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Year · Make · Model

2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

3
Open recalls
55
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
23
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Frontal
Side
Rollover

Consumer complaints

55 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical System
    17
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    15
  • Engine
    14
  • FUEL/PROPULSION System
    12
  • Power Train
    9
  • Unknown OR Other
    9
  • Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Adaptive Cruise Control
    8
  • Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Warnings
    7

Recalls

3 campaigns
26V218000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE2026-04-06

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Hyundai Ioniq 6, 2023-2026 Genesis G90, 2024-2026 Hyundai Santa Fe, and Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid vehicles. The driver and passenger seat belt anchors may detach.

RiskA detached seat belt anchor will not adequately restrain the seat occupant, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

FixDealers will inspect and reinforce or replace the seat belt anchors, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed June 5, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460 and Genesis customer service at 844-340-9741. Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 298 and 032G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov April 8, 2026.

25V808000·BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION2025-11-20

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Santa Fe and Santa Fe Hybrid vehicles. The rearview camera may not have been installed properly, which can damage the wiring harness and cause the rearview camera image not to display. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."

RiskA rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

FixDealers will replace the camera wiring harness, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning January 15, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 288. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 22, 2025.

25V809000·AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN2025-11-20

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Tucson, 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, and 2026 Genesis GV70 vehicles. The side curtain air bags may not have been installed properly, which can cause the air bags not to deploy as intended.

RiskSide curtain air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.

FixDealers will reinstall the side curtain air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning December 29, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 289 and 029G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 22, 2025.

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