NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2010 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 2010 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
- 260
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 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 2007–2009, 2011 Santa Fe, 11 other models
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 11V261000
- Reported
- April 28, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,876
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe
Equipment
- Campaign
- 11E040000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2011 Santa Fe
2010 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 260 owner complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on October 16, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (3%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the power train (42%), followed by the engine (14%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (212 complaints), the median was 41,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train109
- Engine37
- Electrical System28
- Unknown Or Other23
- Vehicle Speed Control21
- Suspension14
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 44 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 27 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 44. 41% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 5th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 260 complaints about the 2010 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 2010 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted