2021 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

7 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 239 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints239
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire1

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 6 of 7

24V8790002024-11-21

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA

A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's visibility and increases the risk of a crash.

23V1810002023-03-17

TRAILER HITCHES

A fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.

22V7460002022-10-06

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.

21V00M0002021-12-28

VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD

A windshield that detaches from a vehicle during a crash can increase the risk of injury.

21V5240002021-07-09

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

A fuel leak increases the risk of a fire.

21V3080002021-05-03

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

An insufficiently tightened fuel pipe may leak fuel, increasing the risk of a fire.

What owners report most

  • 50POWER TRAIN
  • 41UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 36ENGINE
  • 28ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 15FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
  • 8FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 7VISIBILITY/WIPER
  • 6FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS

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Two 2021 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.

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