NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 1, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 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
- 359
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V113000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,712,336
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2010–2011 Santa Fe, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 12V354000
- Reported
- July 25, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 199,118
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Santa Fe
Equipment
- Campaign
- 11E040000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Santa Fe
2009 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 359 owner complaints about the 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 27 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 26 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (30%), followed by the engine (17%) and the vehicle speed control (14%).
None of the 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe's 3 recalls concerns the fuel/propulsion system.
Where 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (278 complaints), the median was 77,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System109
- Engine60
- Vehicle Speed Control51
- Electrical System50
- Service Brakes41
- Unknown Or Other31
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 23 | |
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 53 | |
| 2016 | 37 | |
| 2017 | 31 | |
| 2018 | 34 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 53. 16% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 10th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 359 complaints about the 2009 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 2009 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted