23V651000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2013 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT
6 safety recall campaigns, 5 defect investigations (1 open), 242 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations51 open
Owner complaints242
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire23
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
21V303000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An electrical short in the ABS module can increase the risk of an engine compartment fire while parked or driving.
20V520000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
If the ABS module short circuits, there is an increased risk of an engine compartment fire.
18V934000
ENGINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
17V358000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
If the hood is not securely closed or the primary latch is inadvertently released and the secondary latch is not engaged, the hood could unexpectedly open while driving, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
17V226000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 105ENGINE
- 32SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 19UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 14ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 11POWER TRAIN
- 9ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 9FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 8SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORTs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.