NHTSA Safety Recalls
Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 7 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid, across 3 model years from 2021 to 2025. The 2022 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (3).
- Model years
- 3
- Recall campaigns
- 7
- Most recalls
- 2022
- Owner complaints
- 276
2021–2025, with a recall
4 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 276 complaints with NHTSA about the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid across 6 model years; the most, 104, concern the 2025.
Owners marked a crash on 9 of the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid complaints (3%) and a fire on 0.
Across all Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 92 complaints), then the electrical system (73).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid in 2026: 105, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid is back over prevention: sensing system: camera, in 2 model-year listings.
The newest Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid recall, 26V218000, was reported on April 6, 2026 and concerns the seat belts: front: anchorage.
Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid years to avoid
Too few Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 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
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid
- BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA2
- SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER2
- TRAILER HITCHES2
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
- BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION1
- AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN1
Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid recall campaign (7)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26V218000April 6, 2026 | seat belts: front: anchorage | 2025 | crash and injury | 294,448 |
| 25V808000November 20, 2025 | back over prevention: display function | 2025 | crash | 143,472 |
| 25V809000November 20, 2025 | air bags: side/window: curtain | 2025 | crash and injury | 258 |
| 24V879000November 21, 2024 | back over prevention: sensing system: camera | 2021–2022 | crash | 226,118 |
| 23V181000March 17, 2023 | trailer hitches | 2021–2022 | fire and injurypark outside | 584,784 |
| 22V816000October 31, 2022 | seat belts: pretensioner | 2021–2022 | injury | 14,933 |
| 21V00K000December 28, 2021 | electrical system: instrument cluster/panel | 2022 | crash | 714 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted