NHTSA Safety Recalls
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Recalls
The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 18, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 21
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz
Forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking
- Campaign
- 26V316000
- Reported
- May 18, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 423,062
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Air bags: side/window: curtain
- Campaign
- 25V809000
- Reported
- November 20, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 258
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 24V877000
- Reported
- November 20, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 42,465
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz complaints by year
NHTSA has received 21 owner complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz, the newest on October 18, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz, the component group named most often is the forward collision avoidance (48%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the exterior lighting (14%).
1 of the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz's 3 recalls also concerns the forward collision avoidance.
Component groups named in complaints
- Forward Collision Avoidance10
- Electrical System3
- Exterior Lighting3
- Unknown Or Other3
- Engine2
- Service Brakes2
Complaints received, by year
| 2024 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 10.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 21 complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Santa Cruz by model year
Other 2025 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted