NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Recalls
The 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on June 5, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 70
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2016 Hyundai 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 2013–2015, 2017 Santa Fe Sport, 1 other model
2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport complaints by year
NHTSA has received 70 owner complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the newest on October 11, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (6%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the component group named most often is the engine (61%), followed by the electrical system (10%) and the air bags (6%).
The 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport's only recall does not concern the engine.
Where 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport owners gave the mileage (28 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine43
- Unknown Or Other14
- Electrical System7
- Air Bags4
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 24 | |
| 2026 | 20 |
Complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 24. 14% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe Sport year in the same window: 5th highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2016 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 70 complaints about the 2016 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 2016 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 11, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted