Owners of certain Hyundai, Kia and Toyota vehicles can still file claims over defective airbag control units, but the two settlements run on different deadlines. Hyundai and Kia owners have until April 8, 2027. Toyota owners have until December 11, 2028. The two settlements total more than $140 million.
Two settlements from one lawsuit
Both deals come from In re ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Products Liability Litigation, case 2:19-ml-02905, in federal court in the Central District of California. Keller Rohrback, a law firm in the case, says Judge John Kronstadt handles it. The suits allege defects in airbag control units made by ZF-TRW.
The Toyota settlement is worth $78.5 million in cash and credits. The Hyundai and Kia settlement is valued at $62.1 million. Each has its own administrator, website and phone number, so a claim filed on one site does not count for the other.
The brand on the car decides everything. Toyota owners file with Kroll Settlement Administration. Hyundai and Kia owners file with JND Legal Administration. Eligibility in both is checked by vehicle identification number, the 17-character VIN printed on the dashboard and the registration.
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Toyota owners: December 11, 2028
The Toyota settlement site says the court issued its final order and judgment on November 28, 2023. An appeal filed that December was dismissed on December 11, 2025. Implementation is ongoing, and notices of claim deficiency or payment are going out on a rolling basis.
The older court dates are behind it. The deadline to object to the Toyota settlement and the deadline to opt out both fell on October 20, 2023, and the final approval hearing was held November 16, 2023. Only the claims deadline remains open.
Covered vehicles are the 2011 to 2019 Corolla, 2011 to 2013 Corolla Matrix, 2012 to 2018 Avalon, 2013 to 2018 Avalon Hybrid, 2012 to 2019 Tacoma, 2012 to 2017 Tundra and 2012 to 2017 Sequoia. No Lexus models are listed. The site has a VIN lookup tool.
Benefits go beyond cash. The settlement includes an extended new parts warranty, a loaner vehicle program, an inspection program, an outreach program and a process for out-of-pocket claims. Paper claim forms must be postmarked by December 11, 2028. Kroll’s phone number is 1-833-747-5737.
Hyundai and Kia owners: April 8, 2027
The Hyundai and Kia settlement site says the claim filing deadline is April 8, 2027. An earlier notice carried March 29, 2027, and also said the date could change, so the site is the one to trust. Anyone who owned or leased a covered vehicle as of April 14, 2025 is eligible.
The site describes the deal as proposed. It says payments come “if approved,” and it lists no final approval date. The court granted preliminary approval on April 14, 2025, according to Keller Rohrback. The deadline to opt out or object, August 25, 2025, has passed.
Cash comes in two parts. Owners of recalled vehicles can be reimbursed for out-of-pocket recall costs such as rental cars, towing, childcare, repairs to the control unit and lost wages. Separately, a residual payment of up to $350 goes to recalled vehicles and up to $150 to unrecalled ones, paid per person after reimbursement claims are settled.
Covered Hyundais include 2011 to 2019 Sonata and Sonata Hybrid, 2018 to 2023 Kona, 2022 to 2023 Kona N and 2019 to 2021 Veloster. Covered Kias include 2010 to 2013 Forte and Forte Koup, 2011 to 2020 Optima, 2011 to 2016 Optima Hybrid, and the 2011, 2012 and 2014 Sedona. Recalled vehicles also get a new parts warranty running 10 years from the preliminary approval order.
Filing before the dates arrive
Hyundai and Kia claims can be filed online or by mail to Hyundai-Kia Airbag Control Unit Settlement, c/o JND Legal Administration, P.O. Box 91478, Seattle, WA 98111. JND’s phone number is 1-866-287-0740. Kroll takes Toyota mail at P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391.
The amounts are not fixed. Hyundai and Kia residual payments are divided per person after reimbursement claims are paid, so the checks that arrive depend on how many people file and what they claim. Attorneys’ fees are also requested separately, up to 33 percent of the Hyundai and Kia fund.
Toyota claims move on a rolling basis. The administrator says notices of claim deficiency or payment are going out as claims are processed, so a Toyota owner who filed earlier may already have mail waiting. A deficiency notice means a claim is missing something, and the reply has to reach Kroll through the contact details on the settlement site.
A vehicle’s recall status matters as much as its model year. The Hyundai and Kia site separates recalled from unrecalled vehicles, and the top payment is more than double for the first group. Owners who never completed a recall repair may still need to finish it to receive the new parts warranty.
Is one of these airbag settlements open for a family car?
Two administrators, two deadlines nearly two years apart and a recall split that can move a payment from $150 to $350 leave plenty of room for a wrong form or a missed date. A claim filed under the wrong settlement does nothing.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice, a step-by-step filing walkthrough and a claim log and payment tracker. The log keeps the filing date, the confirmation number and the payment status for each claim in one place, so a deficiency notice does not get lost.
Track each airbag claim with this filing walkthrough and payment tracker →
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
