NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 22, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 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
- 605
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
41 fires
On a 2013 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 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V651000
- Reported
- September 22, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,649,478
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Santa Fe, 10 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 17V358000
- Reported
- June 5, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 437,400
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2017 Santa Fe, 1 other model
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 13V355000
- Reported
- August 12, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,300
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe
2013 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 605 owner complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on August 16, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (2%) and 41 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the engine (45%), followed by the steering (16%) and the electrical system (9%).
None of the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (356 complaints), the median was 54,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine273
- Steering95
- Unknown Or Other56
- Electrical System53
- Power Train52
- Service Brakes45
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 72 | |
| 2014 | 47 | |
| 2015 | 31 | |
| 2016 | 22 | |
| 2017 | 41 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 50 | |
| 2020 | 57 | |
| 2021 | 63 | |
| 2022 | 59 | |
| 2023 | 58 | |
| 2024 | 61 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 72. 29% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 22 ranked years.
The 605 complaints about the 2013 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 2013 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: August 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted