NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 18, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 106
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2006 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 2001–2005 Santa Fe
2006 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 106 owner complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on September 11, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (10%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the air bags (26%), followed by the vehicle speed control (19%) and the suspension (12%).
The 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe's only recall also concerns the suspension.
Where 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (84 complaints), the median was 62,282 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags28
- Vehicle Speed Control20
- Suspension13
- Service Brakes12
- Electrical System10
- Exterior Lighting9
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 16. 19% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 21st highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Santa Fe years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 106 complaints about the 2006 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 2006 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: September 11, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted