A mother on TikTok has shown just how dangerous the automatic seat folding mechanism in the Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy can really be. In a viral video she demonstrated the dangers posed by the feature, showing the folding seats crushing a container of bottles flat in the backseat. The clip, which has already received almost 6 million views and over 600k likes shows the automatic seats folding to make more space in the boot. The problem is that there is something occupying the backseat. A container of bottles has been placed to demonstrate the dangers the vehicle poses. Despite the resistance the bottles give to the folding seat the device doesn’t yield, continuing to fold and eventually crushing the bottles. Imagine the kind of threat such a mechanism could pose to a small child. @annabanana3703 My mom drives a 2022 Palisade Calligraphy with 46,000 miles. My kids have ridden in that third row countless times. And now seeing what’s coming out about these vehicles… it’s terrifying. This is NOT just affecting 2026 models. If you own a Palisade or any SUV with a third row that has automatic seats please don’t assume everything is fine. Check your seats. Check how they latch. Pay attention to anything unusual. As parents, we trust these vehicles with our kids’ lives. That trust shouldn’t be blind. Please take a minute and double check. It matters more than you think. #hyundai #hyundaipalisade #carsafety #mom #viral ♬ original sound – Anna Caroline Watkins Well sadly we don’t have to imagine it as an incident involving a 2-year-old child and the faulty Palisade seats occurred earlier this month in Ohio. According to local police reports, on March 7 the toddler, her mother, and older sibling were waiting in their car when the power seat folded forward, resulting in the young girl being pinned. People rushed to try and push the seats back but they did not give way and the child passed away from suffocation before they could be freed. The Hyundai Palisade gets recalled After the incident involving the 2-year-old girl there was a great deal of media scrutiny focused on Hyundai. After taking field reports and customer feedback on board the decision was made to have the 2026 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy recalled according to MotorBiscuit. All in all 68,500 models have been recalled following the tragic incident. However, there are claims that Hyundai isn’t doing enough. While the 2026 models are facing a lot of scrutiny, the model from the viral TikTok is supposedly from 2022. On top of this, a mother by the name of Ashley Groussman tried to draw attention to this defect as far back as August 2025 after the same thing almost happened to her 9-year-old daughter. Thankfully in her case she was able to rip her daughter out before she was crushed, however, her concerns were brushed aside later that year. While some on TikTok have argued that it’s the responsibility of the parents to always check the backseats before activating the folding mechanism, it’s not as simple as that. We have to account for human error, accidents and other factors. If a car lacked basic safety features like an airbag you wouldn’t tell the driver “just don’t crash,” and this is no different. There should definitely be a safety feature to prevent the chairs from folding if there is an obstruction to prevent future tragedies.