NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on December 1, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 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
- 355
- Crashes reported
- 25
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
17 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V746000
- Reported
- December 1, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 128,948
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2012 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 355 owner complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 25 describe a crash (7%) and 17 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the engine (64%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the vehicle speed control (11%).
The 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe's only recall also concerns the engine.
Where 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (279 complaints), the median was 71,348 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine228
- Electrical System43
- Vehicle Speed Control40
- Service Brakes26
- Power Train24
- Unknown Or Other17
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 35 | |
| 2014 | 42 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 33 | |
| 2018 | 33 | |
| 2019 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 32 | |
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 43. 32% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 6th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★☆☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 2/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 355 complaints about the 2012 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 2012 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted