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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

2021–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
7
Most recalls
2022

4 recalls

Owner complaints
276

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

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2026021—not ranked
20253104—not ranked
2024036—not ranked
2023058—not ranked
202243733not ranked
202132020not ranked

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)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V218000April 6, 2026seat belts: front: anchorage2025crash and injury294,448
25V808000November 20, 2025back over prevention: display function2025crash143,472
25V809000November 20, 2025air bags: side/window: curtain2025crash and injury258
24V879000November 21, 2024back over prevention: sensing system: camera2021–2022crash226,118
23V181000March 17, 2023trailer hitches2021–2022fire and injurypark outside584,784
22V816000October 31, 2022seat belts: pretensioner2021–2022injury14,933
21V00K000December 28, 2021electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2022crash714

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