Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-09 | 10V613000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | 1,785 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe (approx. 153,000 miles) developed a new stalling and engine-dying-at-idle condition immediatel… |
| 2025-10-25 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an a… |
| 2025-08-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. With no prior indications, the engine seized while driving on side street at 25mph. Engine… |
| 2025-06-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The undercarriage is completed rusted and is not drivable, I had the treatment done by the dealer to have it coated to … |
| 2024-12-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while the contact's daughter was driving at an undisclos… |
| 2024-03-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the charger in… |
| 2024-02-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 02 |
| 2023-09-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | ABS and traction control lights always on. Dealership stated a faulty right rear wheel bearing sensor faulty was the ca… |
| 2023-09-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I was driving the car on a 4 lane road when suddenly the engine shut off and the car was no longer functioning. I lost… |
| 2023-04-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | I pulled up into my grandma's driveway, put the car in park. The car continued moving forward and when I depressed the … |
| 2023-04-12 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | About this date had accidentair bags failed to go off for any off us |
| 2022-11-26 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while taking the vehicle to the yearly inspection, the veh… |
| 2022-09-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe had 75,000 miles on it in September 2022. It was bought and serviced by the same dealership a… |
| 2022-07-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that on six occasions over 12 months, the vehicle overheat… |
| 2022-07-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | UNKNOWN warning I’m the owner of a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe and a week ago at 185k mikes all of a sudden driving on the fr… |
| 2022-02-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS |
| 2021-11-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I read the recall on vehicles of my type and it sounds like the issues I have been experiencing. I’m thinking the car w… |
| 2021-10-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | The brakes on this Santa Fe have produced some unexplainable issues? A complete brake job was done approximately six m… |
| 2021-09-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | We have (had) a 2011 Hyundai Sante Fe. On 9/21/21, driving to Bozeman, just west of Livingston MT, on I-90, the car ha… |
| 2021-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving about 35mph a fast ticking sound came from the turn signal/steering column area then it started smoking s… |
| 2021-05-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Unexplained battery drain has been an issue. |
| 2021-03-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED SMOKE WAS … |
| 2021-02-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN TRYING TO START THE TRUCK USING THE REMOTE STARTER THE AREA WHERE THE TURNING SWITCH IS STARED TO SMOKE AND THE S… |
| 2021-01-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | NORMAL DRIVING TURN SIGNAL LEVER STARTED TICKING BEGAN SMOKING FROM THE BASE CONTINUES TO TICK INTERMITTENTLY AND SMOK… |
| 2021-01-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHEN I AM DRIVING THE CAR SIMPLY STOPS ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE REDUCES THE VELOCITY TO 5MPH AND OTHER CARS COMING IN M… |
| 2020-10-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL LEFT SIDE DETERIORATING. HOLE ALREADY. CONCERNED IT MAY COME APART CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I REPORTED TO BR… |
| 2020-09-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | PURCHASED USED VEHICLE SEP 2018 FROM USED CAR CHEVY DEALER. 3 DAYS INTO DRIVING THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTU… |
| 2020-08-29 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRONT RIGHT STRUT SPRING RELEASED FROM THE MOUNTING WITH A LOUD BANG AND WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE TIRE. THIS HAPPEN WHI… |
| 2020-06-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 1 | ON JUNE 14,2020, I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT IN A LOT OUTSIDE A GROCERY STORE AND MY HYUNDAI SANTA FE SUDDENLY ACCEL… |
| 2020-06-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AS I WAS DRIVING MY FAMILY HOME FROM A SOCCER MATCH IN DENVER TO OUR HOME IN BRECKENRIDGE MY CAR(HYUNDAI, SANTA FE 2011… |
| 2020-04-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE BLOWN SHORTLY AFTER 'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT CAME ON |
| 2020-02-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | NOTHING HAS HAPPENED SO FAR, MY COMPLAINT IS THAT EVERY 4-6 MONTHS, I NEED TO BUY PARTS FOR MY SANTA FE. IT STARTS WITH… |
| 2019-12-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS IS TO MAKE AWARE OF POTENTIAL/ POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE CAUSE IN SOME HYUNDAI VEHICLES. I OWN A 2011 SANTA FE. AT LES… |
| 2019-11-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASSENGER OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM IN 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE IS MALFUNCTIONING/ BROKEN. ONLY WAY TO REPLACE IS BY PURCH… |
| 2019-09-14 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | BROKEN COIL SPRING. COULD HAVE COLLAPSED ONTO TIRE WHILE MOVING. GARAGE FOUND THE PROBLEM AND HAD IT REPAIRED WITH NEW … |
| 2019-09-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WATER WAS COLLECTING IN THE REAR PASSENGER BRAKE… |
| 2019-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE REAR CALIPERS SEIZED. ALSO, WHEN THE BR… |
| 2019-07-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WARNING LIGHTS FOR ABS AND ESC SYSTEMS COME ON WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED AND DO NOT GO OFF AS THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO. APPEA… |
| 2019-07-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2011 SANTA FE LEAKS OIL CONSTANTLY. IT'S MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY, BECAUSE OUR DRIVEWAY IS ALWAYS COV… |
| 2019-06-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A LOW END ENGINE RATTLE DURING IDLE. THE NOISE WOULD GO AWAY ON ACCELERATION. TODAY THE ENGINE FA… |
| 2019-06-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR STARTED RUNNING HOT PERIODICALLY, THE THERMOSTAT GAUGE KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN. THERE WAS A BUBBLING SOUND IN RAD… |
| 2019-06-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE , HARNESS OR MODULE , ALLOWS THE COMPUTER TO OVERHEAT SUDDENLY , THROUGH 3 BATTERS AND 2 ALTERN… |
| 2019-05-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THERE IS A REAR CALIPER RECALL ON HYUNDAI SANTAFE 2011 MANUFACTURED SEP.28 - NOV.25 2010 , MY VEHICLE IS MANUFACTURED I… |
| 2019-04-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE CITY STREETS AT A SPEED OF APPROX. 30MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STARTING MAKI… |
| 2019-04-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | BOUGHT THE SANTA FE USED WITH 96046 MILES ON IT. SHORTLY AFTER BUYING IT IT BEGAN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE IN THE RE… |
| 2019-03-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BLINKERS KEEP GOING ON BY THEMSELVES. SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS RUNNING WHETHER DRIVING O… |
| 2019-02-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING OR SYMPTOMS. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. IT NEEDED TO BE… |
| 2019-01-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE BEGAN TO DRIVE ROUGH ON THE FREEWAY, SLIGHT TUGGING, RATTLING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD AND WOULD N… |
| 2018-12-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HOME ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12 2018 MY HYUNDAI SANTA FE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED UP THE WHOLE FRON… |
| 2018-11-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED, THE BRAKES BE… |