Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-31 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the ABS system activated, and there … |
| 2024-04-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | The driver's side rear trailing arm lower broke again. Was driving all of a sudden felt it start fishtailing and pulled… |
| 2021-07-22 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the passenger’… |
| 2021-03-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Bought a set of duralast gold wrists a801116 asks since the day i put them in i had to replace parts whole charging a p… |
| 2020-12-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN FOR A ALIGNMENT AND THEY DISCOVERED THE RUSTED AND CORRADIATED REAR LEFT TRAILING CONTROL ARM ON … |
| 2020-10-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE SUBFRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH. IT WAS GARAGE KEPT AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 150,000 MILES ON IT. |
| 2019-11-27 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE REAR END OF MY SANTA FE HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE BACK WHEELS WILL NOT TRACK IN A STRAIGHT LINE. HYUNDAI HAD A RE… |
| 2019-11-26 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | REAR TRAILING ARM CORRODED AND BUSTED WHILE IN MOTION. CAUSED REAR END TO COLLAPSE AND FISHTAIL. PASSENGER SIDE SNAP… |
| 2019-09-04 | TIRES | No | 0 | MICHELIN X RADIAL LT2 P225/70R16 101T TIRES WITH DOT NUMBERS AP4V 003X 2614, AP4V 003X 2714, AP4V 003X 2614,AND AP4V 0… |
| 2019-03-01 | WHEELS | Yes | 0 | MY VEHICLE CALLS FOR A SWAY BAR N LINK IT DOES NOT HAVE ONE OR A PLACE TO PUT ONE FOR THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN I G… |
| 2018-12-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I CAN HEAR A STRONG RUBBING AGAINST THE TIRE WHEN I COME TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP |
| 2018-12-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BREAKS LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING BAD SMELL CAR WONT MOVE |
| 2018-11-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT'S GONNA FALL OFF ALL THE LUG NUTS ARE TIGHT |
| 2018-09-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | IN LATE AUGUST MY CAR WAS DUE FOR INSPECTION, SO I DROVE IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD TO … |
| 2018-08-02 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE, 180K MILES, 2ND OWNER. MY VEHICLE IS LEAKING GAS FROM THE FUEL TANK ONTO THE GROUND. I CAN'T EVE… |
| 2018-08-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE, 180K MILES, 2ND OWNER. CUSTOMER STATES: FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL TANK ONTO GROUND; SAFETY CONCERN … |
| 2018-05-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON - I AM NOW ON MY THIRD REPAIR TO FIX THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. I LIKELY NEED TO REPLACE TH… |
| 2018-04-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | CURRENTLY THERE IS A NOISE UP FRONT OF THE CAR AND IN THE REAR A FRIEND THAT WAS RIDING IN MY CAR INDICATED THAT IT MAY… |
| 2018-04-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ON SO THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WILL I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS? I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THI… |
| 2018-03-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AN I CAME YO A STOP AN BEGAN TO TURN UP A SIDE BLOCK WEN I HEARD SOMETHING LIKE IT WAS METAL IN MERSL SCR… |
| 2018-03-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING OR STOPPED THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE TO THE HIGHEST RATE OF SPEED, ON IT'S OWN, AND I HAD TO PUT IT I… |
| 2018-01-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | CAR HAS CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT END. MECHANIC SAID IT'S THE SUBFRAME BUSHINGS GOING IN AND OUT OF THE SUBFRAME AND RECO… |
| 2017-12-03 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | MY AIRBAGS WERE DEFECTIVE. I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, I WAS TAKEN TO … |
| 2017-12-03 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | MY AIRBAGS WERE DEFECTIVE. I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, I WAS TAKEN TO … |
| 2017-02-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ON 2/13 2017 MY AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED, WHICH ALL AIR NO GOOD. CALL HYN DEALER TOLD ME 2500 DOLLARS TO FIX … |
| 2017-02-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING DOWN PENDLETON PIKE GOING SOUTH TURN ON 38TH STREET GOING WEST,THEIR WAS BIG LOUD POP I THOUGH I BLEW A TIR… |
| 2017-01-13 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED IN ADD… |
| 2016-11-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | NEVER HAD ACCIDENT AIR BAG LIGHT JUST CAME ON NO REASON JUST STARTED IT UP NOT MOVING. |
| 2016-05-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | RANDOM UNINTENDED GRADUAL ACELLERATION. HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED. FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU RESUME CRUISE CONTROL TO A HIGHER SPE… |
| 2016-05-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE AT A COMPLETED STOP, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT … |
| 2016-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY HYUNDAI SANTA FE AIR BAG LIGHT TURNED ON. I GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF HYUNDAI SANTA FE OWNERS EX… |
| 2016-04-26 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRONT SUSPENSION RUSTING THROUGH - DISCOVERED BY MECHANIC |
| 2016-04-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 3 YEARS NOW. THIS NOW MAKES 3 YEARS THAT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE AC CONDENSER. DUE TO T… |
| 2016-03-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. UPON FURTH… |
| 2016-01-22 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPA… |
| 2015-12-08 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AT MY DAUGHTER'S, I WAS ON A SIDE ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC. A LARGE BANG AND THE TIRE POPPED. … |
| 2015-11-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | MY WIFES VEHICLE IS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE WITH APPROX. 75,000 MILES ON IT. WE'VE PURCHASED IT NEW. ABOUT A YEAR AGO… |
| 2015-10-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SPARE TIRE RACK … |
| 2015-08-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT TRAILER ARM CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING, TIRE CAME OFF VEHICLE. SUB FRAME RUSTED THROUGH. CAR USED TO BE KEPT IN … |
| 2015-07-06 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDENT IT STARTED MAKING A NOISE SO I PULLED OVER AND TH3N I FOUND OUT THE FRAME WAS DAMAGED |
| 2015-06-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUM… |
| 2015-06-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TODAY 6/17 I WAS DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT, EVERYTHING WAS FINE JUST LIKE A REGULAR RAINY DAY, I WAS BRAKING LIKE A SHOULD… |
| 2015-05-21 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, A TRACTOR TRAILER COLLI… |
| 2015-05-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ON 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE ARE SEPARATING FROM THE CHROME PLATING EXACTLY AS IN THE RECALL FOR, NHT… |
| 2015-03-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ROLL UP THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE W… |
| 2015-02-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THIS IS IN REGARDS TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V435000. THIS IS A RECALL I WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT, ALTHOUGH I HAVE A … |
| 2015-02-11 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO BE SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN … |
| 2015-01-28 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SEAT BELTS FAILED TO LOCK WHILE TRYING T… |
| 2015-01-12 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT COMES UNLATCHED WHEN HITTING CERTAIN BUMPS. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO DEALER WOULDN'T REPL… |
| 2015-01-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD DETACHED FROM THE V… |