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Hyundai Santa Cruz Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 8 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Santa Cruz, across 4 model years from 2022 to 2025. The 2022 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2024 (1).

Model years
4

2022–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
8
Most recalls
2022

4 recalls

Owner complaints
325

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 325 complaints with NHTSA about the Hyundai Santa Cruz across 5 model years; the most, 185, concern the 2022.

Owners marked a crash on 11 of the Hyundai Santa Cruz complaints (3%) and a fire on 5.

Across all Hyundai Santa Cruz model years, owners name the power train most often (at least 128 complaints), then the engine (79).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Hyundai Santa Cruz in 2023: 85, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Hyundai Santa Cruz is structure: body: roof and pillars, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Hyundai Santa Cruz recall, 26V316000, was reported on May 18, 2026 and concerns the forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking.

Hyundai Santa Cruz years to avoid

Too few Hyundai Santa Cruz model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Hyundai Santa Cruz, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202605—not ranked
2025321—not ranked
2024135—not ranked
2023279—not ranked
20224185170not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Hyundai Santa Cruz years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Hyundai Santa Cruz

  • STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS2
  • TRAILER HITCHES2
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER1
  • FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING1
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN1
  • STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM1
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING1

Hyundai Santa Cruz model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Hyundai Santa Cruz recall campaign (8)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Hyundai Santa Cruz, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V316000May 18, 2026forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking2025crash423,062
25V809000November 20, 2025air bags: side/window: curtain2025crash and injury258
24V877000November 20, 2024electrical system: wiring2025crash42,465
24V412000June 5, 2024steering: electric power assist system2024crash795
23V181000March 17, 2023trailer hitches2022–2023fire and injurypark outside584,784
23V038000January 31, 2023structure: body: roof and pillars2022–2023crash16,104
22V746000October 6, 2022power train: automatic transmission2022crash56,148
22V197000March 28, 2022engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger2022fire16

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Hyundai Santa Cruz. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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