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Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid

Every Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid model year on file, 2021 to 2027. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years25310 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72021 to 2027
Recall campaigns10Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins189Summed across model years
By model year

The 2025 model year drew the most complaints, 92, 36% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0255075100202120222023202420259220262027
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
87
Electrical system
63
Powertrain
63
Driver assistance
57
Fuel system
48
Speed control
38
Brakes
11
Back-over prevention
8
Visibility and wipers
8
Seat belts
7
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2027Not decoded0NoneNone002
2026SUV1315.4217307
2025SUV924.37083028
2024SUV342.91704025
2023SUV571.82851035
2022SUV375.41614153
2021SUV200.0673139
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid

  • 26V-218 Apr 6, 2026
    Driver and passenger seat belt anchors may detach
    Seat belts · 294k vehicles
  • 26V-047 Jan 26, 2026
    Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail
    Electrical system · 42k vehicles
  • 25V-809 Nov 20, 2025
    Side curtain air bags may not have been installed properly, which can cause the air bags not to deploy as intended
    Airbags · 258 vehicles
  • 25V-808 Nov 20, 2025
    Rearview camera may not have been installed properly, which can damage the wiring harness and cause the rearview camera image not to display
    Back-over prevention · 143k vehicles
  • 24V-879 Nov 21, 2024
    Due to a damaged printed circuit board, the rearview camera image may fail to display
    Back-over prevention · 226k vehicles
  • 24V-843 Nov 7, 2024
    Overhead console rear sunshade switch knob may not be fully recessed, which can result in unintentional closing of the sunshade
    Electrical system · 35k vehicles
  • 24V-561 Jul 26, 2024
    Main floor wiring harness may chafe against the passenger-side second-row bench seat assembly and become damaged, which can cause the air bags to…
    Airbags · 50k vehicles
  • 23V-181 Mar 17, 2023
    Water accumulation on the tow hitch harness module printed circuit board (PCB) may cause an electrical short, which can result in a fire
    Trailer hitches · 585k vehicles
  • 22V-816 Oct 31, 2022
    In the event of a crash, the front driver-side and/or passenger-side seat belt pretensioners may explode upon deployment
    Seat belts · 15k vehicles
  • 21V00K000 Dec 28, 2021
    Instrument cluster liquid-crystal display (LCD) may invert the image on the screen upon vehicle startup, making the display illegible
    Electrical system · 714 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.