NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 3, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 109
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 22V056000
- Reported
- February 3, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 357,348
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017 Santa Fe, 3 other models
Steering: steering wheel/handle bar
- Campaign
- 18V118000
- Reported
- February 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 41,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe
2018 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 109 owner complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on September 22, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (6%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the engine (50%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (11%) and the power train (9%).
1 of the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe's 2 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (37 complaints), the median was 21,900 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine54
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
- Unknown Or Other12
- Power Train10
- Electrical System9
- Steering8
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 19 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 15 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 22. 31% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 20th highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Santa Fe years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 109 complaints about the 2018 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 2018 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: September 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted