrecalled vehicles.

Furthermore, its benefits include a new parts warranty for recalled vehicles, inspection programs, outreach to increase recall completions and a rental car/loaner vehicle program.

The exclusion or objection deadline has been set for August 25, 2025, while the final approval hearing is scheduled for September 29, 2025.

The claim form submission deadline is March 29, 2027.

Drivers who qualify simply need to fill out a form, although they also must provide proof of expenses, such as receipts or invoices.

If these are unavailable, a signed affidavit may suffice.

Similar settlements involving defective airbag control units have gone through in the past, including for Mitsubishi ($8.5 million) earlier this year, and Toyota ($78.5 million) in 2023.

This comes as a Hyundai driver recently revealed her car had been stuck at a repair garage for months after it stalled on the highway – and she’s seemingly no closer to getting it back.

Maddie Fitzgerald of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, believes her 2014 Sonata’s breakdown was due to an issue warned about in a safety recall issued on her vehicle.

Fitzgerald told reporters: “I was driving down the highway, down Route 30, and my car, just out of nowhere, started knocking and just completely stalled on the side of the highway.”

After the incident, she took her Sonata to an auto body shop but was advised to get her car towed to a Hyundai specialist because of the outstanding safety recall.

Fitzgerald points to a notice on Hyundai’s website for Sonata models from 2013 and 2014, which states: “Your Hyundai dealer will inspect, and if necessary, replace the engine. This inspection will be performed at no charge to you.”

But the local dealership disagreed with the verdict.

“They just basically said that it didn’t fall under the recall, even though we had the documents from their site, stating that my car year, make, model, and everything was included in the recall, and all of the symptoms that my car had fallen into the symptoms of the recall,” she added.

Seven months later, the car is still in the shop due to the mystery issue and after weeks of back and forth with CBS affiliate KDKA-TV, a spokesperson from Hyundai corporate said: “My understanding is the dealership is waiting for a part to complete the recall.

“According to the information I received, the part will arrive first of next week.”

Hyundai and Amazon's digital car-buying platform

In November 2023, Hyundai and Amazon announced their partnership.

The collaboration between the Korean automaker and online shopping giant promised to bring “innovative new experiences” to customers.

The pilot program said that Amazon would launch online vehicle sales in the US, starting with Hyundai in 2024.

“Customers will be able to search on Amazon for available vehicles in their area based on a range of preferences, including model, trim, color, and features, choose their preferred car, and then check out online with their chosen payment and financing options—all within the Amazon experience they already know and trust,” the companies announced in a press release.

On top of the move to online car sales, Hyundai named Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider to help with operations. Plus, the companies said that Alexa would be built-in to Hyundai’s next-generation vehicles.

“Hyundai is a very innovative company that shares Amazon’s passion for trying to make customers’ lives better and easier every day,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said at the announcement at the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show.

“Our broad, strategic partnership should do just that, from changing the ease with which customers can buy vehicles online, to making it simple to use Alexa in Hyundai vehicles for entertainment, shopping, smart home adjustments, and calendar checks, to enabling Hyundai to transform their customer experiences and business operations by moving to AWS.

“We look forward to inventing together for many years.”

Jaehoon Chang, President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company, shared a similar statement.

“Partnering with one of the world’s most customer-centric organizations unlocks incredible opportunities as we continue to expand our portfolio, grow our sales network, transition to electrification and realize the future of smart mobility,” Chang said.

“Amazon is the ideal partner to help realize our vision of progress for humanity, including improving how people and goods move more efficiently and sustainably.

“Hyundai is the first automotive company available for full end-to-end transactions in Amazon’s U.S. store and this is another example of how we continue to push for ways to elevate the customer journey together with our outstanding retail partners.”

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