NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 17, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 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
- 217
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 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 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 23V181000
- Reported
- March 17, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 584,784
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021–2023 Santa Fe, 3 other models
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 21V00M000
- Reported
- December 28, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,413
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Santa Fe, 2 other models
2020 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 217 owner complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (6%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the engine (37%), followed by the power train (12%) and the electrical system (12%).
None of the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (45 complaints), the median was 15,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine80
- Unknown Or Other42
- Power Train26
- Electrical System25
- Forward Collision Avoidance14
- Fuel/Propulsion System14
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 24 | |
| 2023 | 37 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 51 | |
| 2026 | 57 |
Complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 57. 42% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 8th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 217 complaints about the 2020 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 2020 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted