22V056000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2016 HYUNDAI SANTA FE
3 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 288 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints288
Complaints citing a crash8
Complaints citing a fire3
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
17V358000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
If the hood is not securely closed or the primary latch is inadvertently released and the secondary latch is not engaged, the hood could unexpectedly open while driving, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
16V145000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
Without a warning to remind the front seat occupants that their seat belts are not buckled, they may forget to buckle their seat belt, increasing their risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 150ENGINE
- 25UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 20POWER TRAIN
- 11ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 9SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 9AIR BAGS
- 8FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 8SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 HYUNDAI SANTA FEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.