NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Recalls
The 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 27, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 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
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 323
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 22V810000
- Reported
- October 27, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,396
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
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 2017 Santa Fe Sport, 3 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 17V801000
- Reported
- December 13, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,209
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
Suspension: front: springs: coil springs
- Campaign
- 17V577000
- Reported
- September 20, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 197
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport complaints by year
NHTSA has received 323 owner complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the newest on October 9, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (2%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, the component group named most often is the engine (61%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (11%) and the fuel/propulsion system (10%).
2 of the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport's 4 recalls also concern the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport owners gave the mileage (95 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine198
- Unknown Or Other38
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic36
- Fuel/Propulsion System33
- Electrical System21
- Power Train18
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 68 | |
| 2023 | 57 | |
| 2024 | 48 | |
| 2025 | 57 | |
| 2026 | 42 |
Complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 68. 16% 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 Sport drew 3.1× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe Sport year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 323 complaints about the 2018 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 2018 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted