NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Recalls
The 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 28, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 84
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 21V303000
- Reported
- April 28, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 151,205
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Santa Fe Sport
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 20V520000
- Reported
- August 27, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 151,205
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Santa Fe Sport
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 17V358000
- Reported
- June 5, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 437,400
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2017 Santa Fe Sport, 1 other model
2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport complaints by year
NHTSA has received 84 owner complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 6 a fire.
In complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the component group named most often is the engine (49%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (19%) and the electrical system (11%).
2 of the 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport's 3 recalls also concern the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport owners gave the mileage (45 complaints), the median was 71,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine41
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic16
- Electrical System9
- Power Train7
- Service Brakes7
- Unknown Or Other7
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 15 |
Complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 15. 18% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe Sport year in the same window: 4th highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Santa Fe Sport years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 84 complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Santa Fe Sport by model year
Other 2015 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted