NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 18, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 216
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe
Suspension: front: springs: coil springs
- Campaign
- 14V435000
- Reported
- July 18, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 271,773
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004, 2006 Santa Fe
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 05V527000
- Reported
- November 17, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 134
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe
Air bags
- Campaign
- 05V450000
- Reported
- October 4, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe
2005 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 216 owner complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on April 16, 2025. Of these, 18 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 14 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the vehicle speed control (20%) and the suspension (10%).
2 of the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (175 complaints), the median was 79,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags74
- Vehicle Speed Control44
- Suspension21
- Seat Belts18
- Service Brakes18
- Fuel/Propulsion System14
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 17 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 33 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 22 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 33. 19% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 17th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 216 complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Santa Fe by model year
Other 2005 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: April 16, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted