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Hyundai Santa Fe Sport

Every Hyundai Santa Fe Sport model year on file, 2015 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years82452 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42015 to 2018
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins635Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 352, 43% of the model's total

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

01002003004002015201620173522018
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 Sport complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
520
Brakes
133
Powertrain
68
Fuel system
67
Electrical system
52
Speed control
40
Airbags
24
Structure
17
Steering
16
Visibility and wipers
11
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 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 Sport by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2018SUV3215.377442173
2017SUV3524.069032195
2016SUV6920.316812130
2015SUV828.518032137
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport

  • 22V-810 Oct 27, 2022
    Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) module could malfunction and cause an electrical short, which could result in an engine compartment fire while parked…
    Brakes · 44k vehicles
  • 22V-056 Feb 3, 2022
    Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) module could malfunction and cause an electrical short, which could result in an engine compartment fire
    Brakes · 357k vehicles
  • 21V-303 Apr 28, 2021
    Brake fluid may leak inside the Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) module, possibly resulting in an electrical short
    Brakes · 151k vehicles
  • 20V-520 Aug 27, 2020
    Brake fluid may leak inside the Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) module, possibly resulting in an electrical short
    Brakes · 151k vehicles
  • 17V-801 Dec 13, 2017
    Side curtain air bags on these vehicles have a component that may detach during deployment of the inflatable curtain air bag
    Airbags · 1,209 vehicles
  • 17V-577 Sep 20, 2017
    Front coil springs may have been improperly manufactured and, as a result, may fracture under certain loads while driving
    Suspension · 197 vehicles
  • 17V-365 Jun 5, 2017
    In the affected vehicles, the bolt for the driver's seat belt anchor might not have been sufficiently tightened during assembly
    Seat belts · 17k vehicles
  • 17V-358 Jun 5, 2017
    In the affected vehicles, the secondary hood latch actuating cable may corrode and bind, causing the secondary hood latch to remain in the…
    Latches and locks · 437k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.