2015 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

2 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 332 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints332
Complaints citing a crash13
Complaints citing a fire17

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 2 of 2

23V6510002023-09-22

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.

17V3580002017-06-05

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.

What owners report most

  • 160ENGINE
  • 22UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 22POWER TRAIN
  • 21SERVICE BRAKES
  • 19ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 13FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 9AIR BAGS
  • 8EXTERIOR LIGHTING

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Two 2015 HYUNDAI SANTA FEs 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.

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