Owners and lessees of eligible 2016–2019 Hyundai Sonata plug-in hybrids may qualify if a high-voltage battery replacement under warranty could not be completed within 60 days. The settlement offers $10 per qualifying day awaiting repair, with a possible increase to $15. A claim is required, and exclusions include salvage and fleet vehicles and previously released claims.
Claim ID
Claims open·Deadline: December 28, 2026
Who qualifies?
People who owned or leased an eligible 2016–2019 Hyundai Sonata plug-in hybrid while it awaited a high-voltage battery replacement under warranty that could not be completed within 60 days. Exclusions include salvage and fleet vehicles, owners who previously released these claims, Hyundai and its related parties, insurers, subrogated claimants, extended-warranty/service-contract providers, the assigned judge and immediate family, and opt-outs.
How much could I receive?
The payment is $10 for each qualifying day your vehicle awaited battery repair, using Hyundai’s records. It could increase to as much as $15 per day if total claimed payments are below $250,000. You must establish that you owned or leased the vehicle during the repair period.
Do I need proof documents?
You must sign the claim under penalty of perjury. Additional ownership documents may be required if your ownership during the repair period is uncertain or disputed. Hyundai’s records establish the repair days; the saved materials do not support a universal no-document claim.
Do I need a Claim ID or confirmation code?
Online claims require the Claim ID and confirmation code from your settlement notice. The saved materials do not establish the paper form’s credential requirements or a specific code-recovery process. For help, contact the administrator at 1-866-964-4271.
What is the claim deadline?
December 28, 2026. Submit the claim and any required proof online by that date, or mail them with a postmark no later than that date.
How do I claim?
Complete and sign a claim online, or mail a paper form to HV Battery Repair Settlement Administrator, PO Box 129, East Brunswick, NJ 08816-9998. Have your VIN, vehicle model year, purchase or lease date, and any later title-transfer date ready; include ownership documents if required.
Yes, if you otherwise qualify and owned or leased the vehicle during the qualifying repair period. If you no longer own or lease it, provide the title-transfer date. Previously releasing the covered claims can exclude you.
When will payments arrive?
The notice provides for payment 60 days after final court approval and resolution of any appeals. The hearing is scheduled for December 21, 2026, so no fixed payment date is established.
Will I get a payment if I do nothing?
No. You must file a valid claim to receive a payment. Remaining in the settlement also binds you to its terms and gives up the covered claims against Hyundai.
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Which vehicles and owners are covered?
The notice covers people who purchased or leased a qualifying 2016–2019 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid. The vehicle must have needed a high-voltage battery repair or replacement during the warranty period and remained unrepaired for at least 60 days because parts were unavailable.
The notice lists exclusions, including salvage vehicles, fleet vehicles, insurers and people who already released these claims.
How is the payment calculated?
The Days Down Payment starts at $10 for each day in the battery-repair period shown in Hyundai’s records. The rate may increase, but not above $15 per day, if total claimed payments are less than $250,000.
The notice does not promise that every claimant will receive the $15 rate.
What do I need to submit for payment?
Submit a timely Claim Form signed under penalty of perjury. The administrator may ask for ownership documents if ownership during the battery-repair period is uncertain or disputed.
Hyundai’s records determine the number of repair-delay days used in the payment calculation.
What is the claim deadline?
Submit the Claim Form electronically or mail it so it is postmarked by December 28, 2026. A late or invalid claim may not receive payment.
When will payments be sent?
Valid payments are scheduled for 60 days after the court grants final approval and after any appeals are resolved. Because appeals can take time, the notice does not give a fixed payment date.
What happens if I opt out?
Opting out means leaving the settlement. You would receive no payment and could not object, but you would keep the right to pursue your own claims about the issues in the case.
The notice’s exclusion deadline was October 29, 2026.
How do I object without opting out?
A Class Member who stays in the settlement may object by filing electronically or mailing the required objection to the court and administrator by November 30, 2026. The notice lists the information and documents a valid objection must include.
You cannot both opt out and object.
What if I do nothing?
You will not receive a Days Down Payment. Unless you opted out, you will remain bound by the settlement and give up the released claims.
Other Important Dates
Exclusion deadline: 2026-10-29
Objection deadline: 2026-11-30
Final approval hearing: December 21, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Hearing location: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770
Case Details
Case name: Kline et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc.
Case number: 23-cv-00245-GLS
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
