NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls
The 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 21, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 167
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 24V879000
- Reported
- November 21, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 226,118
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Santa Fe, 5 other models
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 2019–2020, 2022–2023 Santa Fe, 3 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 22V746000
- Reported
- October 6, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 56,148
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Santa Fe, 5 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 2020 Santa Fe, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 21V524000
- Reported
- July 9, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Santa Fe, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 21V308000
- Reported
- May 3, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module
- Campaign
- 21V185000
- Reported
- March 17, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe
2021 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 167 owner complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on October 12, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the power train (31%), followed by the engine (22%) and the electrical system (17%).
1 of the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe's 7 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train51
- Unknown Or Other41
- Engine37
- Electrical System29
- Forward Collision Avoidance18
- Fuel/Propulsion System9
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43 | |
| 2023 | 35 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 21 | |
| 2026 | 32 |
Complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 43. 68% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Hyundai Santa Fe year in the same window: 7th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 167 complaints about the 2021 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 2021 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted