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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2025 Hyundai Santa Fe Recalls

The 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 6, 2026.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
5

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
135

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
5

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

5 recalls on the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe

Seat belts: front: anchorage

Campaign
26V218000
Reported
April 6, 2026
Vehicles affected
up to 294,448
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2024 Santa Fe, 3 other models

26V218000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Back over prevention: display function

Campaign
25V808000
Reported
November 20, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 143,472
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Federal standard
FMVSS 111, rear visibility
Same campaign
also 2024 Santa Fe, 1 other model

25V808000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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

25V809000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system: starter assembly

Campaign
25V659000
Reported
October 2, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 135,386
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2024 Santa Fe

25V659000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Engine and engine cooling: critical fasteners

Campaign
25V549000
Reported
August 25, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 29
Risk NHTSA names
crash and fire
Same campaign
also 1 other model

25V549000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2025 Hyundai Santa Fe complaints by year

NHTSA has received 135 owner complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 4 injuries.

In complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe, the component group named most often is the electrical system (21%), followed by the power train (16%) and the forward collision avoidance (15%).

1 of the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.

Where 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 10,024 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Unknown Or Other29
  • Electrical System28
  • Power Train22
  • Forward Collision Avoidance20
  • Tires17
  • Engine14

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20241
202546
202688

Complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 88.

The 2025 is too new to rank against other Hyundai Santa Fe years: its window closes at the end of 2028.

Hyundai Santa Fe years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★☆
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 135 complaints about the 2025 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 2025 Hyundai models

Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted