NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2011 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 2011 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
- 181
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
On a 2011 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 2011 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 2007–2010 Santa Fe, 11 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 10V613000
- Reported
- December 9, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,785
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe
Equipment
- Campaign
- 11E040000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Santa Fe
2011 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 181 owner complaints about the 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on April 9, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (7%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the engine (35%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the vehicle speed control (13%).
None of the 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (149 complaints), the median was 44,100 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine64
- Electrical System25
- Vehicle Speed Control24
- Power Train21
- Steering20
- Service Brakes17
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 28 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 28. 41% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 13th highest of the 22 ranked years.
The 181 complaints about the 2011 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 2011 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: April 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted