Palisade sales resume

Hyundai has restarted sales of the 2026 Palisade after a recall interrupted deliveries for nearly a month. The company said on April 7, 2026 that it finalized a software fix for a rear power-seat defect and lifted the stop-sale order on affected sport utility vehicles. (reuters.com) The problem centered on the second- and third-row power seats in Limited and Calligraphy trims of the 2026 Palisade and Palisade Hybrid. Federal recall filings said the seats could keep moving after contacting a person or object during automatic fold-and-stow or one-touch tilt-and-slide functions. (nhtsa.gov) That sounds like a small feature failure, but it is not a small risk. Reuters reported that Hyundai linked the issue to the death of a two-year-old girl in Ohio, which turned a convenience feature into an urgent safety problem and forced the company to stop selling new vehicles with the defect. (reuters.com) Hyundai first announced the stop sale on March 13, 2026 for affected vehicles in the United States and Canada. In that notice, the company said it was developing an interim software update to improve contact detection in the power-folding seats. (nhtsa.gov) The recall covered about 61,093 vehicles in the United States, according to Hyundai’s filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That total included about 40,729 gasoline Palisades built from May 8, 2025 to February 12, 2026 and about 20,364 Palisade Hybrid vehicles built from August 11, 2025 to February 12, 2026. (nhtsa.gov) Hyundai’s remedy is a software update rather than a hardware replacement. Reuters said the company finalized the update for 2026 Palisade and Palisade Hybrid vehicles equipped with second- and third-row power seats in Limited and Calligraphy trims, which is why dealers can begin selling inventory again. (reuters.com) For dealers, a stop-sale order freezes one of the most important parts of the business: inventory on the lot that cannot legally be delivered to buyers. Once a remedy is approved, those vehicles can be repaired, cleared, and returned to the normal sales pipeline instead of sitting like sealed boxes in a warehouse. (nhtsa.gov) For buyers, the restart is practical more than symbolic. It means Hyundai now has a vetted repair path, dealers can resume handing over affected models, and shoppers who were waiting on a specific Palisade trim should start seeing supply move again. (reuters.com) (hyundaiusa.com) That matters because the Palisade is not a niche vehicle for Hyundai. The redesigned 2026 model is the brand’s flagship three-row sport utility vehicle in the United States, and Hyundai said the outgoing generation posted its best-ever sales year in 2024, up 23 percent year over year. (hyundainews.com) Hyundai has been pushing the new Palisade as a bigger, more premium family vehicle with gasoline and hybrid versions, more safety equipment, and higher-end trims aimed at buyers who might otherwise shop larger crossovers from Kia, Toyota, or Honda. When a recall hits a launch like that, it can slow both showroom traffic and customer confidence at exactly the wrong moment. (hyundaiusa.com) (desertsun.com) The timing also overlaps with a spring selling season when automakers want fresh inventory in front of family buyers. The 2026 New York International Auto Show has leaned heavily into large sport utility vehicles, and Hyundai has used the Palisade as one of its headline models in that environment. (desertsun.com) (autoshowny.com) Owners of affected vehicles still need the repair completed even though sales are resuming. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall notice says repairs are performed at no charge, and Hyundai’s recall site allows owners to check a vehicle identification number to confirm whether a specific sport utility vehicle is included. (nhtsa.gov) (hyundaiusa.com) So the headline is simple, but the story underneath it is not. Hyundai is back to selling the 2026 Palisade because it now has a fix for a defect serious enough to trigger a recall, a stop sale, and national scrutiny, and that is what puts the vehicle back into the ordinary flow of dealer inventory and family car shopping. (reuters.com)