2021 Hyundai PALISADE

Hyundai’s first major recall of the year involves the seat belts in more than 568,500 examples of its Palisade SUV.

To combat a wave of vehicle theft, Hyundai and Kia have developed a software fix and will even be sponsoring mobile clinics to install the software in five U.S. cities.

Hyundai’s overall quiet, drama-free year on the recall front has been interrupted by a major recall involving the windshield wipers on some 167,000 of its Palisade SUVs.

The software upgrade attempts to make older Hyundai vehicles more resilient to theft by modifying their vehicle control modules to not only activate the factory alarm when locking the doors, but also a special “ignition kill” feature that prevents thieves from starting the vehicle.

Hyundai and Kia are issuing stop-sale notices and two large recalls for the Palisade and Telluride, respectively.

Hyundai’s Palisade three-row family hauler is being recalled for failing windshield wipers.

Relatively modest price increases for most trims and increased standard safety equipment for the base SE make the 2022 Palisade the better choice.

Cooled seats employ perforations in the upholstery and circulate air from one or more fans to mitigate the insulating effects of a chair against your backside.

These cars offer panoramic moonroofs or sunroofs either as standard or optional equipment for 2021.

If captain’s chairs, which yield several positives, are on your wish list for a three-row SUV, here are the 2021 models that offer them.